Monday, July 9, 2012

UppInt/Adv: Homophones- TO/TWO/TOO



 Homophones: a word that sounds the same as another but is different in spelling, meaning, or origin
A list of common homophones

break-brake
cell-sell
close-clothes
choose-chews
do-dew-due
I’ll- aisle
sea-see
which-witch
here-hear
knew-new
no-know
so-sew
lesson-lessen
heal-heel
allowed-aloud
week-weak
pale-pail
eight-ate
whine-wine
would-wood
board-bored
flew-flu
through-threw
won-one
mussel-muscle
wait-weight
scene-seen
wheel-we’ll
jeans-genes
idol-idle
rap-wrap
dear-deer
flower-flour
air-heir
blue-blew
sale-sail
tale-tail
they’re-their-there
knows-nose
tie-Thai
plane-plain
hair-hare
male-mail-mayo
meet-meat
knight-night
its-it’s
higher-hire
base-bass
berry-bury
buy-by
finish-Finnish
Greece-grease
guest-guessed
son-sun
right-write-rite
hour-our
read-red
fare-fair
route-root
warn-worn
war-wore
hole-whole
Jim-gym
none-nun
bread-bred
where-wear
you’re-your
cent-scent-sent
who’s-whoose
knot-not

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