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class="featured-image-wrap"> <img src="https://grammarbrain.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/stock-10-2-1024x622.png" height="auto" style="-moz-border-radius:10px;-webkit-border-radius:10px;border-radius:10px;margin-bottom:40px;" alt="homophones" /> </div> </div> </div> <div bind="80e03a2d-a20f-6efc-c0d9-14bc49b22dd9" class="article-body wf-section"> <div bind="bc878838-ab40-9492-e3bd-2479e727ee0e" class="article-body"> <div bind="bc0209be-976e-1d43-38b0-3a9a8847699c" class="container w-container"> <div bind="085bf5dc-f87e-1752-2b64-0aa48fd35121" class="w-richtext"> <p>Homophones are two words that sound alike, though hold different meanings. <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/a-vs-the/">The</a> best example of this are the words “to” and “too.” With the additional “o” letter, the meaning of the word changes entirely. </p> <p><em><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/lets-or-lets/">Let’s</a> learn more about homophones and how they get used in English in this worksheet.</em>..</p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading"><span class="ez-toc-section" id="what-are-homophones"></span>What are homophones?<span class="ez-toc-section-end"></span></h2> <p>A term that <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/has-vs-have/">has</a> the same pronunciation as another word but a different meaning is called a homophone. A homophone’s spelling <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/may-vs-can/">can</a> also vary. The spelling of the two words can be the same, as in rose and rose, or different, as in caret, carat, and carrot. </p> <p>The term “homophone” can also refer <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/to-vs-too/">to</a> units that are longer or shorter than words, <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/comma-before-such-as/">such as</a> phrases, letters, or groups of letters that <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/past-tense-of-have/">have</a> the same pronunciation as another phrase, letter, or group of letters. It is said that any unit with this feature is homophonous.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" width="792" height="794" src="https://grammarbrain.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Screen-Shot-2022-10-25-at-11.58.16-AM.png" alt="Homophones" class="wp-image-3259" srcset="https://grammarbrain.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Screen-Shot-2022-10-25-at-11.58.16-AM.png 792w, https://grammarbrain.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Screen-Shot-2022-10-25-at-11.58.16-AM-300x300.png 300w, https://grammarbrain.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Screen-Shot-2022-10-25-at-11.58.16-AM-768x770.png 768w, https://grammarbrain.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Screen-Shot-2022-10-25-at-11.58.16-AM-549x550.png 549w" sizes="(max-width: 792px) 100vw, 792px" /><figcaption>Homophones</figcaption></figure></div> <h3 class="wp-block-heading"><span class="ez-toc-section" id="homophone-homograph-and-homonym"></span>Homophone, homograph, and homonym<span class="ez-toc-section-end"></span></h3> <p>Homophones, homographs and homonyms are difficult to differentiate but can get recognized easily. Homophones are words that sound same but have different meanings. A group of words with the same spelling but different meanings and typically different pronunciations are called homographs. </p> <p>On the other hand, a <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/homonym/">homonym</a> is a word or a set of words that have the same pronunciation and spelling but different meanings. </p> <p>Choosing the right word or spelling to express the right <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/i-e-vs-e-g/">idea</a> <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/may-vs-might/">might</a> be difficult in <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/lite-vs-light/">light</a> of all of this. The fact that all homonyms are homophones since they have the same pronunciation raises the possibility of mistake.</p> <p>The words <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/past-tense-of-read/">read</a> in the sentences “He is well read” and “I read that book” are homophones with the same spelling, and they can also be homonyms and homographs. Not all homophones are homonyms since not all homophones have the same spelling. Heterographs are homophones that have distinct spellings, such as to, too, and two.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img decoding="async" width="739" height="373" src="https://grammarbrain.