Choose the options that contain homonym pairs:
(A) Wary – Weary
(B) Mail – Male
(C) Flew – Flu
(D) Fiction – Friction
(E) Toad – Towed
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (B), (C) and (E) only
(A) Wary – Weary — Incorrect.
- The two words are pronounced differently (wair-ee, weer-ee).
- Wary means careful because of a possible danger.
- Weary means very tired.
(B) Mail – Male — Correct.
- Both are pronounced the same.
- Mail means letters and parcels sent by post.
- Male means of the sex of men and boys.
(C) Flew – Flu — Correct.
- Both are pronounced the same.
- Flew means the past tense of “fly”.
- Flu means an illness like a bad cold, with fever and body pain.
(D) Fiction – Friction — Incorrect.
- The two words are pronounced differently.
- Friction has an extra “r” sound.
- Fiction means stories about people and events that are not real.
- Friction means the rubbing of one surface against another, or disagreement between people.
(E) Toad – Towed — Correct.
- Both are pronounced the same.
- Toad means a small animal like a frog, with dry, rough skin.
- Towed means pulled along behind another vehicle.