Which of the following is a pair of homonyms?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Gait – Gate
- Gait means a person’s way of walking.
- Gate means a door in a wall or fence.
- The two words are pronounced the same but are spelt differently and have different meanings, so they are homonyms.
Why the Other Options are Incorrect? Each of these pairs is pronounced differently, so none of them is a pair of homonyms.
Option 2: Cloth – Clothe
- Cloth means material made by weaving cotton, wool or silk.
- Clothe means to give clothes to someone.
Option 3: Price – Prize
- Price means the money you pay to buy something.
- Prize means something given to a winner.
Option 4: Bowl – Bowel
- Bowl means a deep, round dish.
- Bowel means the long tube in the body that carries waste from the stomach.