Homophones

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Homophones
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Homophones are

• Words that are pronounced alike but differ in
  meaning, origin and different spelling

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For example
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• To
• I am going to the store.
• Too
• I ate too many apples.
• Two
• She ordered two cheeseburgers.

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• Bear
• The bear hibernates in winter.
• Bare
• She likes to walk bare foot.

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• Hair
• He didnt have any hair!
• Hare
• The tortoise beat the hare.

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• Horse
• The horse pulled the wagon.
• Hoarse
• She didnt want to yell because her voice would
  get hoarse.

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Homonyms are

• Words that are pronounced alike but differ in
  meaning or spelling.

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Funny Words

• English has some funny words They give my mind
  the jitters They sound the same to you and me,
  But are spelled with different letters. There's
  see and sea And be and bee It's terrible
  confusing! There's new and knew And through and
  threw. It's really not amusing! There's deer
  and dear And here and hear. It's horribly
  disturbing! There's there and their And bare
  and bear. It's really most perturbing!