Spelling Steps

TEST 5_6.2

Homophones of words with au, ou sounds

Some words with au and ou sound the same but have different meanings and spellings.

[identifying the correct usage in context]

Select the appropriate word to fill each blank.

No: 1

My _____ spent the night with us.

ant

aunt

urnt

awunt

No: 2

She was the ______ of honour at my birthday party.

guessed

guest

guerst

guarst

No: 3

She brought the ______ for the doughnut.

doe

dough

dogh

durgh

No: 4

That was her ______ visit.

forth

fourth

furth

fuoth

No: 5

She said that she ______ not stop visiting us.

would

wood

wude

wooud

No: 6

She promised to show us the ______ to her house.

route

root

rute

ruite

No: 7

It's a bush path where ______ smell oozes.

foul

fowl

fuol

fowul

No: 8

It's a ______ terrain.

ruff

rough

rurgh

ruogh

No: 9

It won't last all through the journey, ______.

due

though

doe

No: 10

"What is the _______ of that bad odour?" I asked.

sause

source

surce

suose

No: 11

Unscrupulous people dump spoilt _____ by the roadside.

flower

flour

flouer

fluour

No: 12

"I _______ one the other day," she replied.

cot

caught

cuaght

cote

No: 13

She spoke _______ against it at the party.

aloud

allowed

alloud

alowed

No: 14

Her use of words impresses me, especially her choice of _______.

clause

claws

cluse

clarws

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