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I HAVE ADDED SOME NEW WORDS THAT CAN BE CONFUSING ALSO BECAUSE THEY SOUND THE SAME BUT MEAN SOMETHING ELSE. THESE WORDS IN ENGLISH ARE CALLED “HOMOPHONES.” I WILL INCLUDE THESE IN TWO PARTS BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY. THIS IS PART I. | |||
BARE/BEAR: | |||
Bare (adj) - naked, uncovered. “He walks in his bare feet.” | |||
Bear (noun) - a large furry mammal. “I saw a big brown bear in the zoo.” | |||
DO/DEW/DUE | |||
Dew (noun) - water drops accumulated on plants and objects outside during the night. - “The morning dew was on the grass.” | |||
Do (verb) - to carry out an action. “What did you do yesterday?” | |||
Due (adj) - a date when something is expected to happen. “The rent is due on Friday.” | |||
EYE/I | |||
Eye (noun) - the part of one’s face used for vision. “My eyes grow tired when I read too much.” | |||
I (pronoun) - first person, singular. “I went to the store.” | |||
HEAR/HERE | |||
Hear (verb) - the function of the ears. “I can hear the music.” | |||
Here (adverb) - where you are located at the moment. “I am here in the living room. You are there in the kitchen.” | |||
HOUR/OUR | |||
Hour (noun) - 60 minutes of time. “I will leave in one hour.” | |||
Our (pronoun) - possessive form of “we.” “Our house is on the corner of the street.” | |||
MALE/MAIL | |||
Male (adj. or noun) - masculine gender “The new baby is a male.” | |||
Mail (verb or noun) - something sent through the post office, letters and packages, also email. “I sent you a letter via the post office.” | |||
RIGHT/WRITE | |||
Right (adj.) - meaning the side opposite “left” or being correct. “My sister is right-handed.” “He did the right thing to help the children.” | |||
Write (verb) - expressing ideas on paper or keyboard. “I want to write a letter.” | |||
SON/SUN | |||
Son (noun) - a male child “My son is playing soccer.” | |||
Sun (noun) - the star at the center of our solar system. “The sun was bright today. We had no rain.” | |||
ONE/WON | |||
One (noun) - number after 0 and before 2. “There was only one person in the room.” | |||
Won (verb) - form of “to win” past tense. “I won the game yesterday.” | |||
WEAR/WHERE | |||
Wear (verb) - to have clothing on one’s body. “He was wearing a sweater.” | |||
Where (interrogative) - a question that asks for a location. “Where is the school?” | |||
WAIT/WEIGHT | |||
Wait (verb) - postpone time and remain in one place. “Wait for the bus.” | |||
Weight (noun) - the measure of heaviness. “He was a heavy weight man.” | |||
TO/TWO/TOO | |||
To (preposition) - a direction forward. “I am going to the store.” | |||
Two (noun) - number after l, before 3. “It takes two to form a marriage.” | |||
Too (adverb) - also, in addition to. “John went shopping and Mary went shopping too.” | |||
THESE ARE SOME OF THE HOMOPHONES IN ENGLISH. I WILL POST MORE AT A LATER TIME. THE WORDS THAT FOLLOW ARE NOT CONSIDERED “HOMOPHONES.” BUT ARE ALSO TRICKY WORDS IN ENGLISH. | |||
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Revision as of 22:18, 25 October 2019
I HAVE ADDED SOME NEW WORDS THAT CAN BE CONFUSING ALSO BECAUSE THEY SOUND THE SAME BUT MEAN SOMETHING ELSE. THESE WORDS IN ENGLISH ARE CALLED “HOMOPHONES.” I WILL INCLUDE THESE IN TWO PARTS BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY. THIS IS PART I.
BARE/BEAR:
Bare (adj) - naked, uncovered. “He walks in his bare feet.”
Bear (noun) - a large furry mammal. “I saw a big brown bear in the zoo.”
DO/DEW/DUE
Dew (noun) - water drops accumulated on plants and objects outside during the night. - “The morning dew was on the grass.”
Do (verb) - to carry out an action. “What did you do yesterday?”
Due (adj) - a date when something is expected to happen. “The rent is due on Friday.”
EYE/I
Eye (noun) - the part of one’s face used for vision. “My eyes grow tired when I read too much.”
I (pronoun) - first person, singular. “I went to the store.”
HEAR/HERE
Hear (verb) - the function of the ears. “I can hear the music.”
Here (adverb) - where you are located at the moment. “I am here in the living room. You are there in the kitchen.”
