What are homonyms?

What's a homonym?

Sun and son - what do these two words have in common?

That's right,  they're homonyms.

Homonyms are words that have different meanings and spellings, but share the same pronunciation.

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• My mother says that I'm not ___ to go out alone.
  
  allowed
  aloud
  
  
• Who is that ___ guy standing by the door?
  
  bald
  bawled
  
  
• The climbers made a ___ in the mountains.
  
  base
  bass
  
  
• I always ___ him at chess.
  
  beat
  beet
  
  
• I'm ___ of sitting here. Let's go out.
  
  bored
  board
  
  
• It's snowing ___ much for me to drive.
  
  to
  too
  
  
• Buy some ___ and eggs. I want to bake a cake.
  
  flower
  flour
  
  
• The ball was ___ by the boy.
  
  thrown
  throne
  
  
• Who ___ last night's big game? Was it Liverpool or Arsenal?
  
  won
  one
  
  
• I read that ___ book last night.
  
  whole
  hole