Homophones And Homographs Quiz Questions And Answers
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Hey, check out this amazing homophones and homographs quiz. We've designed this quiz to test your English grammar knowledge. Homographs and homophones are two very interesting concepts of English grammar subject. How well do you know about this subject? Let's find out today with the help of this quiz. Answer all the questions given below and see how well you can perform in this test. Ready? Let's begin then!
- 1.A homograph is _______________________.
- A.
A painting that depicts the same thing but is made by different artists.
- B.
An accounting graph showing the results of a company's financial statements.
- C.
A word of the same written form as another but of different meaning.
- D.
A word of the same meaning but of different written form.
- 2.Pick the two pairs of words that are homophones.
- A.
Bed; heat
- B.
Cell; sell
- C.
Bow; arrow
- D.
Knight; night
- 3.True or False- A homophone can be a homograph.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 4.I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream!Can you guess what effect is used in this rhyme, where a group of words sounds like another group of words?
- A.
A homophone
- B.
A homonym
- C.
An oronym
- D.
None of the above
- 5.Select the two correct meanings of the word 'wave'.
- A.
A moving disturbance in the level of water.
- B.
To speak softly.
- C.
A group of horses.
- D.
To move back and forth repeatedly.
- 6.State true or false- Homophones are used in English humor in puns.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 7.You are discussing something with an English-speaking colleague, when they suddenly say, "'Well, to all in tents and caravans ..." What is the most likely explanation for what has just happened?
- A.
Your colleague has changed the subject to vacation plans.
- B.
Your colleague has gone crazy.
- C.
Your colleague has just made a joke based on the phrase "to all intents and purposes".
- D.
Your colleague and I are both secret agents, and this is our code phrase.
- 8.Which two of these sentences do not contain homophones?
- A.
We can fit the whole shed into the hole in our back garden.
- B.
Anjali spent an hour at our house.
- C.
Sujit practised hard to perfect drawing perfect circles.
- D.
I shed many tears when I saw the tears in my favorite jacket.
- 9.What is the meaning of a Homonym?
- A.
A word that shares the same spelling and the same pronunciation with another, but differs in meaning.
- B.
A word that shares the same pronunciation, and meaning with another.
- C.
A word that means the same thing as another word, but has a different pronunciation.
- D.
None of the above