HOUR/OUR
Hour (noun) - 60 minutes of time. “I will leave in one hour.”
Our (pronoun) - possessive form of “we.” “Our house is on the corner of the street.”
MALE/MAIL
Male (adj. or noun) - masculine gender “The new baby is a male.”
Mail (verb or noun) - something sent through the post office, letters and packages, also email. “I sent you a letter via the post office.”
RIGHT/WRITE
Right (adj.) - meaning the side opposite “left” or being correct. “My sister is right-handed.” “He did the right thing to help the children.”
Write (verb) - expressing ideas on paper or keyboard. “I want to write a letter.”
SON/SUN
Son (noun) - a male child “My son is playing soccer.”
Sun (noun) - the star at the center of our solar system. “The sun was bright today. We had no rain.”
ONE/WON
One (noun) - number after 0 and before 2. “There was only one person in the room.”
Won (verb) - form of “to win” past tense. “I won the game yesterday.”
WEAR/WHERE
Wear (verb) - to have clothing on one’s body. “He was wearing a sweater.”
Where (interrogative) - a question that asks for a location. “Where is the school?”
WAIT/WEIGHT
Wait (verb) - postpone time and remain in one place. “Wait for the bus.”
Weight (noun) - the measure of heaviness. “He was a heavy weight man.”
TO/TWO/TOO
To (preposition) - a direction forward. “I am going to the store.”
Two (noun) - number after l, before 3. “It takes two to form a marriage.”
Too (adverb) - also, in addition to. “John went shopping and Mary went shopping too.”
THESE ARE SOME OF THE HOMOPHONES IN ENGLISH. I WILL POST MORE AT A LATER TIME. THE WORDS THAT FOLLOW ARE NOT CONSIDERED “HOMOPHONES.” BUT ARE ALSO TRICKY WORDS IN ENGLISH.
ALTHOUGH ENGLISH IS A FUN LANGUAGE TO LEARN, SOME WORDS AND PHRASES MAY TRIP YOU UP! HERE IS A LIST OF SOME OF THE MOST COMMONLY WORDS AND PHRASES WITH DEFINITIONS:
ACCEPT/EXCEPT
ACCEPT IS A VERB MEANING “RECEIVE.” EXCEPT IS A PREPOSITION OR CONJUNCTION MEANING “OTHER THAN.”
ALLUSION/ILLUSION
ALLUSION IS “A REFERENCE TO SOMETHING.” AN ILLUSION IS “A DECEPTIVE APPEARENCE.”
ALL TOGETHER/ALTOGETHER
ALL TOGETHER MEANS “IN UNISON OR IN ONE PLACE.” ALTOGETHER MEANS “ENTIRELY.”
AFFECT/ EFFECT
AFFECT IS A VERB MEANING “TO INFLUENCE.” EFFECT IS A NOUN MEANING “A RESULT.”
BESIDE/BESIDES
BESIDE IS A PREPOSITION MEANING “NEXT TO.” BESIDES IS A PREPOSITION MEANING “EXCEPT.”
CAN/MAY
CAN INDICATES “ABILITY.” MAY INDICATES “PERMISSION.”
DISINTERESTED/UNINTERESTED
DISINTERESTED MEANS “IMPARTIAL.” UNINTERESTED MEANS “HAVING NO INTEREST.”
ESPECIALLY/SPECIALLY
ESPECIALLY MEANS “PARTICULARLY.” SPECIALLY MEANS “FOR A SPECIFIC REASON.”
FARTHER/FURTHER
FARTHER MEANS “ADDITIONAL DISTANCE.” FURTHER MEANS “ADDITIONAL TIME OR AMOUNT.”
GOOD/WELL
GOOD IS AN ADJECTIVE. “A GOOD SPORTSMAN.” WELL IS AN ADVERB. “WE SING WELL TOGETHER.”
SHALL/WILL
SHALL IS USED IN THE FIRST PERSON. “SHALL I GO SHOPPING.” WILL IS USED IN THE SECOND AND THIRD PERSON. “YOU WILL SIT.” “THEY WILL SIT.”
SHOULD/WOULD
SHOULD IS USED IN FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD PERSON. IT EXPRESSES SOME KIND OF “OBLIGATION.”
WOULD IS ALSO USED IN ALL THREE PERSONS. IT EXPRESSES A “WISH OR DESIRE.”
THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THOSE TRICKY WORDS IN ENGLISH THAT MAY CAUSE CONFUSION. THERE ARE MANY MORE BUT THESE ARE AMONG THE MOST COMMON.