Sunday, February 9, 2020

Homophones in English








Same Pronunciation    ⟹⟹⟹⟹⟹⟹      Different Meaning


Many beginners tend to make so many mistakes when they are dealing with homophones. This is confusing. Pronunciation is quite similar. 


however, you have to be careful about your spellings. You might end up writing a very different idea to what you have in mind.

Below are the few instances on Homophones

                         
  1. ad, add
  2. ail, ale
  3. be, bee
  4. beach, beech
  5. bean, been
  6. beat, beet
  7. canvas, canvass
  8. cast, caste
  9. caster, castor
  10. caught, court
  11. caw, core, corps
  12. cede, seed
  13. ceiling, sealing
  14. cell, sell
  15. censer, censor
  16. descent, dissent
  17. desert, dessert
  18. deviser, divisor
  19.  dew, due
  20. die, dye
  21. discreet, discrete
  22. doe, doh, dough
  23. wain, wane
  24. waist, waste
  25. wait, weight
  26. waive, wave
  27. wall, waul
  28. war, wore
  29. told, tolled
  30. tole, toll
  31. ton, tun
  32. tor, tore
  33. tough, tuff
  34. troop, troupe
  35. tuba, tuber

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