Friday, June 14, 2019

word - So Many Homophones?



A twist on my previous puzzle So many anagrams. Instead of finding anagrams for the blanks you have to find two homophones/homographs(bat-bat, and doe-dough) that fit into the provided blanks. Note: The number of blanks does not mean the number of letters and there will be a different set of hompphones for each numbered sentence







  1. Donny started to _____ up when he saw that there was a _____ in his leather seats.




  2. Mike took his _____ on a date to the ______.





  3. After an _____ course meal, Joe figured that he ______ enough!




  4. He was wishing that his ______ would ______, because he wanted to start playing soccer again.




  5. Because the ________ was flat, it was a perfect spot to land their _______.





  6. After bathing their pet ______ the drain was full of ______.




  7. They _____ed the couch through the ____.




  8. Talking ______ is not _________.




  9. They went through the _____ _____ and got lost while trying to get out.





  10. To be more efficient in landscaping our yard we worked in ____s. First we _____d the ____ tree so it would not look so bushy, then we cut the grass.




  11. Ally only went to the shoe-stores that had a wide variety of _______, and after she was done shopping, she knew _______ she was going to ______ all the shoes.




  12. _____ days ago, I wanted to do a trick shot ____ my turn, so I swung as had as I could but the ball was about to hit my coach, so I screamed _____!







Answer



1:



tear/ tear (this one is the homograph, as @Pugmonkey pointed out)



2: credit to @Pugmonkey, go upvote their answer!



bae/ bay




3:



eight/ ate



4:



heel/ heal



5:




plain/ plane



6:



hare/ hair



7:



haul/ hall




8:



aloud/ allowed



9:



maize/ maze



10:




pair/ pare/ pear



11: credit to @Reinier, go upvote their answer!



ware/ where/ wear



12:



four/ for/ fore




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