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English Language: Middle School: Grades 6, 7 and 8 Quiz - Homophones 3 (Questions)

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'Carrot' and 'Caret' are good examples of homophones - see how much different they are spelled compared to how they are pronounced.

If you enjoyed our first two English quizzes about homophones, try our third quiz and become a homophone genius!

1. Which word means 'A crowd'?
[ ] Heard
[ ] Hoard
[ ] Hoarding
[ ] Horde
2. Which one carries blood?
[ ] Vain
[ ] Vane
[ ] Vanguard
[ ] Vein
3. Which one is part of the mouth?
[ ] Palate
[ ] Palette
[ ] Pallet
[ ] Palliate
4. Which one means 'advice'?
[ ] Council
[ ] Counsel
[ ] Countenance
[ ] Counteract
5. Which one means 'To gain'?
[ ] Proffer
[ ] Profit
[ ] Profuse
[ ] Prophet
6. Which one is a herb?
[ ] Tame
[ ] Thames
[ ] Thyme
[ ] Time
7. Which word means 'To sell'?
[ ] Pedagogue
[ ] Pedal
[ ] Peddle
[ ] Pedometer
8. Which word means 'An agreement'?
[ ] Impact
[ ] Pace
[ ] Packed
[ ] Pact
9. Which word is a structure in the sea?
[ ] Pare
[ ] Pear
[ ] Peer
[ ] Pier
10. Which word means 'To peel'?
[ ] Pair
[ ] Pare
[ ] Pear
[ ] Pier
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English Language: Middle School: Grades 6, 7 and 8 Quiz - Homophones 3 (Answers)
1. Which word means 'A crowd'?
[ ] Heard
[ ] Hoard
[ ] Hoarding
[x] Horde
'Hoard' means to collect or store
2. Which one carries blood?
[ ] Vain
[ ] Vane
[ ] Vanguard
[x] Vein
'Vane' indicates wind direction whilst 'Vain' means conceited
3. Which one is part of the mouth?
[x] Palate
[ ] Palette
[ ] Pallet
[ ] Palliate
A 'Palette' is used by an artist for mixing colors
4. Which one means 'advice'?
[ ] Council
[x] Counsel
[ ] Countenance
[ ] Counteract
A 'Council' is a committee
5. Which one means 'To gain'?
[ ] Proffer
[x] Profit
[ ] Profuse
[ ] Prophet
6. Which one is a herb?
[ ] Tame
[ ] Thames
[x] Thyme
[ ] Time
7. Which word means 'To sell'?
[ ] Pedagogue
[ ] Pedal
[x] Peddle
[ ] Pedometer
8. Which word means 'An agreement'?
[ ] Impact
[ ] Pace
[ ] Packed
[x] Pact
9. Which word is a structure in the sea?
[ ] Pare
[ ] Pear
[ ] Peer
[x] Pier
10. Which word means 'To peel'?
[ ] Pair
[x] Pare
[ ] Pear
[ ] Pier