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English 30 Public

Select the correct homophone according to the context.

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muscles/mussels - Some people are allergic to shellfish like ___, oysters, and clams.

mussels

15

base/bass - The man with the impressive ___ voice is auditioning in person next week.

bass

5

ate/eight - I ___ four eggs this morning, I was so hungry.

ate

5

beat/beet - This ___ is still hard, and I boiled it for 30 minutes.

beet

10

board/bored - The ___ is dirty. I hope one of my students cleans it for me later.

board

10

colonel/kernel - Ow! I just bit down on a ___ that didn’t pop.

kernel

15

cereal/serial - This ___ seems stale.

cereal

5

cell/sell - The suspect stayed in the police station's holding ___ overnight.

cell

5

air/heir - The ___ to the throne is in the newspapers again with the latest scandal.

heir

5

dye/die - Did you ___ your hair? It looks a bit darker.

dye

10

flour/flower - We are out of ___, so I can’t make bread tonight.

flour

5

ferry/fairy - Drat! We just missed the ___. Get comfortable. It’s going to be an hour wait.

ferry

5

genes/jeans - I inherited great ___ from both parents. I might live to be 100!

genes

5

grate/great - Will you ___ some parmesan for me? I want some cheese to accompany the pasta.

grate

5

guessed/guest - Our ___ is staying with us for two weeks.

guest

5

hoarse/horse - The man is ___ from all that yelling to support his team at the championship.

hoarse

5