“Are you leaving already?” … “Yes, I need to catch the train. The appointment at the dentist will take about one hour. As an exercise, you could try to put the other words in a sentence. Let’s take a couple of words from the list provided above and put them in a sentence. Your (belonging to or associated with which person) / you’re (contraction of you are) Who’s (contraction of who is or who has) / whose (belonging to or associated with which person) To (motion or direction) / too (as well or in addition) / two (number 2) Theirs (belonging to or associated with people) / there’s (contraction of there is) Their (belonging to or associated with people) / there (here or nearby) / they’re (contraction of they are)
Meet (getting together with someone) / meat (animal product as food) Know (knowing something) / no (opposite of yes) Its (belonging to or associated with a thing) / it’s (contraction of “it is”) Hour (time) / our (something that belongs to you and others) Hear (listening to something) / here (in, at, or to this place or position) They should sound identical but have different meanings.Īte (past tense of eat) / eight (number 8)īe (verb) / bee (the yellow/black flying animal)īlew (past tense of blow) / blue (the colour)īuy (purchasing) / by (proposition or adverb) / bye (farewell)Ĭell (small room where a prisoner is kept) / sell (hand over in exchange for money) Try to read the following words aloud and then look at their meaning. Homonyms can be words that sound the same but have different meanings. The word homophone comes from the Greek word homos (=same) and phone (=voice).
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