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Nursery Rhyme Heteronyms  
| Heteronyms are words that are spelt the same but have different meanings when they are pronounced differently - like Polish and polish. Follow the nursery rhyme characters and their clues in capitals to find each heteronym. |
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Average
10 qns |
258 plays |
May 24 09 |
Nannanut
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Double Meanings: Heteronymic Headlines
| Can you find the single word with two meanings, each with its own pronunciation, that will make a headline for my stories? Detailed instructions will be given in the first question. (American pronunciation used) |
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Average
10 qns |
1125 plays |
May 14 06 |
uglybird
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What Do You Call A Stinky Chicken?
| Homophones are words that sound the same but are spelled differently. In this quiz, you'll be given a clue (like what do you call a stinky chicken). You come up with the homophonic answer (foul fowl). Make sure your answers make sense. |
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Average
25 qns |
2805 plays |
Jun 24 03 |
asutbone
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Homophone Twists
| Use the clues to figure out a common word or phrase, only replace one of the words with a homophone. Ex: "What are evenings with King Arthur and his men?" Ans: "Nights of the Round Table" (replace "Knights"). Have fun! |
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Difficult
10 qns |
483 plays |
Jun 28 07 |
djsgal
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More Stinky Chickens
| Once again, homophones are words that sound the same but are spelled differently (a stinky chicken would be a foul fowl). The rules are the same for this quiz as the original. Good luck. Note: American English pronunciation. |
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Average
25 qns |
972 plays |
Jul 07 03 |
asutbone
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Same Word, Different Meaning
| Some claim that Mandarin Chinese is the most difficult language to learn, but think how many English speaking countries there are. Now ask yourself, "How many of these people speak the "Queen's English"? |
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Average
10 qns |
1158 plays |
Mar 15 07 |
support5
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Same Sound Words
| Nothing 'shocking' about homonyms. Some words simply have a completely different orthography, and different meaning and yet are spoken with exactly the same sounds. See if you can fill out the blanks with the correct 'false cousins'. |
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Easy
10 qns |
3780 plays |
Jan 22 02 |
flem-ish
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Same Sound Words 2
| Same sound, different orthography and different meaning is what is typical of the words asked for in this quiz. Blanks to be filled in. Number of letters given as a hint. |
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Average
10 qns |
3459 plays |
Feb 03 02 |
flem-ish
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Double Meaning Words
| The English language includes quite a few words that have more than one meaning, depending upon the context in which they are used. In each of the following questions, I will give you the two definitions that fit that specific word. |
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Tough
10 qns |
774 plays |
Jun 21 05 |
richicago
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From A to P - Homonyms
| This quiz is mainly about you having to try to fill in the correct homonyms...(A homonym is a word that is pronounced the same as another word, but spelt differently, or with a different meaning.) I hope you like it! *Does not follow the alphabet.* |
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Very Easy
10 qns |
1260 plays |
Apr 10 09 |
morge22
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They Sound Alike to Me
| Homonyms are words that sound alike but have different meanings. I will give the clue "Between the ribs and hips - makes ill use of._________ _________" Answer: waist waste Be careful to put answers in the correct order! One space between words. |
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Tough
20 qns |
738 plays |
Jun 10 01 |
finlady
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