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Homophones

Homophones are words with same pronunciation/same sound, but have different spelling and different meanings. 
Example:
1. peace - piece
Meaning
peace - calm
Piece - a part of whole

2. cent - scent
Meaning
cent - a small unit of money
Scent - a pleasant smell

3. see - sea
Meaning
see - to look at
sea - a large water body of saline water

4. too - two
Meaning
too - excessively
two - a number 

5. Sun - son
Meaning
Sun - the largest star that shines in the sky during the day
son - a male child

6. tail - tale
Meaning
tail - the part at the end of the body of an animal/bird/fish
tale - a story about events that are usually imaginative

7. dye - die
Meaning
dye - a substance used for colouring things like fabric, wood, paper, leather etc. 
die - to pass away

8. I- eye
Meaning
I - used by a person to refer himself/herself
eye - part of our body that we use to see things around usus

9. right - write
Meaning
right - correct
write - to mark letter, words, number, symbols on paper with pen/pencil.

10. steel - steal
Meaning
steel - a strong metal
Steal - to take away something that belongs to other person without their permission

11. aloud - allowed
Meaning
aloud - to speak in a voice that can be clearly heard
allowed - to give permission for someone to do something

12. principal - principle
Meaning
Principal - the head of school/college etc. 
Principle - a rule or code of conduct

13. sum - some
Meaning
sum - the result/answer we get on adding two or more numbers
some - a certain amount of something

14. great - grate
Meaning
great - large in amount, size, degree etc. 
grate - to break into small pieces by rubbing against rough object

15. chilli - chilly
Meaning
chilli - a green/red coloured spicy vegetable
chilly - unpleasantly cold weather

Look at the words given below and guess the homophone word for the sale
1. hair -
2. week - 
3. one -
4. fare -
5. know -
6. whole -
7. plane -
8. heel -
9. bye -
10. read -


Answers:
1. hair - hare
2. week - weak
3. one - won
4. fare - fair
5. know - no
6. whole - hole
7. plane - plain
8. heel - heal
9. bye - buy
10. read - red 

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