Fill up the blanks with correct Homophones – Tnpsc General English Questions

HOMOPHONES

Definition

Words pronounced alike but having different spelling and meaning are called Homophones.

‘New’ and ‘Knew’; ‘no’ and ‘Know’; to, two, too : are some of the examples of homophones.

e.g. ‘Meat’ refers to the flesh of four footed animal.

– but ‘meet’ which has the same pronunciation means to come together by chance or arrangement.

There are a lot of homophones in the English language. The study of homophones enriches one’s vocabulary.

Fill up the blanks with correct Homophones

1. I ______ him very well.

A) know

B) no

C) now

D) Now

Answer : A) know

2. Either Rajan ______ Kannan must attend the function.

A) are

B) or

C) an

D) ore

Answer : B) or

3. My sister cooks ______

A) rose

B) raise

C) rice

D) rise

Answer : C) rice

4. The ______ in the east.

A) son

B) sin

C) Sun

D) soon

Answer : C) Sun

5. The cattle are ______ on the meadow.

A) crazing

B) gracing

C) grazing

D) graze

Answer : C) grazing

6. ______ of you must do the work.

A) Sum

B) Some

C) Same

D) None of these

Answer : B) Some

7. The child is ______ young to go to school alone.

A) too

B) two

C) to

D) none

Answer : A) too

8. Please remove the ______

A) reed

B) read

C) rid

D) redo

Answer : A) reed

9. His legal ______ is Sheela.

A) heir

B) hair

C) hare

D) here

Answer : A) heir

10. The ______ of a snow clad mountain is exciting _____

A) cite

B) sight

C) site

D) none of these

Answer : B) sight

11. The king died _____

A) airless

B) heirless

C) hairless

D) hareless

Answer : B) heirless

12. In buses, ______ seats are not preferred.

A) aisle

B) isle

C) i’ll

D) None of these

Answer : A) aisle

13. ­­­­______ lands have no market.

A) Baron

B) Barren

C) Barron

D) Baxen

Answer : B) Barren

14. It is not healthy to use hair _____

A) die

B) dice

C) dye

D) dies

Answer : C) dye

15. In the past, men fought ______

A) duals

B) duels

C) dual

D) duale

Answer : B) duels

16. It is not _______ on your part to tease the weak.

A) fare

B) fair

C) far

D) faire

Answer : B) fair

17. He has a ______ for writing.

A) flare

B) flair

C) flairs

D) None of these

Answer : B) flair

18. People must help the poor whole ______

A) hart

B) heart

C) heartedly

D) hartly

Answer : C) heartedly

19. My servant _______ sweeps the floor clean.

A) made

B) maid

C) meid

D) None of these

Answer : B) maid

20. Avoid ______ eating for healthy living.

A) meat

B) meet

C) mete

D) meate

Answer : A) meat

21. My friend is a ______ officer.

A) navel

B) naval

C) naval

D) None of these

Answer : B) naval

22. ______ of my friends attended the meeting.

A) Nun

B) Nones

C) None

D) Nuns

Answer : C) None

23. The ______ of the cats are sharp.

A) pause

B) paws

C) pauses

D) None of these

Answer : B) paws

24. It is good to eat orange ______ also.

A) peels

B) peal

C) peales

D) None of these

Answer : A) peels

25. ______ men command respect.

A) Holey

B) Wholly

C) Holy

D) Holley

Answer : C) Holy

26. Pilgrims stayed at _______ in the past.

A) inns

B) ins

C) in

D) None of these

Answer : A) inns

27. Raman was _______ by the English King.

A) knighted

B) nighted

C) nighed

D) knigretted

Answer : A) knighted

28. _______ is a heavy metal.

A) Led

B) Lead

C) Lid

D) None of these

Answer : B) Lead

29. The judge did not accept the _______ of the criminal.

A) please

B) pleases

C) pleas

D) None of these

Answer : C) pleas

30. Tamil Nadu was well developed during the _______ of the Naicker Kings of Madurai.

A) rein

B) rain

C) reign

D) reins

Answer : C) reign

31. Don’t be ______ towards the week.

A) rood

B) rude

C) roode

D) None of these

Answer : B) rude

32. ______ is an attractive flower.

