Homophones pair Exercises & Printable Worksheets No. 10 & 11

EXERCISE 10

Choose the correct word out of those in brackets.

  1. I am (averse/adverse) to smoking.
  2. He is wearing (canvas/canvass) shoes.
  3. Mohan is a rich man. Ile passes a (descent/ decent) life.
  4. The (decent/descent) from the hill was easy.
  5. He is an (officious/official). He keeps interfering in my matters.
  6. The train was not moving. It was (stationary/ stationery).
  7. He (defied/deified) the authority of the Principal and broke the rule.
  8. The (root/route) to our college is very long.
  9. During my (vacations/vocations), I will go to Shimla.
  10. The (naughty/knotty) student was punished by the teacher.

ANS.

  1. averse
  2.  canvas
  3. decent
  4.  decent
  5. officious
  6.  stationary
  7. defied
  8.  route
  9. vacations
  10.  naughty.

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EXERCISE 11

Choose the correct word out of those in brackets :

  1. His father is a (cook/cooker) in a big hotel.
  2. His service is (temporary/temporal).
  3. He is very (particular/peculiar) about having a bath in the evening.
  4. The (principle/principal) of this college is a scholar.
  5. He was (wondering/wandering) in a lonely area.
  6. He lives on the third (storey/story) of the building.
  7. He uses expensive (stationery/stationary) for writing letters.
  8. Her (ant/aunt) is a rich lady.
  9. He was sitting (besides/ beside) his father.
  10. She (dies/dyes) her hair.

ANS.

  1. cook
  2.  temporary
  3. particular
  4.  principal
  5. wandering
  6.  storey
  7. stationery
  8.  aunt
  9. beside
  10.  dyes.

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