The document discusses homophones, which are words that are pronounced the same but have different meanings and spellings. It provides examples of many common homophone pairs in English including ate/eight, hour/our, there/their, week/weak, won/one, two/too, wear/where, I/eye, right/write, hole/whole, piece/peace, son/sun, hear/here, plane/plain, see/sea, aloud/allowed, cereal/serial, its/it's, know/no, cheque/check, way/weigh, wait/weight, sail/sale, flower/flour, wood/would, board/bored, roll/role

1. Homophones

2. Homophones
Many words in English
sound the same but
have got different
spellings and
meanings.

3. Homophones
• ate • eight

4. Homophones
Mark ate in the
Parliament building
yesterday.

5. Homophones
We met at eight
o’clock.

6. Homophones
She ate eight
sandwiches.

7. Homophones
• hour • our

8. Homophones
This film is one
hour long.

9. Homophones
Sally said,”That’s
our house.”

10. Homophones
Our horse is in the
farm, it’s one hour
from here.

11. Homophones
• there • their

12. Homophones
Diane’s law firm is
over there.

13. Homophones
The neighbours are
selling their house.

14. Homophones
Their car is parked
over there.

15. Homophones
• week • weak

16. Homophones
I visit my friends
every week.

17. Homophones
Sally was in hospital
because she was
weak.

18. Homophones
She felt weak a
week ago.

19. Homophones
• won • one

20. Homophones
Leslie won first
prize.

21. Homophones
Mike ran one
marathon in his
life.

22. Homophones
I won one prize in
all my life.

23. Homophones
• two • too

24. Homophones
Mary went to the
school for two
years.

25. Homophones
I love chocolate. I
love ice cream too.

26. Homophones
Two fans told me
that they love my
music too.

27. Homophones
• wear • where

28. Homophones
We always wear
jeans, T-shirts
and sandals.

29. Homophones
Where do you live?

30. Homophones
Where can I wear
this fancy dress?

31. Homophones
•I • eye

32. Homophones
I went to the
cinema with my
cousin.

33. Homophones
The doctor told me
to close my left
eye.

34. Homophones
I hurt my eye with
my hand.

35. Homophones
• right • write

36. Homophones
They write with
their right hand.

37. Homophones
• hole • whole

38. Homophones
The whole audience
saw the hole in the
ground.

39. Homophones
• piece • peace

40. Homophones
She gave me a
piece of cake.

41. Homophones
Peace is the
opposite of war.

42. Homophones
• son • sun

43. Homophones
My son draws the
sun in all his
pictures.

44. Homophones
• hear • here

45. Homophones
Can you hear that
she is here?

46. Homophones
• plane • plain

47. Homophones
The woman in the
plane was wearing
a very plain dress.

48. Homophones
• see • sea

49. Homophones
The sea you can
see from the
window is the
Mediterranean.

50. Homophones
• aloud • allowed

51. Homophones
She cried aloud. I
could hear her.

52. Homophones
I am not allowed to
drink soda.

53. Homophones
• cereal • serial

54. Homophones
Rice is a type of
cereal.

55. Homophones
They watch that
serial on TV at
night.

56. Homophones
• its • it’s

57. Homophones
It is my dog’s bone.
It’s its bone.

58. Homophones
• know • no

59. Homophones
Oh no! I don’t know
the answer to this
question.

60. Homophones
• cheque • check

61. Homophones
Please check your
cheque. I think it’s
false.

62. Homophones
• way • weigh

63. Homophones
Do you know the
way to the
cottage?

64. Homophones
These boxes weigh
a lot.

65. Homophones
• wait • weight

66. Homophones
Can you wait for
me? The weight is
hurting my back.

67. Homophones
• sail • sale

68. Homophones
This ship has a sail
and it’s on sale.

69. Homophones
• flower • flour

70. Homophones
There is some flour
in the cupboard,
and there is a
flower in the
garden.

71. Homophones
• wood • would

72. Homophones
Would you like a
piece of wood for
the fireplace?

73. Homophones
• board • bored

74. Homophones
I am bored because
board.

75. Homophones
• roll • role

76. Homophones
There is a cheese
roll on the table,
it’s Jane’s.

77. Homophones
What’s your role in
the play?

78. Homophones
• site • sight

79. Homophones
There is a good
sight of this Greek
site.

80. Homophones
• stair • stare

81. Homophones
Stare at the stair
for some minutes
and then draw it.

82. Homophones
• tale • tail

83. Homophones
They are reading
this tale to their
children.

84. Homophones
Animals such as
dogs, cats, etc…
have got a tail.

85. Homophones
• waist • waste

86. Homophones
The girl has got a
very thin waist.

87. Homophones
It’s a waste of time
to be waiting till
midnight, he won’t
come.

88. Homophones
• weather • whether

89. Homophones
The weather is
changing, I’m not
sure whether to go
out or to stay at
home.

90. Homophones
• whose • who’s

91. Homophones
Whose is this book?
It’s Sue’s. Who’s
that girl?

92. Homophones
• blew • blue

93. Homophones
The wind blew my
kite across the
playground.

94. Homophones
I love the colour
blue.

95. Homophones
• board • bored

96. Homophones
Do you like to play
any board games?

97. Homophones
When I have
nothing to do I get
bored.

98. Homophones
• brake • break

99. Homophones
I didn’t use the
brake on my bike
and ran into the
tree!

100. Homophones
I need a break
from all this
homework!

101. Homophones
• by • buy

102. Homophones
I have to finish my
homework by
7:00p.m. today.

103. Homophones
I would love to buy
a new baseball
glove!

104. Homophones
• by • bye

105. Homophones
Can you wave bye
to your friend
from the window?

106. Homophones
• buy • bye

107. Homophones
He wanted to buy
something, so he
said bye and went
to the shop.

108. Homophones
• cent • sent

109. Homophones
It was ten per cent
more expensive in
this shop.

110. Homophones
He sent a parcel to
his friend.

111. Homophones
• bawl • ball

112. Homophones
Fans always bawl at
concerts.

113. Homophones
I got a new bat and
ball last week.

114. Homophones
• ant • aunt

115. Homophones
There is a fable of
the ant and the
cicada.

116. Homophones
My aunt bought me
a new bike!

117. Homophones
• bare • bear

118. Homophones
The lanscape is
bare of vegetation.

119. Homophones
Winnie the Pooh is
a friendly bear.

120. Homophones
• be • bee

121. Homophones
What do you want
to be when you
grow up?

122. Homophones
I was stung by a
bee.

123. Homophones
• been • bean

124. Homophones
Where have you
been all this time?

125. Homophones
Eat that last green
bean on your plate!

126. Homophones
• beat • beet

127. Homophones
I beat you in the
race, I was first!

128. Homophones
He is as red as a
beet.

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