What are the 50 examples of homophone?

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What are the 50 examples of homophone?

50 Homophones with Meanings and Examples

  • Aunt (noun) or Aren’t (contraction) –
  • Ate (verb) or Eight(noun) –
  • Air (noun) or Heir (noun) –
  • Board (noun) or Bored (adjective) –
  • Buy (verb) or By (preposition) or Bye (exclamation) –
  • Brake (noun, verb) or Break (noun, verb) –
  • Cell (noun) or Sell (verb) –

What are homophones give five examples?

Sometimes, homophones are even spelled and sound exactly the same but still have different meanings: ‘rose’ (the flower) and ‘rose’ (past tense of rise); ‘lie’ (to tell an untruth) and ‘lie’ (to lie down); ‘bear’ (the animal) and ‘bear’ (to put up with) are more examples of homophones.

What are homophones and homonyms give at least 10 pairs of each with examples?

These are the words that sounds alike but have different meaning.

  • fate /fete. fate – an inevitable outcome. fete- a festival or a party.
  • mat /matte. mat-a piece of coarse material placed on a floor for people to wipe their feet on.
  • two /too. two -a number.
  • there/their. there- to point at some place.
  • heir/hair.

What is homophones give 5 example?

What are examples of homophone?

Homophones are words that have the same sound, in terms of how they are pronounced but have a different meaning and are (often) spelt differently. For example, Sally might say; “I’m going to the shops.” Her brother, Richard might say; “I want to go too.”

What are the 100 example of homonyms?

100 homonym words list to learn how they differ in their meanings when they have the same sound….Homonym Words List.

Arm
“The company arm of the separatist group” I can’t hold the baby on my arm
Band
The band of musicians is lazy. He wears a small band on his head.
Book

Can and may use?

May is the more formal word, and if you are at all concerned about being tut-tutted, a safe choice. Can is now the verb of choice for ability, and both can and may are still used in the “possibility” sense. You may use can if you wish, and you can use may if it makes you feel better.

What is homophones give five examples?

Some of the most common pairs of homophones are accept and except, affect and effect, are and our, buy and by, hear and here, its and it’s, one and won, than and then, which and witch, and your and you’re. Common homophones in groups of three are their, there, and they’re and to, too, and two.

What are the 20 examples of homophones?

Air -It.

  • Mail-male.
  • loan-lone.
  • Made- maid.
  • Arc -ark.
  • meat -It.
  • ate -eight.
  • bad-bade.

    • Which sentence uses a homophone correctly?

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    • How is a homophone used correctly in a sentence?

    accept/except: Accept is a verb that means to take or receive.

  • affect/effect: Affect is a verb (in most cases) and indicates influence.
  • compliment/complement: Compliment means to say something nice about someone or something.
  • then/than: Then is a versatile word used as an adverb,noun or adjective to show the order of how things happened.

    • Which is homophone used correctly in the sentence?

    I am short-sighted in my right eye,so I have to wear contact lenses.

  • The heir to the throne went flying in a hot air balloon.
  • I’ll be walking down the aisle on my wedding day.
  • The runner was so hungry,he ate eight sandwiches.
  • He was in awe that the rower was able to move the boat using only one oar.