Do you know how to use these common homophones?

She bought a pound of (steak, stake).

• steak

• stake

The bicycle was for (sail, sale).

• sail

• sale

We must (hire, higher) a motor-car.

• hire

• higher

The (hole, whole) army marched into the town.

• hole

• whole

The boy broke a (pane, pain) of glass.

• pane

• pain

We walked to the golf (course, coarse).

• course

• coarse

(Their, There) books are on the desk.

• Their

• There

The girl had to (wait, weight) until four o’clock.

• wait

• weight

The wounded soldier uttered a loud (grown, groan).

• grown

• groan

The joiner (bored, board) a small hole in the door.

• bored

• board