Question

Identify the correct homophone to complete the sentence:
_________ wait for the passengers to board.
a) Aisle
b) Isle
c) I’ll
d) Ale

Answer 1

Hint: Homophone is the word that shares the same pronunciation with another word, while their meanings differ drastically. The words also share different spellings.

Complete answer:

A homophone is a word that has a similar way of pronunciation as another word, although these words differ in their meaning and spellings.
Example: sea-see, hair-hare, hear-here, and so.
An aisle, given in option a, is the passage between long rows of seats in a church, library, or theatre. It also indicates such a passage in an aircraft or a train. This seemingly holds no connection with the given sentence and hence proved wrong.
Isle in option b is also wrong. Isle is another word used to represent a smaller island or a peninsula. As this cannot form a meaningful sentence ere, we rule out this option.
Option c is the right answer. I’ll is the contracted form of I shall or I will. ‘I will wait for the passengers to board’ thus completes the sentence.
Option d is wrong as ale, in British context, refers to an alcoholic drink; particularly a variant of beer. It would be quite meaningless to use this word here and hence wrong.

Note: While homophones are words that share the same pronunciation, homonyms are words that share two meanings, but with the same spelling and pronunciation. Example: band – musical band, a ring.