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Screen-Shot-2022-10-09-at-8.16.51-PM.png" alt="Understanding a homophone" class="wp-image-2498" srcset="https://grammarbrain.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Screen-Shot-2022-10-09-at-8.16.51-PM.png 739w, https://grammarbrain.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Screen-Shot-2022-10-09-at-8.16.51-PM-300x151.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 739px) 100vw, 739px" /><figcaption>Homophone chart</figcaption></figure></div> <h3 class="wp-block-heading"><span class="ez-toc-section" id="pseudo-homophones"></span>Pseudo-homophones<span class="ez-toc-section-end"></span></h3> <p>Pseudo-homophones are made-up words that sound exactly like real words. </p> <p>In contrast to the pseudo-homophone pairs groan/grone and crane/crain, plane/plain is a homophone pair <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/is-because-a-conjunction/">because</a> both letter combinations are recognized <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/noun/">nouns</a>. </p> <p>In lexical decision tasks, both kinds of pairs are employed to research word recognition.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img decoding="async" width="507" height="582" src="https://grammarbrain.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Screen-Shot-2022-10-09-at-8.18.24-PM.png" alt="Understanding a homophone" class="wp-image-2499" srcset="https://grammarbrain.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Screen-Shot-2022-10-09-at-8.18.24-PM.png 507w, https://grammarbrain.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Screen-Shot-2022-10-09-at-8.18.24-PM-261x300.png 261w, https://grammarbrain.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Screen-Shot-2022-10-09-at-8.18.24-PM-479x550.png 479w" sizes="(max-width: 507px) 100vw, 507px" /><figcaption>Understanding a homophone</figcaption></figure></div> <h3 class="wp-block-heading"><span class="ez-toc-section" id="etymology"></span>Etymology<span class="ez-toc-section-end"></span></h3> <p>The word “homophone” comes from the Greek words homo-, “same,” and phn, “voice, speech.”</p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading"><span class="ez-toc-section" id="where-are-homophones-used"></span>Where are homophones used?<span class="ez-toc-section-end"></span></h2> <p>While homophones can get found in every day English, they can also get found in these places:</p> <h3 class="wp-block-heading"><span class="ez-toc-section" id="word-games-and-play"></span>Word games and play<span class="ez-toc-section-end"></span></h3> <p>Homophones are frequently employed to make jokes, trick the reader, or imply several meanings. Poems and other works of creative writing frequently <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/use-vs-utilize/">use</a> the final <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/verb-tenses/">tenses</a>. </p> <p>This is demonstrated in the phrase “The stores in mourning” from Dylan Thomas’ radio play <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Under_Milk_Wood">Under Milk Wood</a>, when sorrow might be heard as either dawn or morning. </p> <p>Another vivid example is Thomas Hood’s use of birth and berth as well as told and toll’d in his poem “Faithless Sally Brown.”</p> <h3 class="wp-block-heading"><span class="ez-toc-section" id="use-as-ambiguous-information-for-psychological-research"></span>Use as ambiguous information for psychological research<span class="ez-toc-section-end"></span></h3> <p>In studies of anxiety, homophones—more specifically, heterographs, <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/where-vs-were/">where</a> one spelling is scary and the other is not—have been used to test cognitive theories. High anxiety people have a propensity to view ambiguous information as threatening. It is crucial to master a language fluently since young children find it difficult to understand the distinction.</p> <p>We seldom make a mistake with understanding homophones while we are having a conversation because the listener understands the context. While writing, the errors become distinguishable.</p> <p>Words that differ only by those sounds in <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/a-or-an/">an</a> accent that preserves the distinction are homophonous in the accent with the merger because different sounds have merged in some accents and are no longer distinguishable. </p> <h3 class="wp-block-heading"><span class="ez-toc-section" id="here-are-a-few-english-examples"></span>Here are a few English examples:<span class="ez-toc-section-end"></span></h3> <p>In most American accents, pin and pen are pronounced same just like by and buy, merry, marry, and Mary.</p> <p>In most American accents, the words do and due, as well as forward and foreword, sound alike, but not in most English accents.