Can You Pass this Homophone Test?
Can You Pass this Homophone Test?
Homophones are words that sound the same, but have different spellings and meanings, such as 'hour' and 'our' or 'rain' and 'reign' . This is the kind of test I used with my high school students whom I taught English. For them, English was a second language. Let's see if you can do better than they did. Here is what you must do - you must correct every homophone error in the test paragraph following below this paragraph. You must NOT post your answer to a comment below or it will blow this test for everyone else. I suggest that you copy it and then paste it to a PN to me, Buzz of the Orient and BEFORE sending it, correct all the errors in the paragraph by deleting the incorrect words and replacing them with the correct words that should be in place of them. I will reply with a return PN the score you achieved and the corrections if they are still required. Take note that because I'm on the other side of the world I may be asleep when you send your answer, but I will reply when I wake.
Weather or knot I watch the dog as it choose it’s bone over they’re, I can still eat my meet to. In fact, their are just two many bones hear fore the dog so its much to messy wear he eats. You can only bee rite on this test if your able too correct all the errors yew can sea.
Good luck
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This should be fun. IMPORTANT!!!! Send the answers in a PN to me, Buzz of the Orient, and I will reply with the score you get and any corrections if necessary. PLEASE DO NOT POST THE ANSWERS, OR EVEN A HINT, HERE IN A COMMENT or you will ruin this test for everyone else.
ONLY PERFECT SCORES WILL BE POSTED, ALL OTHERS WILL BE KEPT CONFIDENTIAL AND NOBODY WILL KNOW (EXCEPT ME, LOL)
CHANGE OF PROCEDURE
I WILL ONLY POST SCORES IF THE PARTICIPANT ASKS ME TO, although in my PN reply to the player they will be advised of it. It is more important that all players feel comfortable to give the test a try, and to post comments here. As with my movie games, it is wise to post here that you have submitted since in the past a glitch in the site system has prevented a PN from being received, so I will know to make sure I get the PN. As well, I will post here that I have replied for the same reason, besides helping to keep the test visible for a while on the Front (Home) Page.
By the way, if you consider this test to be offensive, it would be because you are confusing homonyms and homophones with something to do with homosexuality, so let me assure you that they have ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WHATSOEVER to do with it.
Tried and sent.
Received and scored, thank you.
bccrane got 19 out of 20 correct for a score of 95%.
That was difficult to read...
Yes, intentionally so. However, your answer has been received and scored, thank you.
That didn't stop you from getting a perfect 20 out of 20 (i.e. 100%) score.
Thanks Buzz. This is an area I have always scored well in. In HS I took independent studies in sentence structure and writing.
You're always welcome.
You must have had a large High School, a very dedicated teaching staff, or both.
Tried and sent
Received and scored, thank you.
Only a few here want a break from the same old same old by spending a few minutes having fun instead? Or have I scared you all with this? Don't be afraid you're going to blow it, cause only I will know, nobody else I promise, unless you tell me to post your score here.
Arvo..this just appeared..
Hmm will have a go..
Can't cut post etc on my phone so will send a message..
Can't remember how to send you a message..derr..will have a bash and try work it out..
Well I think I sent my answer..
Could have ended up in that big black hole somewhere..
Hopefully you get it..
I got it.
Flaming ripper..wonders never cease..
Well I am off to go do some shopping bills to pay and need cat food or there will be a riot..
You didn't answer the question I asked in my PN reply to you.
Can't see it..not sure if I am looking in the right place..
Found it..sent a reply..
Your score is 17 out of 20, or 85%. Thanks for playing.
Knew I should have had Vegemite on my toast this morning instead of apricot jam..
LOL. I looked for vegemite at the METRO big box store when I shopped there last Saturday I couldn't find vegemite, but there's still hope. I might be able to order it online.
Sent it in. Spelling was my worst subject in school. You can post my score
Actually, the test is a mix of spelling and grammar.
The score for charger 383 on this test was 16 out of 20, or 80%. Thanks for playing. For someone who had difficulty in spelling, you did pretty good.
80% on a spelling test in school would have gotten little Charger ice cream, Old Charger will have a beer
Scent.
So we sea..
Please don't make a seen..
I here ya..🦘
Their, they're now. Everything is going to bee OK.
Says ewe..🐑
Come on, you guys, stop posting hints.
G started it..his fault...😁
Oh yeah, blame me...
Morning.. absolutely...you led this Aussie astray..🐑🐑
Better yet,
Well, shona1, you know, those Yankees....
Dam Yankees
YEP!!! How did you do with spelling in school? LOL
I always got As. Why do you ask?
Oh, okay, THIS is what you meant.
That is exactly what I meant.
Okay, got it.
Ewe can post my score only if it's 100%!
Your score is 20 out of 20, i.e. 100%. Thanks for playing.
