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Paul Sparks, Sino-Canadian International College, Guangxi University, Online English Lesson Plans, Lesson Material and Ideas for Semester 2 Reading Lessons...

 

 

Reading: Homonyms (Words that sound alike)


Lesson Objectives: To understand how homonyms are used when reading.

Source: http://ccc.commnet.edu/cgi-shl/quiz.pl/confusibles.htm


Homonyms: These are words that sound alike or nearly alike but have different meanings and different spellings: affect / effect, they're / their / there, etc.


Select the correct answer for each homonym or confusable words:

1. I couldn't tell _______________ she was serious or not.
whether
weather

2. ____________ are too many possible answers to this question.
They're
There
Their

3. _________ going to help me with this?
Whose
Who's

4. Reading that book had a peculiar _______________ on Evelyn.
effect
affect

5. I am completely _________________ in this course.
uninterested
disinterested

6. I'm afraid she's going to _____________ her grandmother's wedding band.
loose
lose

7. My mother has been _______________ in bed all morning.
lieing
laying
lying

8. She has apparently found it difficult to ___________ the circumstances.
accept
except

9. She apparently doesn't care about ___________ origins in antiquity.
it's
its

10. It's usually hotter __________ this in July.
than
then

11. The politicians can't seem to find an appropriate ___________ for the new community college.
cite
sight
site

12. I've never known the library to be _____________ this quiet.
quite
quiet
quit

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