Sunday, March 28, 2021

Time to play the Sunday Puzzle aired today from NPR! Let us find homophones!

Each sentence below contains two words that have homophones that are opposites.

What are they?

 

Ex. Does Liv Ullmann dye her hair? --> LIVE & DIE (homophones of "Liv" and "dye")

 


1. In London, bar patrons who misuse the loos will be fined.

2. Lo and behold, the boy said hi.

3. The story about the band was read aloud.

4. In the convent workshop, the nun used an awl to repair her shoe.

5. The movie was so scary, people could hear their own heartbeats.

6. My cousin contacted me by cell phone.

 

Answer Keys

    1.  (loos & fined  in the sentence, pronounced as) lose & find

 

    2.  (Lo & hi in the sentence, pronounced as) low & high

 

    3.  (band & aloud in the sentence, pronounced as) banned & allowed

 

    4.  (nun & awl in the sentence, pronounced as) none & all

 

5.  (hear & their in the sentence, pronounced as) here & there

 

    6.  (by & cell in the sentence, pronounced as) buy & sell

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