</p> <p>While the words court and captured, as well as speak and torque, are distinct in most American English dialects and rhotic accents like Scottish English, they are homophones in some non-rhotic accents like British Received Pronunciation.</p> <p>Wordplay is particularly prevalent in English because, <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/compared-to-or-compared-with/">compared to</a> other languages, it is far more difficult to pronounce, spell, and understand due to the diversity of linguistic influences.</p> <p>Malapropisms, <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/comma-before-which/">which</a> often create a similar comic <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/affect-vs-effect/">effect</a>, are usually near-homophones. An eggcorn is a word or phrase used by mistake because it is homophone or is similar sounding to the original word or phrase. A very common mistake, they can however alter the meaning altogether.</p> <p>Examples “another thing coming” replaced with “another <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/past-tense-of-think/">think</a> coming” or “that’s a moot point” with “that’s a mute point”. Some the common words replaced are tea(drink) with tee(golf ball support), shore(coastline) with sure(certainty).</p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading"><span class="ez-toc-section" id="same-sounding-phrases"></span>Same-sounding phrases<span class="ez-toc-section-end"></span></h2> <p>In several word games, similar-sounding phrases are frequently employed. Similar-sounding phrases include, for instance:</p> <ul class="wp-block-list"><li>ice cream vs. I scream</li><li>euthanasia vs. Youth in Asia</li><li>depend vs. deep end</li><li>Gemini vs. gem in eye vs. Jim and I</li><li>the sky vs. this guy</li><li>four candles vs. fork handles</li><li>sand which is <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/there-their-theyre/">there</a> vs. sandwiches there</li><li>philanderers vs. Flanders</li><li>example vs. egg sample</li><li>some others vs. some mothers vs. smothers</li></ul> <p>In his Appalachian comedy routine, American comedian <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Foxworthy">Jeff Foxworthy</a> regularly employs similar-sounding lines that play on exaggerated “country” accents. Examples worth mentioning are:</p> <ul class="wp-block-list"><li>Initiate vs. and <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/then-vs-than/">then</a> she ate: “My wife ate two sandwiches, initiate a bag o’ tater chips.”</li><li>Mayonnaise vs. Man, there is: “Mayonnaise <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/alot-vs-a-lot/">a lot</a> of people here tonight.”</li><li>Innuendo vs. in your window: “Hey dude I saw a bird fly innuendo.”</li><li>Mustache vs. must ask: “I mustache <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/personal-pronouns/">you</a> a question.”</li></ul> <p>In the 1980s, the term “<a href="https://www.thoughtco.com/what-is-an-oronym-1691461">oronyms</a>” <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/was-vs-were/">was</a> used in an effort to promote a distinguishing term for multiple words or phrases with the same sound, but since the term was already well established in linguistics as an onomastic designation for a class of toponymic features, the alternative use of the term was not well received in academic literature.</p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading"><span class="ez-toc-section" id="homophone-examples"></span>Homophone Examples<span class="ez-toc-section-end"></span></h2> <p>While homophones are the most confusing, with time one can master the intricacies of the language. Some of the common examples are</p> <ul class="wp-block-list"><li><em>Ate-Eight</em></li><li><em>Altar-Alter</em></li><li><em>Write — Right</em></li><li><em>Break-Brake</em></li><li><em>Be-Bee</em></li><li><em>Cereal-Serial</em></li><li><em>Council-Counsel</em></li><li><em>Dual-Duel</em></li><li><em>Eye-Aye</em></li><li><em>Father —Further</em></li><li><em>Gait-Gate</em></li><li><em><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/past-tense-of-see/">See</a> — Sea</em></li><li><em>Side </em><em>— </em><em>Sighed</em></li><li><em>Soar — Sore</em></li><li><em>Stare </em><em>— </em><em>Stair</em><em></em></li><li><em>Stationary — Stationery</em></li><li><em>Steal — Steel</em></li><li><em>Buy — <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/bye-vs-by/">Bye</a></em></li><li><em>Sun — Son</em></li><li><em>Cite — Site</em></li><li><em>Cellar-Seller</em></li><li><em>Male-Mail</em></li><li><em>Meet-Meat</em></li><li><em>Pair-Peer</em></li><li><em>You’re-Your</em></li></ul> <h2 