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17. Homophones




          Read the below words.





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                      see                        sea                       flour                    flower





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                      dear                      deer                        hair                     hare

          The  above  words  are  homophones                 .  Homophones  are  words  that  have  the

          same sound but different spellings and different meanings.


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          1.     Tick the correct homophone in each sentence :                                    Analytical Skill
                 (a)  After typhoid, Rohan has become quite week/weak                         .
                 (b)  The red flour / flower          is beautiful.

                 (c)  Tie the not/knot          tightly, or it may open.
                 (d)  I check my mail/male            box everyday.

                 (e)  The be/bee         is sitting on his nose.
                 (f)  We should eat cereal/serial             for breakfast.

                 (g)  The hunter recognized the tiger's pause/paws                    .
                 (h)  Leave without information is not allowed/aloud                     .


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