This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Vocabulary > Homographs – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Homographs Quiz 3 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. It's not ..... to stare at people; it can make them uncomfortable. A) Pelite. B) Polite. C) Palight. D) Pollight. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Polite. 2. Which sentence uses the correct word? The dog is wagging ..... tail because it's happy. A) It's. B) Its. C) It. D) Its'. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Its. 3. What does 'spring' mean as a coil? A) A mechanical device that stores energy. B) A season of the year. C) A coil of metal that bounces. D) A type of water source. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A coil of metal that bounces. 4. The bag is light. A) Not heavy. B) To make brighter. C) To cause to catch on fire. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Not heavy. 5. The boy liked to spin his top. A) Opposite of bottom. B) A spinning toy. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A spinning toy. 6. Ohtani's fine performance would ..... the team to victory ..... is one of the metals.Choose the right word that fits in both the sentences. A) Gold. B) Lead. C) Car. D) Pushed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lead. 7. Which sentence uses the homograph correctly? A) The wind was too strong to wind the kite. B) She will wind the clock every morning. C) The wind is calm today. D) The wind blew the leaves away. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She will wind the clock every morning. 8. The word object can be a noun (a thing) or a verb (to protest). How does the pronunciation usually change between these two meanings? A) The vowel sound changes. B) The stress shifts from the first syllable to the second syllable. C) The pronunciation does not change at all. D) The 'c' is silent in one version. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The stress shifts from the first syllable to the second syllable. 9. What is an example of a homograph that has different pronunciations? A) Lead (to guide) and lead (a metal). B) Tear (to rip) and tear (a drop of liquid from the eye). C) Wind (to turn) and wind (air in motion). D) Row (a line) and row (to paddle a boat). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tear (to rip) and tear (a drop of liquid from the eye). 10. Which word is a homograph with different meanings? A) Soprano. B) Alto. C) Bass. D) Treble. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bass. 11. Which sentence uses the word 'row' as a homograph? A) The row of chairs was empty. B) They had a row about the decision. C) The row of trees was beautiful. D) He will row the boat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They had a row about the decision. 12. Read the sentence and choose the correct definition. The bark of the tree was rough against her skin. A) The sound a dog makes. B) The outer covering of a tree. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The outer covering of a tree. 13. What month are we in? A) April. B) January. C) November. D) March. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) November. 14. Which sentence uses entrance as a verb meaning 'to captivate, ' with stress on the second syllable (en-TRANCE)? A) Please wait for me by the front entrance. B) The main entrance to the stadium was crowded. C) The magician's amazing performance will entrance the audience. D) We couldn't find the entrance to the hidden trail. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The magician's amazing performance will entrance the audience. 15. As the mailman delivered the mail, he heard a loud bark from inside the house. A) Tree covering. B) A dog's noise. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A dog's noise. 16. In which sentence does the word wound mean "an injury" ? A) He wound the old clock before he went to bed. B) The nurse carefully cleaned the patient's wound. C) The long and wound road led up the mountain. D) The snake wound itself around the tree branch. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The nurse carefully cleaned the patient's wound. 17. He rose from his chair to answer the door. A) Moved higher. B) A kind of flower. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Moved higher. 18. Which sentence uses the word 'row' in the same way as the sentence below? They had a row about the decision. A) The row of chairs was empty. B) She learned to row the boat. C) The row was loud and disruptive. D) He sat in the front row. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The row was loud and disruptive. 19. The toy boat can't sink. A) Where you wash up. B) Go under water. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Go under water. 20. Which sentence uses the pronunciation of close that rhymes with 'rose'? A) We are very close friends. B) Please close the door quietly. C) The grocery store is close to my house. D) Don't stand so close to the edge of the platform. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Please close the door quietly. 21. "defenceless" and "vulnerable" are ..... A) SYNONYM. B) ANTONYM. C) HOMOPHONE. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) SYNONYM. 22. Which word is a homograph for 'bass' in the sentence 'He caught a big bass in the lake'? A) Fish. B) Base. C) Bust. D) Baste. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fish. 23. Same sound, different meaning ..... A) Homonym. B) Homophone. C) Homograph. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Homophone. 24. Every week I put my garbage can next to the road to be picked up by the city.Which definition fits can in the sentence above? A) To be fired from a job. B) To know how to do something. C) To be able to. D) A container. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A container. 25. In the sentence, "You need to duck your head to get through the low doorway, " what part of speech is duck? A) Adverb. B) Verb. C) Noun. D) Adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Verb. 26. When you present in front of the class, be sure to speak clearly. The correct accent for present in this sentence would be A) PRESent. B) PreSENT. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) PreSENT. 27. In the sentence 'My house is very close to the school, so I can walk there, ' what part of speech is the word close? A) Noun. B) Adjective. C) Verb. D) Adverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adjective. 28. Which idiom goes the best with this sentence?I'm tired. Let's go to bed. A) Let's hit the hay. B) He tried not to "make waves" . C) Stuck between a rock and a hard place. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Let's hit the hay. 29. Choose the correct homograph for the riddle. A small little dot, in the middle of your eye; a student at school, a girl or a guy. A) Left. B) Bow. C) Page. D) Pupil. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pupil. 30. Read this sentence:'The band will record their first album.' What part of speech is record in this sentence? A) Adverb. B) Adjective. C) Noun. D) Verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Verb. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesHomographs Quiz 1Homographs Quiz 2Homographs Quiz 4Homographs Quiz 5Homographs Quiz 6Homographs Quiz 7Homographs Quiz 8Homographs Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books