A) Rose

B) Rows

C) rouses

D) None of these

Answer : A) Rose

33. He ______ well when he was at school.

A) wrote

B) rote

C) rout

D) route

Answer : A) wrote

34. The servant _______ up the mat.

A) role

B) roll

C) rolle

D) rolls

Answer : D) rolls

35. R. S. Manohar had a good ______ for stage plays.

A) troupe

B) troop

C) trup

D) trupe

Answer : A) troupe

36. Get up my ________.

A) sun

B) son

C) soon

D) san

Answer : B) son

37. You ______ to have said it long ago.

A) ought

B) aught

C) awt

D) out

Answer : A) ought

38. _______ float on the sea to warn ships of danger.

A) Boys

B) Buys

C) Buoys

D) Bows

Answer : C) Buoys

39. He skidded because he did not apply the ______.

A) break

B) brake

C) breed

D) breeze

Answer : B) brake

40. We must try our best to _______ away all prejudices.

A) gouts

B) cost

C) cast

D) caste

Answer : C) cast

41. I did not have the ______.

A) ought

B) art

C) hart

D) heart

Answer : D) heart

42. The ______ has a short tail.

A) hare

B) air

C) hair

D) ear

Answer : A) hare

43. The flesh of Kangaroo sells very ______.

A) dour

B) deer

C) dear

D) doer

Answer : C) dear

44. He told me the _______ of a fox.

A) trail

B) tail

C) troll

D) tale

Answer : D) tale

45. The travelers had a terrible journey through the _____ road.

A) tortoos

B) torturous

C) tortrous

D) tortuous

Answer : D) tortuous

46. The children have been playing for ______ hours.

A) toe

B) two

C) to

D) too

Answer : B) two

47. What is the _______ of it?

A) price

B) splice

C) prize

D) praise

Answer : A) price

48. Please _______ for me.

A) free

B) prey

C) bray

D) pray

Answer : D) pray

49. We ______ the orange with a knife.

A) pill

B) peel

C) pull

D) peal

Answer : B) peel

50. Please ______ for a while.

A) phase

B) pace

C) pause

D) pass

Answer : C) pause

51. The time is half ______ ten.

A) post

B) fast

C) paste

D) past

Answer : D) past

52. Her face became _______ because of fear.

A) pall

B) pale

C) peel

D) paul

Answer : B) pale

53. ______ is used to row the boat.

A) Hoar

B) Ore

C) Oar

D) Wore

Answer : C) Oar

54. _______ is a heavy metal.

A) Lead

B) Led

C) Leed

D) Load

Answer : A) Lead

55. Every airport has a ______

A) hangur

B) hunger

C) hanger

D) hangar

Answer : D) hangar

56. There is a ______ in the bucket.

A) whole

B) hole

C) owl

D) hale

Answer : B) hole

57. The strength for Achilles was on his ______.

A) hell

B) hill

C) heel

D) heal

Answer : C) heel

58. If you want to reach God you have to _______ worldly pleasures.

A) furgo

B) forego

C) forgo

D) furgow

Answer : C) forgo

59. ______ bird does not fly in the air.

A) Fowl

B) Foul

C) Fall

D) Fool

Answer : A) Fowl

60. She narrated series of ______ events.

A) discrete

B) discreet

C) descreet

D) descrete

Answer : A) discrete

61. The minister wearing the blue coat stays in a _______.

A) suit

B) suite

C) shoot

D) suiet

Answer : B) suite

62. The only choice is to go to church on ______ Sunday.

A) allternate

B) hallternative

C) alternate

D) alternative

Answer : C) alternate

63. The Manager helps the staff even in their ______ problems.

A) personnel

B) personal

C) perosonal

D) persennel

Answer : B) personal

64. Due to the floods, the price of cereals will _______ soon.

A) rose

B) rice

C) raise

D) rise

Answer : D) rise

65. They stood under the ______ tree.

A) yew

B) eve

C) ewe

D) yev

Answer : A) yew

66. At the hospital the experienced nurses tried to get the _____ of the patient.

A) vain

B) vein

C) van

D) wine

Answer : B) vein

67. The monkey ate the ______ of the coconut.

A) colonel

B) gernal

C) cornol

D) kernel

Answer : D) kernel

68. The bird tried to ______ in the sky.

A) shore

B) soar

C) sore

D) sure

Answer : B) soar

69. With a ______ of his hand, he dismissed the soldiers.

A) waive

B) waev

C) weeave

D) wave

Answer : D) wave

70. The boy asked me to solve a _____ problem.

A) naughty

B) Knowty

C) knotty

D) noughty

Answer : C) knotty