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6 Homophones
Words that have the same pronunciation but different spellings and meanings are called
homophones. Here are a set of words that are homophones.
• be – bee • break – brake • buy – by
• cell – sell • dear – deer • flower – flour
• for – four • hair – hare • here – hear
• knot – not • maid – made • mail – male
• pair – pear • peace – piece • plain – plane
• right – write • sail – sale • some – sum
• son – sun • steal – steel • their – there
• to – too • weak – week • way – weigh
• wait – weight • waist – waste • wear – where
• eye – I • hour – our • sea – see
• story – storey • wood – would • meet – meat
• heal – heel • ate – eight • blue – blew
• rose – rows • hole – whole • one – won
Here are some homophones. Make sentences with them in your notebook, to bring
out their meanings.
1. rode, road 2. blue, blew
3. I, eye 4. court, caught
5. their, there 6. right, write
7. knew, new 8. hire, higher
9. nose, knows 10. steal, steel
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