Punjab State Board PSEB 9th Class English Book Solutions English Vocabulary Homonyms Exercise Questions and Answers, Notes.
PSEB 9th Class English Vocabulary Homonyms
Homonyms
जिन शब्दों का उच्चारण एक जैसा हो परन्तु उनके अर्थ तथा हिज्जे (spellings) अलग-अलग हों, उन्हें Homonyms कहते है, जैसे
break, brake; write, right; sight, site; weight, wait; etc.
List Of Homonyms
1. Berth – Please get a berth reserved for me in the Flying Mail.
Birth – She gave birth to a male child.
2. Brake – The driver applied brakes to save the child.
Break – Glass breaks easily.
3. Cell – This remote control works on two pencil cells.
Sell – We want to sell our old furniture.
4. Died – His father died at the age of eighty.
Dyed – She dyed her hair dark brown.
5. Dose – This bottle contains six doses.
Doze – He was dozing in the class.
6. Hair – She was combing her hair.
Hare – The hare can run very fast.
7. Heal – The wound healed slowly.
Heel – The thief took to heels.
8. Pain – I have pain in my stomach.
Pane – Who has broken the window pane ?
9. Pair – I have bought a pair of shoes.
Pare – Pare your nails.
10. Peace – Who does not want peace ?
Piece – I gave him a piece of bread.
11. Pray – I pray to God for your health and happiness.
Prey – The tiger jumped on its prey.
12. Principal – My mother went to the school to meet the principal.
Principle – He is a man of high principles.
13. Root – This tree has very deep roots.
Route – We took the shortest route.
14. Stair – The man slipped while climbing the stairs.
Stare – It is a bad habit to stare at anyone.
15. Storey – This house has three storeys.
Story – My grandmother told me a very interesting story.
16. Their – Their house is small but comfortable.
There – We went there in a group.
17. Wait – I had to wait for a long time.
Weight – My weight is fifty kilograms.
18. Waist – The water in the river soon rose above his waist.
Waste – Don’t waste your time.
19. Weather – The weather has suddenly turned cold.
Whether – I want to know whether this answer is correct.
20. Heir – Kanwar Mahendra Singh is the next heir to the throne.
Air – Go out for a walk in the fresh air.
Choose the word from the pairs of words given and complete the sentences. You may have to change the form of the word in some cases.
fair, fare; groan, grown; practise, practice; principle, principal; feet, feat; vain, vein; stationery, stationary; wait, weight.
1. It is my ………… not to lend money to anyone.
2. The player was badly hurt and was ………… with pain.
3. Can you ………… for some time? The officer is very busy at the moment.
4. A passenger train hit a ………… goods train near Pune.
5. The ………… of buses may go up by 10% next month.
6. Have you done enough ………… to win the match ?
7. Mamta tried in ………… to climb to the top of the building.
8. The Lotus Temple in Delhi is a great ………… of engineering.
Answers
1. principle
2. groaning
3. wait
4. stationary
5. fare
6. practice
7. vain
8. feat.