Super Quiz: How well do you know your heteronyms?

Take this Super Quiz to a Ph.D. Score 1 point for each correct answer on the Freshman Level, 2 points on the Graduate Level and 3 points on the Ph.D. Level.

Subject: HETERONYMS

Words that are spelled the same way but differ in pronunciation. Put the same word in each blank of the sentence. (e.g., The singer with the red ____ in her hair took a ____ after her song. Answer: Bow.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL (4-letter words)

1. There was a ____ in her eye when she saw the ____ in her new dress.

2. The ____ left its perch and ____ straight at the intruder.

3. _____ up the car window to block out the cold ____.

4. The fisherman who caught the biggest _____ also played the ____ guitar.

5. _____ the male deer pursue several ____ or just one?

GRADUATE LEVEL (5-letter words)

6. I could not get ____ enough to ____ the gate in time.

7. He was not careful when he ____ up the steel wire and received a serious _____.

8. The strong winds will ____ them if they have the _____ lunch on deck.

9. If they _____ their comrades they will be banished to the _____.

10. The ____ soldiers will ____ if treated unfairly.

PH.D. LEVEL (6-letter words)

11. There is a _____ time difference between a _____ and 59 seconds.

12. Your outdated driving ____ does not _____ you to drive on public roads.

13. I ____ to allow you to dump your cans and other ____ on my property.

14. He will need a good ____ if he expects me to ____ his lateness.

15. To _____ from the party for no good reason indicates a _____ in his character.

SCORING

18 points — congratulations, doctor; 15 to 17 points — honors graduate; 10 to 14 points — you're plenty smart, but no grind; 4 to 9 points — you really should hit the books harder; 1 point to 3 points — enroll in remedial courses immediately; 0 points — who reads the questions to you?

ANSWERS

1. Tear.

2. Dove.

3. Wind.

4. Bass.

5. Does.

6. Close.

7. Wound.

8. Buffet.

9. Desert.

10. Rebel.

11. Minute.

12. Permit.

13. Refuse.

14. Excuse.

15. Defect.