heron
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 Subject: What are homophones? Part I  Thu Mar 26, 2009 12:13 am |
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What are homophones?
Words that have different spellings or meanings but the same pronunciation.
This is a list of the English homophones.
Read it and answer the questions below to test your understanding
Part I
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| accessary,accessory
| ad, add
| ail, ale
| air, heir
| aisle, I'll, isle
| bait, bate
| beau, bow
| canvas, canvass
| all, awl
| baize, bays
| beer, bier
| call, caul
| allowed, aloud
| bald, bawled
| bel, bell, belle
| calendar, calender
| alms, arms
| ball, bawl
| berry, bury
| buyer, byre
| altar, alter
| band, banned
| berth, birth
| buy, by, bye
| arc, ark
| bard, barred
| bight, bite, byte
| but, butt
| aren't, aunt
| bare, bear
| billed, build
| bur, burr
| ate, eight
| bark, barque
| bitten, bittern
| broach, brooch
| auger, augur
| baron, barren
| blew, blue
| bridal, bridle
| auk, orc
| base, bass
| bloc, block
| brews, bruise
| aural, oral
| bay, bey
| boar, bore
| bread, bred
| away, aweigh
| bazaar, bizarre
| board, bored
| brake, break
| awe, oar, or, ore
| be, bee
| boarder, border
| braise, brays, braze
| axel, axle
| beach, beech
| bold, bowled
| brae, bray
| aye, eye, I
| bean, been
| born, borne
| braid, brayed
| bail, bale
| beat, beet
| bough, bow
| boy, buoy
| caster, castor
| caught, court
| cede, seed
| faze, phase
| cast, caste
| caw, core, corps
| ceiling, sealing
| feat, feet
| ferrule, ferule
| few, phew
| fie, phi
| file, phial
| find, fined
| fir, fur
| fizz, phiz
| flair, flare
| flaw, floor
| flea, flee
| flex, flecks
| flew, flu, flue
| floe, flow
| flour, flower
| foaled, fold
| for, fore, four
| foreword, forward
| fort, fought
| forth, fourth
| foul, fowl
| franc, frank
| freeze, frieze
| friar, fryer
| furs, furze
| gait, gate
| galipot, gallipot
| gallop, galop
| gamble, gambol
| gays, gaze
| genes, jeans
| gild, guild
| gilt, guilt
| giro, gyro
| grate, great
| grisly, grizzly
| hail, hale
| gneiss, nice
| greave, grieve
| groan, grown
| hair, hare
| gorilla, guerilla
| greys, graze
| guessed, guest
| hall, haul
| hangar, hanger
| hart, heart
| haw, hoar, whore
| 179. hay, hey
| he'd, heed
| heal, heel, he'll
| hi, high
| ho, hoe
| heard, herd
| hear, here
| higher, hire
| hoard, horde
| heroin, heroine
| hew, hue
| him, hymn
| hoarse, horse
| holey, holy, wholly
| jewel, joule
| knit, nit
| laager, lager
| hour, our
| key, quay
| knob, nob
| lac, lack
| idle, idol
| knave, nave
| knock, nock
| lade, laid
| in, inn
| knead, need
| knot, not
| lain, lane
| indict, indite
| knew, new
| know, no
| lam, lamb
| it's, its
| knight, night
| knows, nose
| laps, lapse
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Now Try to answer these questions by choosing the correct answer: * No*
| * Image*
| * A*
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| * C*
| | 1- |  | Ball
| Ball
| None
| | 2- |  | Aunt
| Ant
| None
| | 3- |  | Hair
| Hare
| heir
| | 4- |  | Hoarse
| Horse
| None
| | 5- |  | Flour
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Flower
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Floor
| | 6- |  | Rein
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Rain
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Reign
| | 7- |  | Bear
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Beer
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bier
| | 8- |  | Roll
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Role
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None
| | 9- |  | Flea
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Flee
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Flu
| | 10- |  | Pail
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Pale
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Peel
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Good Luck All the Best With Heron
Last edited by heron on Sat Apr 04, 2009 5:30 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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