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  • Homophones – English Composition Notes – For W.B.C.S. Examination.

    Homophones are words that are pronounced the same but they have different meanings and are usually spelled differently as well. They usually occur in groups of two but sometimes they can be three or four in a group. It’s important to recognize and identify the most common homophones because the spelling can change the entire meaning of a sentence! Here is a list of the most common homophones.Continue Reading Homophones – English Composition Notes – For W.B.C.S. Examination.

    Examples of Homophones

    air, heir aisle, isle
    ante-, anti- bare, bear, bear
    be, bee brake, break
    buy, by cell, sell
    cent, scent cereal, serial
    coarse, course complement, compliment
    dam, damn dear, deer
    die, dye eye, I
    fair, fare fir, fur
    flour, flower hair, hare
    heal, heel hear, here
    him, hymn hole, whole
    hour, our idle, idol
    in, inn knight, night
    knot, not know, no
    made, maid mail, male
    meat, meet morning, mourning
    none, nun oar, or
    one, won pair, pear
    peace piece plain, plane
    poor, pour pray, prey
    principal, principle profit, prophet
    real, reel right, write
    root, route sail, sale
    sea, see seam, seem
    sew, so, sow sight, site
    shore, sure sole, soul
    some sum son, sun
    stair, stare stationary, stationery
    steal, steel suite, sweet
    tail, tale their, there
    to, too, two toe, tow
    waist, waste wait, weight
    way, weigh weak, week
    wear, where

    Let’s use a few in sentences

    • Be careful around the figurines because they break easily.
    • Press gently on the brake to slow the car down.
    • We saw a grizzly bear while vacationing in the mountains.
    • I can’t bear this burden any longer.
    • The cupboards are bare.
    • The poor man only had one cent to his name.
    • I love the scent of gardenias.
    • That poem is very dear to me.
    • There were seven deer grazing in our pasture.
    • I hope my plants don’t die in this heat.
    • Rebecca wants to dye her hair purple.
    • The recipe calls for two cups of flour.
    • She put a single flower in the vase.
    • My hair is a mess!
    • Have you read the story about the tortoise and the hare?
    • Vegetarians do not eat meat.
    • Where shall we meet for lunch?
    • Let’s go buy a new pair of shoes.
    • The fruit contained a banana, an apple, and a pear.
    • My son is presently in the military.
    • The sun is hidden behind the clouds.
    • Katie went to town.
    • I want to go to town, too.
    • Why don’t the two of us go to town tomorrow?

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