Words that sound like one another but have different meanings are called homonyms. Select the most appropriate homonym for the following sentence.
She returned to the ___ of the accident.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct homonym for the sentence "She returned to the ___ of the accident" is scene.
- Scene means a place where something happens.
- Seen is the past participle of the verb see.
- Sceen is not a word.
- Seene is not a word.
In the sentence "She returned to the ___ of the accident", the speaker is referring to the place where the accident happened. Therefore, the correct homonym is scene.