HOMOPHONES

HOMOPHONES

A Homophone is a word that is pronounced the same as another. The two words are distinguished by both spelling and meaning

1.) Air (mixture of invisible gases)

     Heir (successor to the throne)

2.) Bare (uncovered)

     Bear ( animal)

3.) Boar ( wild boar is an animal)

     Bore ( To make a hole by something or by digging)

4.) Coarse (rough surface)

     Course (Syllabus, course of river)

5.) Dear (closed one)

     Deer (Animal)

6.) Ear (body organ)

     Year (whole year)

7.) Flour (made by grinding corn, wheat or cereals)

     Flower (eg: rose, jasmine)

8.) Gait (manner of walking)

     Gate (a barrier used to close an opening of wall)

9.) Hair (thread like strands growing on human body)

     Hare (Tortoise)

10.) Haul (Pull or drag)

       Hall ( a large room for meetings, conference)

11.) Hear (to listen to something)

       Here (To be at a place at a particular moment)

12.) Hole (Hollow place in a solid surface)

       Whole (Entire)

13.) knead (moistened flour or clay)

    Need ( necessity)

14.) Know (to be aware of something)

       No (negative response)

15.) Loose (not firm or tightly fixed)

       Lose (unable to find something)

16.) Main (chief in size or importance)

       Mane (thick hair that grows on the neck of hair)

17.) Rain (fall of water)

       Rein (a long, narrow strap attached at one end to a horse's bit)

18.) Tear (water form eyes)

       Tier (each in a series of rows)

19.) Sign (signature)

       Sine (sine wave)

20.) Weather (the state of the atmosphere at a particular place)

       Whether (expressing a doubt)

21.) Stair (staircase)

       Stare (look at something with eyes open)

22.) Son (a boy in relation to his parents)

       Sun (the star around which the earth revolves)

23.) Soar (fly or rise in the air)

        Sore (painful or aching)

24.) Verse (typically having a rhyme)

       Worse (poorer quality of low standard)

25.) Sea (salty water that covers earth’s surface)

       See (spot, glimpse)