Question

give some example of homophones

Answer 1

Answer: Examples of Homophones are :

• brake/break: When teaching my daughter how to drive, I told her if she didn't hit the brake in time she would break the car's side mirror.
• cell/sell: If you sell drugs, you will get arrested and end up in a prison cell.
• cent/scent: I won't spend one cent on a bottle of perfume until I know that I love the scent.
• die/dye: If you accidentally drank a bottle of fabric dye, you might die.
• flour/flower: To bake a flower-shaped cake, you’ll need some flour.
• for/four: I purchased four new pairs of shoes for my upcoming vacation.
• heal/heel: If the heel breaks on your shoe, you might fall. However, your injuries will heal over time.
• hear/here: I wanted to sit here so I could hear the singer performing without any distractions.
• hour/our: We have one hour before our appointment with the real estate agent.
• idle/idol: Being idle makes me unhappy, but listening to my idol Taylor Swift makes me happy.
• knight/night: The knight is on his way to the castle, but traveling at night is very dangerous.
• knot/not: I do not know how she learned to tie the knot to make that necklace.
• poor/pour: I pour drinks at a bar every night. I am poor because I have too many bills and not enough money.
• right/write: There is no right way to write a great novel.
• sea/see: At my beach house, I love to wake up and see the sea.
• sole/soul: I need to get a new sole put on my favorite pair of running shoes. Jogging is good for my soul.
• son/sun: My son is 13 years old. He likes to spend time outside in the sun.
• steal/steel: Someone who decides to steal a car has committed a crime, but auto parts are made of steel.
• tail/tale: My cat was crazily chasing his tail while I read a fairy tale to my children.
• weather/whether: I don’t know whether to bring a jacket or not. The weather looks unpredictable today.
• accept/except: Accept is a verb that means to take or receive. Except is used as a preposition or conjunction to mean but or exclude.affect/effect: Affect is a verb (in most cases) and indicates influence. Effect is a noun (in most cases) and is the result of an action or change.
• compliment/complement: Compliment means to say something nice about someone or something. Complement means something that enhances or completes.
• then/than: Then is a versatile word used as an adverb, noun or adjective to show the order of how things happened. Than is a subordinating conjunction you can use to make comparisons.
• to/too: To can be a preposition or infinitive when used with a verb. Too is an adverb or a synonym for also.
• you're/your: You're is a contraction for you are. Your is a pronoun.

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