English Homophones online Test

The ________ is so beautiful! The sun is shining but there is a nice cool breeze.


I can't believe he ______ the ball! What an amazing catch!


Do you want a _____ of cake or a doughnut?


She is going to ______ her little black dress to the party and those wonderful gold shoes.


Room 17 is down the corridor and _____ the double doors on the left.


Do you remember Pete and Mary? We're going to _______ house for dinner on Saturday.


________ you like a cup of tea?


In the summer I love to swim in the ______.


The ______ is cleaning the bedroom.


I can't believe he ________ the answer!


I am so _______ of these homophones! I'm almost falling asleep.


The trousers fitted me in length but they were too big around the ________.


I can see you but I can't ______ you!


Smoking is not _______ in the school building.


This is the last question - _______ and simple.

















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Homophones are words that sound exactly the same but the spelling and meaning are different. An example is write and right. They sound exactly the same but their spelling and meaning are very different. There are many homophones in English and learning them will not only help you spelling but also your pronunciation. A word like 'fort' (a castle or military building) seems a lot easier to pronounce than 'fought' (past form of fight) but the pronunciation is exactly the same. Fort & fought and right & write are homophones. See how many more you recognise!

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Leon Wooldridge
By: Leon Wooldridge
384 days 23 hours 44 minutes ago

I think that it's interesting to compare accents by looking through a list of homophones to find those which are homophones for one speaker but not another speaker. Eg: 'My aunt was bitten by an ant' or 'This sordid affair must be sorted out!' - These are homophones in parts of the USA but not for me in Canterbury. Here's a list to check : http://www.englishtap.com/library/pronunciation/?page=homophones.html

Joanna Bowler
By: Joanna Bowler
384 days 23 hours 32 minutes ago

Thanks Leon - very good point. I am indeed working in an RP bubble! Are any of my homophone examples specifically British English or RP? I'm not sure - please comment.

Joanna Bowler
By: Leon Wooldridge
384 days 21 hours 33 minutes ago

I think all those in your exercise are homophones the world over, but some of our RP homophones are not so widespread, such as : 'My aunt is very generous' and 'Aren't you generous?' - If you have time, please record some example sentences for my homophones or tongue twisters page and email them to me. :) '

Farida Begum
By: Farida Begum
384 days 8 hours 35 minutes ago

Thanks I loved the test ,it's simp[le yet knowledgeable.

Farida Begum
Guwahati,Assam

Farida Begum
By: Joanna Bowler
384 days 3 hours 7 minutes ago

Thanks Farida! I'm glad you enjoyed it.

Angeles Trujillo
By: Angeles Trujillo
382 days 10 hours 6 minutes ago

It can also be very useful for our students to let them discriminate words when reading song lyrics.

carmelo
By: carmelo
373 days 18 hours 23 minutes ago

Thanks!

siri sirisha
By: siri sirisha
371 days 22 hours 25 minutes ago

thanxxxxxxxxx

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