SworDGrammar School: HOMOPHONES

Homophones are words that are pronounced the same way but are spelt differently and have different meaning.
These kinds of words pose a lot  of challenge to writers, they sometimes use one for another. Here I will identify a number of them, as we have a lots of them.

EXAMPLES
1. Hear : To be aware  of sound with your ear.
     Ear: Either of the organ on the side of the head,  that you hear with.
    Here: An adverb used after a verb or preposition to mean, 'in, at or to this position or place'

2. Hare: An animal, large rabbit with very strong back, that can run very fast.
     Air: The mixture of gases that surrounds the earth and that we breath.
      Heir: A person who has the right to receive somebody's property, money, or title when ye  person dies.
      Hair: The substance that looks like a mass of fine thread growing especially on the head.

3. Tight: Held or fixed in a position firmly, difficult to move or undo.
      Tithe: A tenth part of what someone produce or earn, that was paid as a tax or support to a church.

4. Sight: The ability to see, the act of seeing somebody or something.
    Cite: To mention something as a reason, example or in other to support what you are saying.
    Site: A place where a building or town, was, is or will be located

5. Lung: Either of the two organs in the chest that you used  for breathing.
     Long: Measuring or covering  a great length or distance or a greater length or distance than usual

6. Access: A way of entering into a place.

     Assess: To make a judgement about a nature or quality of somebody or something.

7. Stir:  To move a liquid or substance around, using a spoon or something similar.
     Steer: To control the  direction in which a boat, car etc moves             

8. Pale: Having skin that  is almost white, having skin that is whiter than usual because of illness, a strong emotion etc
     Pail: Bucket.

9. Lock: To fasten something with a lock. To be fastened with a lock.
     Luck: Good thing that happen to someone by chance, not because of your own effort or ability.

10. Launch: To start an activity, especially an organization...
       Lunch: Meal eaten in the middle of the day.

11. Share: To have or uses that at same time as somebody else.
       Cheer: Shout of joy, support or praise.

12. Hill: An area of land that is higher than the land around but not as high as a mountain.
       Heal: To become healthy.
       Heel: The back part of the foot below the ankle.

13. Cease: To stop something from happening or existing.
       Seize: To take somebody or something in your hand suddenly and using force.

14. Not: Use to form a negative of verb, be, do, have and modal verb.
       Knot: A join made by tying together  two pieces or ends of  string, rope etc
       Nut: A small hard fruit with a very hard shell that grows on some tree
         A small piece of metal...

15. Break: To separate into two or more  parts, as a result of force.
      Brake: A device for slowing or stopping a vehicle.

16. Seal: To close something by sticking the edges of the opening together.
       Zeal: Great energy or enthusiasm connected with something that you feel strongly about.

17. See: To become aware of something by using your eyes.
       Sea: The salt water that covers the most part of the  earth surface and surrounds it central or island.

18. Hit: To bring your hand against somebody quickly with force.
      Eat: To put food in your mouth, chew it and swallow it.
      Heat: Quality of being hot.

19. Lye: Chemical used in various industrial processing including washing.
      Lie: To say something that is not true.
              To put yourself in a flat or horizontal position so that you are not standing or sitting

20. Half: Either of two equal part into which something is divided.
     Have: To own, hold or possess something.

21. Assent: An official agreement to or approval of something.
       Ascent: The act of climbing or moving up; an upward journey.

22. Saw: A tool that has a long blade with sharp point along one  of it's edges.
       Sore: An infected part of the body that is painful and usually red.
         Soar: To rise quickly and smooth up into the air.

23. Stork: A large white and black bird that lives near water.
        Stock: A supply of goods that is available for sale  in a shop or store.
         Stuck: Unable to more or to be moved.
         Stalk:  A thin stem that support a leaf, flower or fruits...

24. Storey: A level of a building, a floor
       Story: A description of an event and people that the writer or has invented in order to entertainment people.

25. Stoop: To bend your body forward and downward.
       Stoep: A raised area outside the door of a house with roof over it, where you can sit  and
relax.
       Stoup: A stone containing holy water in the church.

To be continued next week
        

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