There are a lot of words that sound the same in English. Crazy, right? Let's look at some of those words together.
Words that sound the same in English 😱 ...
...but the spelling and the meaning are different.
This can be very confusing in the beginning. These words even have a name:
Homophones
to see, saw, seen = verb
the sea = noun
Everybody likes to vacation by the sea.
knot and not
a knot = noun
not = adverb
know and no
flour and flower
flour = noun
flower = noun
heir and air
write and right
pair - pare - pear
pair = noun
to pare, pared, pared = verb
pear = noun
Quiz Time
too and two
sun and son
Pick the correct answer
Can you ___ the ___ from your window?
Pick the correct answer
The boy tied a ___ in the string.
Pick the correct answer
He bought a ___ of ___ at the supermarket.
bear and bare
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