PARE A PAIR OF PEARS
Credit: GAMES Magazine - Nov./Dec. 1979
Gloria Rosenthal

Fill in the blanks with two or more homophones to complete each sentence.

1. " _____ come down the _____ to meet you," said the usher.
2. Children in school are not _____ to talk _____.
3. His _____will _____ if _____ just stop jogging.
4. _____ need _____ when they ring for the nurse.
5. He was ____ at the _____ of the crime.
6. The shepherd asked, "Do _____ see the _____ under the _____ tree?"
7. He _____ down the _____ till he reached the lake; then he _____ across.
8. The priest can't _____ someone who _____ on others, but at least he _____ for him to improve.
9. When the gate of his cage was opened, the _____  _____  that he was going to a _____ zoo.

Answers:

1. I'll / aisle
2. Allowed / aloud
3. Heel / heal / he'll
4. Patients / patience
5. Seen / scene
6. You / ewe / yew
7. Rode / road / rowed
8. Praise / preys / prays
9. Gnu / knew / new