What are homophones ?
They are pairs of words that sound the same, but have different
meanings and different spellings. Our learners have to start understanding
homophones as this is an essential part of mastering the English language, both
for vocabulary building and spelling.
Many English learners might get confused at the following
homophones :
·
accept/except:
·
compliment/complement
·
to/too
·
you're/your:
·
affect/effect
Some Common Homophone Pairs with examples:
·
brake/break: I told
her if she didn't hit the brake in
time she would break the car's mirror.
·
cell/sell: If you sell drugs, you will get
arrested and end up in a prison cell.
·
cent/scent: I
won't spend one cent on a bottle of perfume
until I know that I love the scent.
·
die/dye: If you
accidentally drank a bottle of fabric dye,
you might die.
·
flour/flower: My mum
baked a flower-shaped cake, with some flour.
·
for/four: I bought four new pairs of shoes for my young brother.
·
heal/heel: If the heel breaks on your shoe, you
might fall. However, your injuries will heal over
time.
·
hear/here: He asked
to sit here so he could hear the teacher well.
·
hour/our: We
have one hour before our meeting with the real
estate agent.
·
knight/night: I saw
the knight is on his way to the
castle, but traveling at night is
very dangerous.
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