class="wp-block-heading"><span class="ez-toc-section" id="understanding-homophones-and-homonyms"></span>Understanding homophones and homonyms<span class="ez-toc-section-end"></span></h2> <p>While slightly tricky to differentiate, homophones and homonyms are distinct in characteristics. Both are derived from a combined form homo-meaning “one of the same, similar alike”, while they have different roots. </p> <p>Homophone comes from the greek root <em>phōnos</em> (meaning “sounding”); while homonym comes from <em>onyma</em> (meaning “name”). A little tongue twister to understand it all simply is that “all homophones are not homonyms while all homonyms are homophones”. </p> <p>Homophones are words that sound the same but differ in spelling, meaning, or etymology. These words can be <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/spelt-or-spelled/">spelled</a> differently from one another (like to, too, and two). </p> <p>Example “his grandfather died of natural cause” and “she got her shirt dyed in multi-color”, “let’s paint the <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/village-vs-town/">town</a> red” and “I think I have read this book”, “take a right turn” and “you are absolutely right”.</p> <p>Homonyms can be homophones or <a href="https://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-homographs.html">homographs</a>. Some people however consider homonyms to be words that are only spelled and pronounced alike but have different meaning based on the usage or context. </p> <p>Example being “take a bow” and “the bow that shoots arrows”.</p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading"><span class="ez-toc-section" id="homophone-examples-for-3rd-grade-students"></span>Homophone examples for 3rd grade students<span class="ez-toc-section-end"></span></h2> <figure class="wp-block-table"><table><tbody><tr><td>there, their</td><td>tears, tiers</td><td>been, bean</td></tr><tr><td>weak, week</td><td>time, thyme</td><td><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/heal-vs-heel/">heal</a>, heel</td></tr><tr><td>wait, weight</td><td>pain, pane</td><td>tale, tail</td></tr><tr><td>stationary, stationery</td><td>fare, fair</td><td>whether, <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/weather-whether-wether/">weather</a></td></tr><tr><td>cent, sent</td><td>horse, hoarse</td><td>paws, pause</td></tr><tr><td>wait, weight</td><td>Do, dew</td><td>tow, toe</td></tr><tr><td>waist, waste</td><td>higher, hire</td><td>hole, whole</td></tr><tr><td>to, too, two</td><td>roll, role</td><td>mail, male</td></tr><tr><td>Soar, sore</td><td>maid, made</td><td>bares, bears</td></tr><tr><td>knight, night</td><td>blew, blue</td><td>cell, sell</td></tr><tr><td>route, root</td><td>flour, flower</td><td>aloud, allowed</td></tr><tr><td>waist, waste</td><td>pale, pail</td><td>road, <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/past-tense-of-ride/">rode</a></td></tr></tbody></table></figure> <h2 class="wp-block-heading"><span class="ez-toc-section" id="homophone-examples-for-2nd-grade-students"></span>Homophone examples for 2nd grade students<span class="ez-toc-section-end"></span></h2> <figure class="wp-block-table"><table><tbody><tr><td>see, sea</td><td>tail, tale</td><td>some, sum</td></tr><tr><td>sent, scent</td><td>steal, steel</td><td>meat, meet</td></tr><tr><td>sail, sale</td><td>right, write</td><td>made, maid</td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/would-vs-will/">would</a>, wood</td><td>some, sum</td><td>hour, our</td></tr><tr><td>dear, deer</td><td>not, knot</td><td>fair, fare</td></tr><tr><td>week, weak</td><td>flu, flew</td><td>nose, knows</td></tr><tr><td>where, wear</td><td>principal, <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/principle-vs-principal/">principle</a></td><td>dear, deer</td></tr><tr><td>their, there</td><td>poor, pour</td><td>one, won</td></tr><tr><td>know, no</td><td>die, dye</td><td>eye, I</td></tr><tr><td>dear, deer</td><td>buy, by</td><td>who’s, whose</td></tr><tr><td>brake, break</td><td>bare, bear</td><td>which, witch</td></tr><tr><td>Peace, piece</td><td><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/threw-vs-through/">threw</a>, through</td><td>one, won</td></tr></tbody></table></figure> <h2 class="wp-block-heading"><span class="ez-toc-section" id="homophone-example-list-%e2%80%93-words-meanings-examples-a-z"></span>Homophone example list – words, meanings, examples (A-Z)<span class="ez-toc-section-end"></span></h2> <figure class="wp-block-table"><table><tbody><tr><td>Homophones</td><td>Meaning</td><td>Examples</td></tr><tr><td><strong>A</strong></td></tr><tr><td>Air – Heir</td><td><strong>Air</strong>-The gases essential for existence of life on planet <strong>Heir</strong>-The person inheriting the ownership rights</td><td>The <strong>air </strong>feels refreshing in Colorado. Jane is the rightful <strong>heir</strong> to her father’s estate.