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Homophones
Homophones are two words which have the same sound but different meanings. Complete the following lines by filling in the 9 homophones. 10:think of one yourself!
1 ‘Waiter, what do you call this?’
*‘It’s .................... soup, sir.
‘I don’t care what it’s .................... . What is it now?’
2 ‘Have you ever hunted ....................?’
*’No, I always hunt with my clothes on.’ (....................)
3 ‘Why are black clouds like somebody riding a horse?’ (………………..)
*’Because they both hold the ....................’
4 A teacher saw two boys fighting in the playground.
*’Stop! You know the school rules – No fighting ……………….. .’
‘But sir, we weren’t fighting ……………….. . We were fighting quietly.’
5 ‘What is the efect of seven days dieting?’ (………………..)
*’They make one ……………….. .’
6 ‘Did you hear about the novelist who lived on the ninth floor of a block of flats?’
*’He dropped six ……………….. into a wastepaper basket and lived.’ (………)
7 ‘How can I get rid of my headache?’
*’Hit your head against the window and the ……………….. will disappear.’
8 Fortune teller: ‘Would you like your palm ……………….., sir?’
*Man: ‘No thanks, I like the colour it is now.’ (………………..)
9 ‘What did the small shy stone say?’ (………………..)
*’I wish I was a little ……………….. .’
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1. You have now seen several ways to play with words. Think of a different way to do so, describe it and give at least
one example.