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'Flair' and 'flare' are homophones. Answers 3 and 4 should have used 'flare.' 'Flair' is natural ability, talent or aptitude whilst a 'flare' is a sudden bright flame
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'Putting' is a homograph. 'Putting' is the act of sending a golf ball into the hole on the green. 'Putting' is also the present participle of the verb 'put'
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'Grown' and 'groan' are homophones. Answer 1 should have used 'groan' and Answer 4 should have used 'grown.' 'Grown' is to have advanced in growth whereas a 'groan' is a sound uttered when in pain or distress
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'Wound' is a homograph. A 'wound' is an injury but 'wound' is also the past tense and past participle of wind. It is pronounced differently to the first word - WOWND rather than WOOND
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'Flew', 'flu' and 'flue' are homophones and the words are used correctly in all the sentences:
'Flew' is the past form of the verb 'fly, 'flu' is a contagious disease and a 'flue' is a duct for removing waste gasses |
'Digest' is a homograph. 'Digest' is the process of converting food to a form that can be used by the body. A 'digest' is also a compendium of information.
'Desert' is also a homograph. It can mean 'a dry, arid area' or 'to abandon' - though neither of these is to do with either food or a grouping of information! |
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'Sensor' and 'censor' are homophones. Answers 1 and 2 should have used 'censor' whilst Answer 4 should have used 'sensor.' A 'sensor' is an item that receives a stimulus and responds to it and a 'censor' is any person or group of persons that helps to screen out immoral material from the general public
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'Moped' is a homograph. A 'moped' is like a cycle but with a motor. 'Moped' is also to be gloomy. The two words are pronounced differently. The motorised cycle MOWP-ED and being gloomy rhymes with 'hoped'
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'Road', 'rode' and 'rowed' are homophones. All three are correctly used in the sentences:
A 'road' is a surface for vehicles to run on, 'rode' is the past form of the verb 'ride' and 'rowed' is the past form of the verb 'row' |
'Refuse' is a homograph. 'Refuse' is to decline. 'Refuse' is also anything that can be thrown away such as rubbish or waste. The two words are pronounced differently. Decline as REE-FUSE and rubbish as REF-USE
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