From A to P - Homonyms Trivia Quiz

Answer: air

I took a huge breath of the nice, fresh air.

Air is the stuff that we breath (oxygen)". Ere is an old-fashioned or literary word meaning before, heir means a person who inherits, while err means to make a mistake.

Answer: aisle

She walked down the aisle during the wedding. Technically, the central walkway in a church should be called the nave; the aisles are between the ends of the pews and the church walls. However, most people inaccurately refer to a bride walking down the aisle.

An aisle is a walkway. An isle is an island, and I'll is just a contraction of I will. Any of these may NOT work, because only aisle does!

Answer: bore

This math paper is such a bore!

Bore is something or someone you are not interested in, or you are tired of. A boar is a wild pig, a boor is a tasteless buffoon, while a Boer is a South African of Dutch descent.

Answer: bell

The bell went 'ding, ding!'

A bell is a thing that can ring, or go 'ding, ding'. Bel is a Babylonian god, while a bel is unit used to measure how loud a sound is. A belle is a beautiful woman.

Answer: carrot

My favourite vegetable is a carrot.

An edible orange root is a carrot. A caret is a proofreader's insertion mark (lie an inverted v), while a carat is a unit of weight for precious stones, equal to 200 milligrams. A karat is a unit measuring the purity of gold - 24 karat gold is without impurity of any kind.

Answer: claws

The cat's claws dug in my left leg.

Claws are really big and long fingernails. Claus (as in Santa Claus) is a jolly old fat guy who delivers presents to all Christmas Eve night. A clause can be part of a sentence containing a verb, or it can refer to a section of a legal document.

Answer: dough

You have to cook the 'dough' to make the bread.

Dough is uncooked bread. Do is the first note of a diatonic scale, while a doe is a female deer.

Answer: you

I love you.

This saying is often said to loved ones.

A ewe is a female sheep, and a yew is a type of tree.

Answer: high

The Eiffel Tower looks very high!

Hi is a greeting", heigh (which can also be pronounced to rhyme with hay) is an exclamation used to draw attention, hie means to go very quickly, and high means very tall.

Answer: pear

A pear tree goes in my backyard.

A pear is a greenish-yellow delicious fruit. If you pare something it means you are cutting it down. A pair is a set of two items considered together.