This document provides examples of homophones, or words that sound the same but have different meanings and spellings. It lists 10 sets of homophones, providing a short sentence for each to illustrate the different meanings. The homophones covered include aloud and allowed, bear and bare, cent, scent, and sent, days and daze, ewe, yew and you, flour and flower, groan and grown, hoarse and horse, in and inn, jean and gene, and knot and not.

1. Homophones
aloudand allowed
The juveniles cried aloudfor mercy. My best friend allowedme
to sing at her wedding.
bear and bare
- The bear was scary looking. I felt bare without my makeup.
cent, scent, and sent
- I bought a chocolate bar for a cent. The boy's scent smelt
musky and strong. I sent my parents a letter today.
days and daze
- The days are getting lighter. The woman was in her daze after
she fainted.
ewe, yew and you
- ewe: The farmer went to the market to buy an ewe. The tree
was a yew so the woodcutter chopped it down. The teacher
asked you to stop chewing gum.
flour and flower - The cake needed flour, which had dropped
out on the way. The flower had no water so it started to wilt.

2. groan and grown - You could hear the prisoners grumble and
groan in the dungeons. My childhas grown to be a loving and
caring person.
hoarse and horse - My throat is hoarse because I talk too much.
Im competing with my horse, Midnight.
in and inn - in: The car was not in garage so the man panicked.
There was no place for us at the inn.
jean and gene - I accidentallytore my brand new jeans. I think I
have mother's gene because my hairis ginger like hers.
knot and not - knot: I suddenly got a knot in my stomach I had
forgotten Lizzy's present . It's not my fault you that you can't
dance