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Homonyms. Lesson 1.

Insert in the blank spaces the appropriate word from each group:

Air – heir 1. He got up with an … of relief and yet reluctance. 2. The classroom should be …ed during the break. 3. John was the only … to his uncle’s estate.

Allowed – aloud 1. She read the passage … so that her sister should understand what she meant. 2. Next day Jimmy was not … to leave the house again.

Bare – bear 1. The garden looked … and deserted. 2. I can’t … you treat that man. 3. The … has a massive body, coarse heavy fur and relatively short limbs.

Beach – beech 1. All the family sat round the table under a huge … which grew near the house. 2. The day was stormy and there were very few people on the … .

Beat – beet 1. While we were cutting up potatoes, carrots and … root for the soup I looked up and suddenly burst out laughing. 2. For a moment I couldn’t feel my heart. It had stopped …ing.

Berry – bury 1. Are you going to … yourself in your work? 2. There are a lot of different … and mushrooms in this forest.

Birth – berth 1. The upper … was occupied by a young man who never took part in our conversation. 2. The news that Mrs. Davis had given … to a daughter seemed to make no impression on her relatives.

Blue – blew 1. A heavy storm … up towards evening. 2. … is my favourite colour.

Bean – been 1. Don’t try to fool him with that suggestion. He knows how many … make five. 2. I’ve always … , treated as a gentleman.

Brake – break 1. Jerry was the first to … the silence. 2. The driver put on the … and the car stopped. 3. Wait a bit. We’ll discuss it in the … .

Bread – bred 1. He remained serene in a Houseful of ill-… people. 2. Her hands trembled while she was eating her … and butter.

Bow – bough 1. He was not a young man any longer; age had …ed his head. 2. He climbed onto the huge … of a pine. 3. He greeted him with a low … .

Cell – sell 1. The … is a structural unit of plant and animal life. 2. Don’t … this book, you may need it in future.

Cent – sent – scent 1. He could … trouble the moment he stopped onto the porch. 2. The doctor was … for immediately. 3. A … is the hundredth part of the U.S. dollar.

Course – coarse 1. The main … was steak with vegetables. 2. His hands were … and roughened by years of hard work. 3. Christine did an intensive Russian … before she came to Russia.

Current – currant 1. We had reached the bridge over the river and stood there, gazing down at its strong … . 2. I opened the gate and saw more … bushes and a line of white flowers fringing the path.

Dear – deer 1. Two dollars! That was too … for such a trifle. 2. What a … little kitten! 3. An adult male … is called a stag.

Dew – due 1. The grass and leaves of the trees were covered with … . 2. The meeting is … to begin at 4 o’clock.

Die – dye 1. A man can … but once. 2. He is a liar of the blackest … .

Fare – fair 1. What is the … from here to Moscow? 2. He was met by a …-skinned young girl with a beautiful crown of black hair.

Flower – flour 1. She liked violets more than any other …s. 2. … is the finely ground meal of grain.



Farther – father 1. Her … lived not far from her, but they seldom saw each other. 2. Mr. Jones’ house is just a few steps … .

For – four – fore 1. The part of the arm between the elbow and the wrist is called the … arm. 2. These are good pills … a cough, but you must not take more than … pills at a time.

Fir – fur 1. We were decorating the …-tree when our guests came. 2. She had a very beautiful …-coat on.

Gate – gait 1. At the … I met a strangely familiar man dressed in black. 2. He walked with an awkward, stooping … which was due to nervousness.

Great – grate 1. Her singing … on my ear. 2. I have a … desire to spend a fortnight in the country.

Grown – groan 1. He is …-up and must be responsible for his actions. 2. The wounded man …ed when they tried to lift him.

 

Lesson 2.

 

Insert in the blank spaces the appropriate word from each group:

Hair – hare 1. First catch your … , then cook it. 2. What he saw there made his … stand on end. 3. She took out all the pins and let her … fall down her back.

Heal – heel 1. Don’t worry! 2. It’s just a scratch; it’ll soon … . 2. The dog followed the hunter at his …s.

Hoarse – horse 1. Don’t look a gift … in the mouth. 2. They talked themselves … , but never came to an agreement.

Hole – whole 1. He ate three … oranges. 2. The … in the ground was covered with some fir branches.

Key – quay 1. I often met this man wandering along the … late in the evening, looking at the boats. 2. The landlady showed him upstairs and gave him a … to his room. 3. The symphony is in a major … .

Lain – lane 1. They could see them now, walking up the …, him and his girl. 2. He had … motionless on the ground for an hour or so before he heard steps.

Lead – led 1. It could not be Tina! You must have been … astray by her strong resemblance to Sophie! 2. The … pencil does not, and never did, contain any … .

