1.3 Homophones

Accede - agree /exceed- go over

Accept - agree to/ except – exclude it

Air--- heir – receiver of inheritance / the successor to the throne

Aisle – corridor/isle - island

Ale – drink / ail - sick

Allowed- aloud

Alms - charity/ arms - part of the body

Alter- change/altar - sacred place of worship in church

Assent – agree / ascent - to climb

Ate vs Eight

Bail – release from jail against security/ bale – large bundle of paper or hay

Bald- /bawled – cried loudly

Band – group of musicians/Banned – not allowed

Bare- basic and simple / bear - animal

Bear – an animal, to hold something vs Bare – not covered

be-bee

Beet -purple coloured vegetable/ beat

Bier – movable frame for resting body before burial/ beer – malt based alcoholic drink

Birth - give life to / berth - sleeping place

Bite - /byte – unit of data for computer program

Blue – colour/ blew - used pressure of air

Board—leadership group that controls a company/bored – lacking interest

Bough – main branch of tree/Bow – bend head forward to show respect

Boulder – large rock/ bolder – shows more courage

Boar - a wild pig, bore - make a hole with a tool

Break - destroy / brake- to put a stop to

Bridal - wedding related/bridle – to control

By- next to / buy - to get/bye message at time of leaving

Canon - rule / cannon - used in warfare

Canvas - work of art / canvass - to propagate

Carrot- vegetable/ carat – measurement of gold

Cast- mould/caste - sect

Cease - stop/ seize - to catch with force

Censor – remove/sensor - device for sensing motion

Cent-1/100th of dollar/scent-perfume/sent-asked to go

Cereal – food grain/serial – repeated action

Cite – give an example /sight – of seeing /site – plot of land

Coat- item of clothing put on/ court - an institution for justice

Council - a group of persons /counsel – give advice

Course – part of an education degree/coarse - rough

Cue – signal/queue - line

Curb – reduce or stop/kerb – stone at edge of pavement

Dam – water body /damn - curse

Deer – animal/ dear - endearment

Desert - arid land without water/ dessert – sweet dish after a meal

Dew – drop of water on leaves/due – payment or action pending

Die - come to an end/ dye – to colour

Disease- illness/ decease – passing away

Dissent - disagree/ descent- climb down

Doe – female deer/dough – softened wheat flour for making bread

Dual- two, double/duel - fight between two

Dye – colour/ die - death

Earn- make money/urn – Pot for keeping ashes

Facts – things with proof / fax – machine to send copies through phone connection

Fair - to be truthful/ colour of skin/ fare - charges for travel

Father – parent/ farther – great distance

Faze – Get upset/phase – break a big activity into parts

Feat – achievement/feet – part of the body

Fined - find

Flea – small insect/flee run out of fear

Flew--flu

Flour- fine wheat powder / flower

Fore - beginning of / four - number

For—four-fore

Foul - bad smell/fowl - bird

Fright – fear/ freight - charges for transport in a ship

Gait – style of walking/gate

Gilt – covered with golden paint/guilt – feeling after doing something wrong

Great – big / grate - to crush

Groan – make a noise due to pain/grown – of growth

Hail- rain in the form of ice hitting hard / hale – healthy

Hair / hare- a rabbit

Haul – pull/hall – living room

Hear / Here

Heard- past tense of hear/herd – group of animals

Heel - back part of the feet / heal – to get better

Him/hymn – devotional song

Hole – opening / whole - full

Horde – group or flock / hoard - store / enmasse – as a group

Hour- our

Idol – statue/idle -not active

Jeans- dress /genes -part of cells in humans

Knead - press dough to make bread / need - necessity

Knew- past tense of know / new – novel/ innovative

Know - no

Knows-nose

Lessen – reduce/lesson – to learn

Loan – something borrowed/ lone - single

Lose- misplace / loose – oversize

Maid – female help/ made – past tense of make

Mail – post / male – masculine

Main - most important / mane - thick hair on the body of animals

Maize – corn/ mace –weapon

Meet - meat

Metal -object / mettle - integrity, strength

Might – possible /mite -a small amount/ a small eight legged insect

Minor - a person below 18 years / miner - a person working in a mine

New-knew

Night - part of day/ knight- an important person

None – nun

Ore - metal / oar  - instrument for rowing a boat

Pail---pale light colour

Pain – pane – glass sheet in a window

Pair – two / pear - fruit, pare

Pedal – peddle - sell

Peek – look secretly/peak – top of mountain

Peel - remove the skin / peal – ringing sound

Piece - small part/ peace – calm/ peas - vegetable with green beads

Plain – plane

Plays-dramas/be a part of games/ place- a location

Poll – election/pole

Pour - to distribute / pore - an opening in the body

Pray- a petition / prey - to depend on

Principal-main person/ principle- rule

Prize-reward/ award/ price - cost

Rain - down pour/ reign - rule

Raise - to heighten/ race - a run a community

Rite- a custom / write - to note/ right- direction

Role - a part/roll - turn round, a reel of paper

Root - the lower part of the plant/ route - pathway

Sale - to buy or sell/ sail - to move forward

Scene — part of a movie or play/seen

Sea- the vast expanse of salt water/ see -visible for the naked eye

Sell- to make a deal/ cell - smallest part of the body

Sight- a view/site- a place/ cite -to quote,

So – sow – plant seed/sew - stitch

Sole - single / soul - atman: inner part

Son- male child/ Sun – Lord Surya

Sore-bitter, angry/ soar- fly high

Stair - stare

Stationery-books, papers/ stationary- still

Steal- rob/ steel-metal

Story-a tale/ storey -part of a building

Tail – tale

Team - a group of people/ teem – fully loaded

Tear – water from the eyes/tier-class

There vs Their vs They're

Through-from beginning to end/ threw - past tense of throw

Tyre-a solid band of rubber fitted to a wheel/tire - need rest or sleep

To vs Too vs Two

Toe – tow-pull vehicle

Vain—proud/vein – blood vessel in the body

Veil – covering/vale - valley

Vile – wicked/while - during

Wail - to cry/whale - a large water mammal

Wait - too long for/weight - measure

Ware—goods/wear

Waste-unnecessary excess/waist-part of the body

Way - a path / weigh - find out how heavy something is

Wear - to put something to cover the body/ware-product/where- place

Weather – climate/whether - verb that expresses choice

Week- seven days from Monday to Sunday/ weak - unable to move

Won - past tense of win / one - a number

Wood - would

Yolk - the yellow portion of the egg/yoke -a wooden frame for tying two draft animals to whatever they had to pull, usually around the shoulders