Samacheer Kalvi 10th English Vocabulary Confusables & Homophones
Samacheer Kalvi 10th English Vocabulary Confusables & Homophones
Tamilnadu Samacheer Kalvi 10th English Vocabulary Confusables & Homophones
Homophones are one of the groups of words pronounced alike but differ in meaning and spelling or both. (e.g.) carat,
carrot; week, weak and hear, here.
Rewrite the following sentences by using the correct homophones for the underlined words:
Question 1.
He did not here any foot steps.
Answer:
He did not hear any foot steps.
Question 2.
Gita met her old classmate on her weigh to the ATM.
Answer:
Gita met her teacher on her wav to the ATM.
Question 3.
Ice cream with brownie was served as desert.
Answer:
Ice cream was served as dessert.
Question 4.
The old lady took wrest for an hour.
Answer:
The old lady took rest for an hour.
Question 5.
Tirupathi is a grate pilgrim spot.
Answer:
Tirupathi is a great pilgrim spot.
Question 6.
Never pause unhealthy comments.
Answer:
Never pass unhealthy comments.
Question 7.
My mom wood be pleased to help you during this festival time.
Answer:
My mom would be pleased to help you during this festival time.
Question 8.
You are not aloud inside the room.
Answer:
You are not allowed inside the room.
Question 9.
There was a cheque dam in Holland.
Answer:
There was a check dam in Holland.
Question 10.
If Himalayan eves disappear, few states will suffer.
Answer:
If Himalayan ice disappears, few states will suffer.
Question 11.
Her shoes are two small.
Answer:
Her shoes are too small.
Question 12.
Time may heel some wounds.
Answer:
Time may heal some wounds.
Question 13.
Mom advised me to prey regularly.
Answer:
Mom advised me to pray regularly.
Question 14.
Don’t loose your temper.
Answer:
Don’t lose your temper.
Question 15.
Some believe, “Mite is right”.
Answer:
Some believe, “Might is right”.
Question 16.
She new the way to the supermarket.
Answer:
She knew the way to the supermarket.
Question 17.
King Solomon was always faring in his judgment.
Answer:
King Solomon was always fair in his judgment.
Question 18.
Marina beach is the longest in Asia.
Answer:
Marina beach is the longest in Asia.
Question 19.
An engineer was arrested who had hordes of 2000 rupee notes.
Answer:
An engineer was arrested who had hoards of 2000 rupee notes.
Question 20.
The due seated on the top of a grass sparkled like a diamond.
Answer:
The dew seated on the top of a grass sparkled like a diamond.
Fill in with the right confusable to make a meaningful sentence
1. ……………………………. is a big clock, (ours/hours)
2. The colour of your ……………………………. is black, (hare/hair)
3. Gold is measured in ……………………………. (carrot/carat)
4. I sent a ……………………………. to my friend, (mail/male)
5. The ……………………………. seated on the top of the flowers and made the flower look more beatiful. (due/dew)
6. Sparrows were ……………………………. here long ago. (scene/seen)
7. Give me a ……………………………. when you reach home, (wring/ring)
8. How the youngest bird flies across the ……………………………. is a puzzle! (see/sea)
9. Last ……………………………. he did not attend school since he was ……………………………. (weak/week)
10. Those who are ……………………………. of their ……………………………. dare not do mistakes.(conscience/conscious)
11. Nivedha’s ……………………………. son ……………………………. himself to the new environment, (adapted/adopted)
12. The book which has been ……………………………. for the BA class has been ……………………………. for containing some
marks against a particular religion, (proscribed/prescribed)
13. Tommy was walking around the forest with his ……………………………. feet when he was attacked by the ……………………………. (bear/bare).
14. In the story, St.Michael, a ……………………………. was seated in a ……………………………. (ferry/fairy).
15. I wanted to buy a ……………………………. of bangles but I ended buying ……………………………. (pair/pears)
16. Every ……………………………. my grandmother would tell be a story about a ……………………………. to help me grow courageous, (knight/night)
17. We had to ……………………………. patiently, in spite of carrying a heavy ……………………………. (weight/wait)
18. The ……………………………. of the ……………………………. is always soft and silky, (hare/hair)
19. When teaching my son how to drive, I told him if he didn’t hit the ……………………………. in time he would ……………………………. the car’s side mirror, (break/brake)
20. If you ……………………………. drugs, you will get arrested and end up in a prison ……………………………. (cell/sell)
21. Karthik won’t spend one ……………………………. on a bottle of perfume until he knows that he loves the ……………………………. (sent/scent/cent)
22. If you accidentally drink a bottle of fabric ……………………………. you might ……………………………. (die/dye)
23. To bake a ……………………………. shaped cake, you’ll need some all-purpose ……………………………. (flour/flower)
24. If the ……………………………. breaks on your sandal, you might fall. However, your injuries will ……………………………. in a week’s time, (heal/heel)
25. I wanted to sit ……………………………. so I could ……………………………. the mimicry performance without any distractions, (hear/here)
Answer:
1. ours
2. hair
3. carat
4. nail
5. dew
6. seen
7. ring
8. sea
9. week/weak
10. conscious/conscience
11. adopted/adapted
12. prescribed/proscribed
13. bare/bear
14. fairy/ferry
15. pair/pears
16. knight/night
17. wait/weight
18. hair/hare
19. brake/break
20. sell/cell
21. cent/scent
22. dye/die
23. flower/flour
24. heel/heal
25. here/hear
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