Question

Fill in the blanks with suitable homophones :
1) brake / break
a) We have a short ______ between the sessions.
b) The car skidded to a halt when I applied the______
2) waste/ waist
a) shivani wears a belt around her _______
b)We should never misuse or ______ natural resources.
3) Principle / Principal
a) Oxygen is the ________ element present in the earths crust.
b) Both these machines work on the same _________.
4) bread / bred
a) Turtles should be _______ in a healthy environment.
b) I like to have toasted _________ for breakfast.
5) lesson / lessen
a) This medicine will ________ your pain.
b) Finally, the manager learnt a ________ the hard way.
6) pale / pail
a) The child looks very sick and _________
b) I need a _________ of water to wash these cups. ​

Answer 1

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Homophones -

Two or more words having same pronunciation but different origins, spellings and meanings are called homophones.

Example - ( cell, sell ) ; ( bye , buy ) etc.

___________

1) brake / break

a) We have a short break between the sessions.

b) The car skidded to a halt when I applied the brake.

2) waste/ waist

a) shivani wears a belt around her waist.

b)We should never misuse or waste natural resources.

3) Principle / Principal

a) Oxygen is the principal element present in the earths crust.

b) Both these machines work on the same principle.

4) bread / bred

a) Turtles should be bred in a healthy environment.

b) I like to have toasted bread for breakfast.

5) lesson / lessen

a) This medicine will lesson your pain.

b) Finally, the manager learnt a lesson the hard way.

6) pale / pail

a) The child looks very sick and pale.

b) I need a pail of water to wash these cups.

Answer 2

Answers-

1). Brake/Break

a). We have a short break between the sessions.

b) The car skidded to a halt when I applied the brake.

2) waste/waist

a) shivani wears a belt around her waist.

b)We should never misuse or waste natural resources.

3) Principle / Principal

a) Oxygen is the principal element present in the earths crust.

b) Both these machines work on the same principle.

4) bread / bred

a) Turtles should be bred in a healthy environment.

b) I like to have toasted bread for breakfast.

5) lesson / lessen

a) This medicine will lessen your pain.

b) Finally, the manager learnt a lesson the hard way.

6) pale / pail

a) The child looks very sick and pale.

b) I need a pail of water to wash these cups.