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Post by Admin on Sept 24, 2019 0:39:47 GMT
What is a homophone? Learn homophone definition with examples.
In English, a homophone is a word that is pronounced exactly or nearly the same as another word but differs in meaning and is spelled differently. Homophones are the most confusing words in the English language.
Homophone examples:
Rode — Road Sauce — Source Scene — Seen See — Sea Side — Sighed Soar — Sore Sole — Soul Some — Sum Sort — Sought Stare — Stair Stationary — Stationery Steal — Steel Stile — Style Sun — Son Tail — Tale List of Homophones with Examples:
Ad —– Add We put an ad in the local paper. Do you want to add your name to the list?
Ail —– Ale Make a kind of grand tour on my own, take the waters and cure what ails me. Deglaze pan with nut-brown ale and reduce liquid by half.
Air —– Heir Let’s go out for some fresh air. John was the sole heir to a vast estate.
Exercise: Continue to list more homophones with examples.
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Post by Admin on Sept 24, 2019 0:43:05 GMT
Who’s/ Whose Who’s the money for? Whose house is that?
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