Thursday, October 20, 2011

Honynyms

Test V - hononyms
1. why does modern music have such a strange [a) affect b) effect] on you?

2. Most buildings have [a) stationary b) stationery] walls.

3. The [a) principal b) principle] features of Southern California are sunshine and smog.

4. Sitting contentedly by the fire, the cat licked [a) it's b) its] paws

5. His vocal [a) cods b) chords] were inflamed

6. he sat for hours [a) poring b) pouring] over the dictionary.

7. He listened with [a) baited b) bated] breath for the second shoe to fall.

8. Admiral Nelson is famous for one of the most important [a) navel b) naval] encounters in British history.

9. The scene of the accident was lighted by a huge [a) flare b) flair].

10. The boxer made a [a) feint b) faint] with his left.

And not precisely an honynym but one I see pretty often.

11. It's a [a) mute b) moot] point.


Bibliography
30 Days to a More Powerful Vocabulary

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