Just to let everyone know, not everyone has the same academic strengths and weaknesses and it's not at all unusual that we might be strong in one thing and weak in another, as long as it doesn't interfere with our success and/or happiness in life. I might be strong in English, and it served me well in my profession for 37 years and even better for teaching English to Chinese high school students, and I'm not at all embarrassed to also tell you that I set the university's record low mark because all I got was 17 out of 100, i.e. 17% as my final mark in calculus.
Unless I missed some trick questions this test was very easy.
I can see you found it easy, having achieved a perfect score of 20 out of 20, i.e. 100%. Thanks for playing.
Hope you do some more..that was fun..thanks..
I'll soon be starting to post my movie games again. You should try that, it's sort of a "treasure hunt" and you can get a perfect score without having to have seen any of the movies. I'll send you a notice when I post one. I'm just waiting for the gloating and mourning over the election to ease up a bit.
Wow!!! Seven so far out of? how many? NT members have enough self-confidence to play a game. It's almost as good as my movie games.
Raven Wing has just done the test and given me permission to post the fact that she attained a perfect score of 20 out of 20, i.e. 100%. Now we are eight - so many members, so few can handle a challenge.
the para looked graphically correct to me
LOL. You bring "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder" to life.
WOW!!! This is the ONLY article or seed on the Front (Home) Page that is 100% free of politics - it's worse than BEFORE the election. I'll have to do something to fix that - just watch.
Robert in Ohio has taken the test, and has achieved a perfect score of 20 out of 20, i.e. 100%.
Where are the questions or has game finished ?
It got pushed off the Front (Home) Page by many newer articles, which is no surprise. However, you can still take the test. Your comment brought it back to the Front (Home) Page. Read the instructions - send your answer back to me in a PN and I'll reply with your score.
Sorry, but I have the new post on front page but cannot locate questions or a link to them. Maybe for some reason my computer is not picking it up !
its at the top of this page
In case you're having a problem (and I don't understand that since you're commenting on the article with the test) I have sent the test in a PN to you.
The Chicken says "Boooook"
Are you sure you posted that on the right article? If you ARE sure, I thought it was more like "BwawkBwawk".
Quiet shoor
Waykwabu has now participated and got an almost perfect score of 19 out of 20, i.e. 95%. Thanks for playing.
Thomas has now played and got a perfect score 20 out of 20, i.e. 100%. Thanks for taking the test.
No problem. I had copied the blurb to my notepad and fixed the errors, then I forgot about it for 5 days.
Sent.
Or scent?
OR....
Well played, sir.
Morning...do you mob still ewes these?
We got rid of the 1 and 2 scent peace years ago...
What do sheep have to do with this test?
Morning.. sheep it has been found are quite intelligent..
So thought ewe would be interested in that..🐑
It's naught necessary to ram it hear.
Roast lamb is good four ewe...
Its my favourite meet.
We due
There is occasionally a call to get rid of the penny, but the idea never seems to get any traction. We never had a too scent coin, so that's not an issue.
What about the $2 bill?
They are still being printed, but haven't been printed in large quantities for years. I think I've only ever seen one.
"We got rid of the 1 and 2 scent peace years ago..."
LINK -> Loonies and Toonies Canadian Dollar Coins
Yes it was the same here hence scraping the 1 and 2 cent coins..only have 5, 10, 20, 50 cents and $1 and $2 coins now.
I'd love it if we had $1 and $2 coins. More easily portable than paper money. I remember when visiting Ireland that the 1 and 2 Euro coins were really handy to pay for parking and so forth. Not like trying to feed bills into a meter that keep getting rejected for a minuscule tear or wrinkle.
20 cent coins? In Canada and the USA they're 25 cent coins that we call "quarters" because they're a quarter of a dollar.
In China the money is called Yuan(s), and the most common denomination is the 100 Yuan bank note, and according to today's exchange rate it is the equivalent of US$13.82. Although 1 Yuan notes are common, there are also 1 Yuan coins that are good for the same reasons you indicated for coins.
We have 1, 5, 10, and 25 cent coints used commonly. Fifty-cent pieces (not very common) and one-dollar coins are minted, but aren't used very much. The 50-cent and dollar coins tend to be collector's items, and end up out of circulation due to that. Vending machines and so forth don't often accept any coin larger than a quarter.
Evening..yes we have 20 cent coins complete with platypus..
In Canada we have names for our coins - penny (or one cent), nickel, dime, quarter, I don't think there is a name for the 50 cent coin, loonie and toonie. What do you call a 20 cent coin?
Morning..20 cents..
All of what's been happening on this comment wall should indicated how tolerant I am of civil dialogue and friendly conversations about almost everything, because it helps to make thenewstalkers a happy and amiable place for all of us to spend our time, and hopefully more attractive to attract more members, because obviously the site needs balance and as I've posted on my avatar, harmony.
sandy-2021492 has just checked in with a perfect 20 out of 20 score, i.e. 100%. I'm glad to see that many are quite literate.
I still don't understand this test....
I wasn't embarrassed in a comment above to admit that I got the lowest final mark in the university's history for my final mark in calculus, so you shouldn't be reticent about taking this test. Your score won't be posted unless you consent for me to do so.