WuraNaija Grammar School: More on Homophone

Continuation from last week examples

1. Sun: The star that shines during the day and give the earth light and heat.
       Son: A person's male child.

2. Steel: A strong metal that is made of a mixture of iron and carbon
     Steal: To take from a person without permission and without intention to pay back.

3. Sum: An amount of money.
-The number you get when you add two or mine numbers.
      Some: This word is used with uncountable noun or plural countable noun, used to mean 'an amount of' or ' a number of' when the amount  or number is not given.

4. Scene: The place where something happen
      Seen: The past form of see

5. Suck: To take liquid, air into your mouth by using, the muscle of your mouth
     Sock: A piece of clothing that is worn over the foot, ankle, and lower part of the leg, especially inside a shoes

6. Whole: Full, complete
        Hole: Hollow space, in something solid or in the surface of something.

7. Role: The function or position that somebody has or is expected to have in a organization, society, relationship.
    Roll: A long piece of paper, cloth...that has been that wrapped around itself several times so that it form a shape of a tube.

8. Oat: Made from or containing OATS
     Oath: A formal promise to do something or a formal statement that something is true.

9. Meat: The flesh of an animal or bed eaten as food.
    Meet: To be in the same place as somebody by chance and talk to them.
-To come together formally in order to discuss something.

10. Cell: A room for one or more prisoners in a prison or police station.
   -The smallest unit of living mater that can exist on it own.
    Sell: To give something to somebody in exchange for money.

11. Cut: To make an opening or a wound on something, especially with a sharp tool.
      Cot: A small bed with high sides for a baby or young child.
      Court: The place where legal trials take place and where crimes etc are judge.

12. Tea: The dry leaves of the tea bush
      Tee:  A flat area on a golf course from which player hit the ball

13. Wide: Measuring a lot from one side to the other
        Wild: Living or growing in natural condition, not kept in the house or farm.

14. Hedge: A row of bushes or small trees planted close together, usually along the edge of a field.
      Edge: The outside limit of an object, a surface or an area. 

15. Her: A word used as the object of a verb or after a preposition to refer to a woman or girl, who had already been mention.
     Are: One of the words in Be verb

16: Boy: A male child or young male person
       Buoy: An object which floats on the sea or river to mark the place where is dangerous and where it is safe for boat to go.

17. There: Use to show that something exist or happen.
       Their: Of or belonging to them.

18. Dirt: Any substance that make something dirty, for example dust, soil, mud.
       Dearth: A lack of something, the fact of there not being enough of something.
       Death: The fact of somebody dying or being killed.

19. Heart: The organ in the left side of the chest that plumb blood around the body
      Hart: A male deer.

20. Thing: An object whose name you do not know.
       Thin: Not covered with much flesh.

21. Dear: Love by or important to somebody.
       Dare: To be brave enough to do something.
       Deer: An animal

22. Grate: A metal frame for holding the wood or coal in a fireplace.
       Great: Very long, much bigger than average in size or quantity.

23. Goods: Things that are produced to be sold.
       Goose: A bird like a large duck with long neck.

24. Ship: A large boat that carry people and goods in the sea.
       Sheep: An animal with a thick coat, kept on farm for it meat

25. Shit: A swear word that many people find offensive, used to show that you are angry  or annoyed
      Sheet: A large piece of thin fabric used on a bed to lie on or under

26. Cheque: A print form that you can write on and sign to withdraw money from the bank.
      Check: To examine something to see if it is correct, safe or satisfactory.

27. Safe: To keep something, somebody save from death, harm, loose.
       Save: Protected from any form of danger or harm.

28. Wore: Past tense of wear.
       War: A situation in which two or more continues or groups of people fight against each other over a period of time.

29. Chit: A short written note, signed by somebody...
      Cheat: To trick or deceive somebody.

30. Teat: One of the part of female animal's body that the young suck in other to get milk.
       Tit: A human breast or nipple.

Meaning of words is from Oxford dictionary.

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