HomonymsAre words that have the same spelling and pronunciation but

have a different meaning.

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address bat check

arm beam chicken

book beams chip

back can clear

bank cast cleave

bark cave close

base change club

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command duck fawn

cool dust file

current employ fine

crane even flat

dear exact lie

deck fall sign

down fat tie

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HomophonesWords that are pronounced the

same but have different meanings and spellings

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They cause a lot of misinterpretations, not all of

them are bad

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Idle = lazyIdol = a popular person loved by

many, sing & dance

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Patient = a doctor’s clientPatience = waiting calmly

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Whine = complainWine = an alcohol drink

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1. Ad = commercial, add = something+something2. Aye = yes, eye = organ, I - ones’ self3. Ate = eat, eight = number4. Scene = situation/place, seen = see5. Sauce = a dressing for food, source = where

something begins6. Flour = cooking ingredient, flower = a plant7. Cell = an elementary structure, sell = to give

something in exchange for money8. in, inn = like a small hotel9. War, wore = wear10.Pi = 3.14, pie = a desert 11.Dear = someone important, deer = animal12.Read, red=color

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1. It’s _______ o’clock already? (eight / ate)2. We’ll talk about this later,____ (I / aye / eye)

don’t want to cause a _______(scene / seen)3. This _________(sauce /source) is delicious! Can

you teach me how to make______? (eat / it)4. I _______(would / wood) like to come along.5. I heard he _____ in a car accident. (dyed / died)6. You’re not a little boy anymore. Stop ______

(wine / whine)7. _______ skirt should I wear today? (which /

witch)8. The north and south ______ are really cold.

(poles / polls)9. I’m going to give her a _______ of my mind.10. They desperately wanted _______. (piece,

peace)

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sauce

scene

itwould

died

whining

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poles

piece

peace