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Heteronyms Trivia Quiz

Heteronyms are words which are spelled exactly the same way but have different pronunciations and different meanings. For example, "flower" is either a word for a tulip or a word for a river. Given the clue "blossom, stream" the answer is "flower".

A multiple-choice quiz by GammaRho. Estimated time: 7 mins.

Author
GammaRho

Time
7 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
275,256

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
562

Question 1 of 10

1. Line quarrel

Answer: (Three letter word)

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Question 2 of 10

2. Pig disseminate

Answer: (Three letter word)

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Question 3 of 10

3. Suggest close

Answer: (Eight letter word)

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Question 4 of 10

4. Ornament obeisance

Answer: (Three letter word)

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Question 5 of 10

5. Low fish

Answer: (Four letter word)

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Question 6 of 10

6. Direct element

Answer: (Four letter word)

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Question 7 of 10

7. Droplet rip

Answer: (Four letter word)

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Question 8 of 10

8. Tighten breeze

Answer: (Four letter word)

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Question 9 of 10

9. Disagree purpose

Answer: (Six letter word)

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Question 10 of 10

10. Disabled faulty

Answer: (Seven letter word)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Line quarrel

Answer: row

Those fellows in the last row had quite a row.

2. Pig disseminate

Answer: sow

Babe was quite a brilliant sow to sow all those seeds.

3. Suggest close

Answer: intimate

Never intimate that we were intimate friends!

4. Ornament obeisance

Answer: bow

She wore a red bow in her hair when taking her bow.

5. Low fish

Answer: bass

You used your bass voice to announce that you'd caught a prizewinning bass.

6. Direct element

Answer: lead

Get the lead out and lead us to safety!

7. Droplet rip

Answer: tear

Dry that tear! We'll get the tear in your gown repaired.

8. Tighten breeze

Answer: wind

Wind the ball of string before the wind catches it.

9. Disagree purpose

Answer: object

I object to the object of your experiment.

10. Disabled faulty

Answer: invalid

You made your appplication invalid by listing yourself as an invalid.

One of the main reasons non-natives find it difficulat to master English is the existence of heteronyms. What other language presents this problem so frequently?

Source: Author GammaRho

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