Friday 18 January 2013

Tricky Words


HOMOPHONES:

Homophones are words that are pronounced the same, usually spelled differently, and have different meanings.


Here are a few, check out how many you are aware of.
  • ad/add
  • aloud/allowed
  • beat/beet
  • in/inn
  • sail/sale
  • its/it’s
  • sea/see
  • knight/night
  • knew/new
  • ate/eight
  • knot/not
  • some/sum
  • break/brake
  • know/no
  • stair/stare
  • made/maid
  • buy/by/bye
  • cell/sell
  • meat/meet
  • tea/tee
  • tale/tail
  • one/won
  • cent/scent/sent
  • deer/dear
  • pare/pair
  • plane/plain
  • waist/waste
  • wait/weight
  • read/red
  • hair/hare
  • which/witch
  • rose/rows
  • heard/herd
  • hour/our



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