Homophones ENGLISH HAS A GREAT NUMBER OF HOMOPHONES

Homophones ENGLISH HAS A GREAT NUMBER OF HOMOPHONES , HOMONYMS AND HOMOGRAPHS. HOMOPHONES: ARE WORDS THAT HAVE THE SAME SOUND (SAME PHONETIC WRITING) BUT HAVE A DIFFERENT WRITTEN FORM AND MEANING, THAT IS THEY ARE DIFFERENT WORDS.

RITE/WRITE/RIGHT I/EYE WAILS (gemiti) / WALES (Galles) / WHALES (balene) BY/BUY/BYE MALE/MAIL GREATER/GRATER TO/TOO/TWO GUEST/GUESS SCENT/SENT/CENT BAND/BANNED SCENE/SEEN ALLOWED/ALOUD THEIR/THERE THEIRS/THERE’S (there is)

MEAT/MEET WHETHER/WEATHER WEEK/WEAK BOY/BUOY (boa) TALE/TAIL MOUSSE/MOOSE POOR/POUR NO/KNOW SELLER/CELLAR SWEET/SUITE (in a hotel)

Exercise with homophones I’ll dictate you a word that matches the pronunciation of two words. Try to write down the two homophones, or at least one of them.

More on homophones. Choose the right word for each of the following sentences (end of class 2). : 1. He had waited for some time before ringing the door ______ (belle/bell) 2. Many illnesses are passed on through insect ____ (bites/bytes) 3. In the mid 1980 s the institute almost went ____ (bust/bussed) 4. The club was _______ 10 millions dollars. (find/fined)

5. I saw the car’s ______ appear round the corner. (knows/nose) 6. We now have ______ nurses. (male/mail) 7. Try to get some _____. (rest/wrest) 8. _____ your name clearly on this piece of paper. (rite/write) 9. The ______ price is only $9. 95. (sail/sale) 10. He was the first man to _____ the enemy. (site/sight/cite)