Meet – meat 1. Though he worked hard, he had difficulty in making both ends … . 2. One man’s … is another man’s poison.

Made – maid 1. She … up her mind not to interfere. 2. The door was opened by the … who told me that the master was out.

Mail – male 1. … animals are often larger than the females. 2. If you want the letter to get there quickly, send it by air … .

Main – mane 1. The … library contains books of general interest. 2. The horse’s … was decorated with paper flowers and ribbons for the occasion.

Miner – minor 1. By way of a … psychological experience she decided to spend the night at a hotel. 2. His father worked as a … in Donetsk.

Night – knight 1. That … I never thought of sleeping. 2. In the Middle Ages a mounted … soldier serving under a feudal superior was called a … .

Pain – pane 1. The rain beat at the window … . 2. He never took …s to get a proper education.

Prey – pray 1. These worries …ed upon his mind. 2. She knelt down and began to … .

Pear – pair – pare 1. They left the house in …s. 2. Very soon he was forced to … down his expenses. 3. The woman carried basket full of huge golden …s.

Pail – pale 1. He turned … when I told him we had found the gun near the house. 2. Take some water from the … and wash your face.

Piece – peace 1. He tore the letter into …s and burned them in the fireplace. 2. May he rest in …,

Poor soul! 3. This play is all of a … with his previous works. 4. A … pipe is a pipe smoked by the North American Indians as a token … .

Plain – plane 1. There are … brown curtains at the window of my bedroom. 2. … geometry deals with figures whose parts all lie in one … .

Rein – reign – rain 1. She kept a tight … on her husband. 2. He used to come to our place every Sunday, … or shine. 3. That building was designed during the … of Queen Victoria.

Root – rout 1. She was red as a beet-… 2. Which … did he take?

 

Lesson 3.

 

Insert in the blank spaces the appropriate word from each group:

Sail – sale 1. It is time to set … . 2. Be sure to buy this book: it is on … now. 3. She …ed into the room and stopped to be admired.

Sheer – shear 1. To … means to remove wool from sheep with large scissors or shears. 2. This work is a … waste of time.

Sole – soul 1. You must have shoes with thicker … . These won’t stand up to a long walk. 2. He is the … of humour. 3. Would you like … for your lunch? – Oh, I don’t like fish. Can I have some meat, please?

Sort – sought 1. They … shelter from the rain in a … of shed. 2. I could not understand why he … my advice again; he had never followed it before.

Stare – stair 1. Don’t … at the poor girl. She is embarrassed as it is. 2. A long flight of …s led down to the sea.

Steel – steal 1. She managed to … a glance at the man. 2. He seemed to have nerves of … .

Steak – stake 1. I’d like a nice … for my dinner. 2. A … is a thick sharpened stick used to support a tent for young trees or plants.

Sight – site 1. My grandmother doesn’t read much now. Her … is failing. 2. Soames found a beautiful … for his new house.

Seen – scene 1. We can’t agree on this point, but please don’t make a … . 2. He had never been … since that day.

Sew – sow 1. I know that I can … and hem much better than my Aunty Em. 2. … the wind and reap the whirlwind. 3. It was too early to … yet. 4. To … one’s wild oats means to live immorally, usually when young.

Through – threw 1. Jane … the apple away because it was rotten right … .

Tale – tail 1. Children like fairy-tales, but when they grow older, they prefer … of adventure. 2. I couldn’t make head or … of what he had told me.

Vein – vain – vane 1. She was so thin that …s stood out against her pale skin. 2. The weather … on top of the town hall pointed east. 3. She was nothing but a silly … girl. 4. She was not really bad, just … and thoughtless.

Whether – weather 1. … we go or … we stay, the result is the same. 2. He promised to come, though the … was awful.

Which – witch 1. A … is a person who professes or is supposed to practice magic, especially black magic. 2. I don’t know … way we must take.

Where – wear – ware 1. After you pass the … house, turn to the right. 2. … can I find shoes for everyday …? 3. He used to keep a hard … shop. 4. There are all kinds of silver … for sale here.

Write – wright – right – rite 1. He is a well-known play … . 2. You are old enough to know the difference between … and wrong. 3. He behaved in a strange way, as if performing some peculiar … . 4. … to me as often as you can, please.

Wait – weight 1. In England apples are sold by … and oranges at so much a piece. 2. … a minute. Will you stand on the scales, please? I must put down your … .

Weigh – way 1. How often do you … yourself? – Twice a week, but it doesn’t seem to help. I’m not getting any thinner. – That is not the … to lose weight. You should diet.

Waist – waste 1. Joseph Seddley was as vain as a girl. He had dozens of … coats, a special one for every occasion. 2. Don’t … your time reading this book.


Date: 2015-12-11; view: 1923


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