Homonyms 1

Fill in the blank spaces below with the right word chosen from the homonyms provided

1.  Hello sir, can you _____________ me finish this balance sheet before our meeting (aid, aide,AIDS).
2. I have asked him to _____________ some changes on the invoice before sending it to the clientele of LDC (affect/effect).
3. When he misplaced the bond, ­he came apologizing and saying, to ­_____________ is human and to forgive divine (heir/air/err).
4. If you don’t know why I am offended, I will tell you. I think it is not gentlemanly to keep a lady waiting in the _____________ of a church for a whole hour (aisle/ I’ll/isle).
5. The gossip is that he employs his relatives in the company, even when they have no skill whatsoever. The accountant is his _____________ (ant/ aunt).
6. He showed me his wrinkled fingers and said that he could do all the work with his _____________ (bear/ bare) hands.
7. I told him I had no _____________ (bite/byte) left in the computer.
8. When he came out of the quarry, a funny substance had stained his _____________ (browse/brows).
9. I have advised the marketing manager to put in the market only those products that customers are willing to_____________ (bye/by/buy).
10. His dad has vowed not to give him a _____________ (cent/sent) until he has returned all the money that was stolen from his wallet.
11. It was such a nasty sight to see the spittle on the window __________ (pain/pane).

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