Are you a dear or a deer?

Choose the right homophone to fill in the gaps.

1)      We went to a ………. yesterday and we spent all our money on the rides and cotton candy.
a)      fair
b)      fare

2)      My daughter wanted to be either a princess or a ……….. at the masquerade ball tomorrow.
a)      ferry
b)      fairy

3)      Did they ……….. what they were looking for?
a)      fined
b)      find

4)      My son drew me a beautiful ……….. for my birthday.
a)      flower
b)      flour

5)      I haven’t seen you since you were a child and look at you now, a ………. man.
a)      groan
b)      grown

6)      The ………. was much quicker than the fox and managed to escape.
a)      hare
b)      hair

7)      Don’t worry, this wound will ………. in a few days.
a)      heel
b)      heal

8)      The ………. world knows about your so-called secret.
a)      hole
b)      whole

9)      He screamed so much at the concert that his voice was totally ……….. at the end.
a)      horse
b)      hoarse

10)   He is a ……….. wolf so he will probably never have a normal relationship.
a)      lone
b)      loan

Answers: 1) a, 2) b, 3) b, 4) a, 5) b, 6) a, 7) b, 8) b, 9) b, 10) a

fair – vásár, igazságos, szép, világos, szőke
fare – viteldíj, jegyár
ferry – komp
fairy – tündér
fined – ‘to fine’ (meg)bírságolni múlt ideje
to find – (meg)találni
flower – virág
flour – liszt
to groan – sóhajtani, nyögni
grown – felnőtt, megnőtt
hare – mezei nyúl
hair – haj
heel – sarok (láb)
to heal – meggyógyulni, meggyógyítani
hole – lyuk, verem
whole – egész, teljes
horse – ló
hoarse – rekedt, reszelős, durva
lone wolf – magányos farkas
lone – egyedüli, magányos, elhagyott
loan – kölcsön