</td></tr><tr><td>Ad-Add</td><td><strong>Ad</strong>-An advertisement <strong>Add</strong>-To put <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/are-numbers-spelled-out/">numbers</a> or information together</td><td>Let’s put an <strong>ad</strong> in newspaper for new store opening. Would you like to <strong>add</strong> your name to the donation list.</td></tr><tr><td>Ant-Aunt</td><td><strong>Ant</strong>-A small insect <strong>Aunt</strong>-A relative</td><td>I saw <strong>ants</strong> swarm into the house. My favorite <strong>aunt</strong> is coming to see <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/me-vs-myself/">me</a>.</td></tr><tr><td>Altar-Alter</td><td><strong>Altar-</strong>High table used in religious ceremonies <strong>Alter</strong>– To change something from its original</td><td>The couple exchanged wedding vows at the <strong>altar</strong>. The storm might <strong>alter</strong> course soon.</td></tr><tr><td>Allowed-Aloud</td><td><strong>Allowed</strong>– To give permission <strong>Aloud</strong>-To speak normally without raising voice.</td><td>Smoking is not <strong>allowed</strong> everywhere. You can read the book <strong>aloud</strong> in the library.</td></tr><tr><td>Alms-Arms</td><td><strong>Alms</strong>-To give food ad money to the poor. <strong>Arms</strong>-the part connecting shoulders to hand</td><td><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/john-and-i-or-john-and-me/">John</a> had to live on <strong>alms</strong> after recession. He carried grocery bags in his <strong>arms</strong>.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>B</strong></td></tr><tr><td>Band-Banned</td><td><strong>Band</strong>-A group of musicians <strong>Banned</strong>-Not allowed by law</td><td>Metallica is the most famous heavy metal <strong>band</strong> of all time. These chemicals have been <strong>banned</strong> worldwide.</td></tr><tr><td>Be-Bee</td><td><strong>Be</strong>-To exist or be present <strong>Bee</strong>-An insect that makes honey</td><td>What do you want <strong>be</strong> when you grow up. The <strong>bees</strong> are buzzing around the garden.</td></tr><tr><td>Bean-Been</td><td><strong>Bean</strong>-The seeds eaten as vegetables <strong>Been</strong>-To exist or be present</td><td><strong>Beans</strong> are good source of plant protein. I have never <strong>been</strong> to Hong Kong.</td></tr><tr><td>Berth-Birth</td><td><strong>Berth</strong>-A place to sleep on train or ship <strong>Birth</strong>– Being born</td><td>I have booked a sleeping <strong>berth</strong> on train for a comfortable journey. Can I ask your date of <strong>birth</strong>. </td></tr><tr><td>Bread-Bred</td><td><strong>Bread</strong>-Food made of flour and water baked in oven. <strong>Bred</strong>-To reproduce</td><td>I got a multigrain <strong>bread</strong> today. This horse is a thorough <strong>bred</strong> of  highest pedigree.</td></tr><tr><td>Buy-Bye</td><td><strong>Buy</strong>– To purchase something. <strong>Bye</strong>-To indicate you are leaving</td><td>I will <strong>buy</strong> myself the best sportswear. She never said <strong>bye</strong> while leaving.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>C</strong></td></tr><tr><td>Ceiling-Sealing</td><td><strong>Ceiling</strong>-The top surface of the roof <strong>Sealing</strong>-To close or cover a hole</td><td>Look at the carved <strong>ceiling</strong> of the church.The food was <strong>sealed</strong> to keep it fresh for long hours.</td></tr><tr><td>Check-Cheque</td><td><strong>Check</strong>-To make sure something or someone I <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/ok-vs-okay/">okay</a>. <strong>Cheque</strong>-A piece of paper that banks allow for financial transaction</td><td>Please keep a <strong>check</strong> on his whereabouts. I will get this cheque <strong>encashed</strong> when I <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/past-tense-of-visit/">visit</a> the bank.</td></tr><tr><td>Cite-Sight</td><td><strong>Cite</strong>-To mention or award <strong>Sight</strong>-To see or discover</td><td>Jane was <strong>cited</strong> for braving harsh weather and saving a young mountaineer.The snowfall this time of year is a <strong>sight</strong> for sore eyes.</td></tr><tr><td>Complement- Compliment</td><td><strong>Complement</strong>– A thing that goes along with something else <strong>Compliment</strong>-praise, admire</td><td>Your shirt <strong>complements</strong> these trousers. <strong>Compliments</strong> for a virtuoso piano  performance.</td></tr><tr><td>Counsel-Council</td><td><strong>Counsel</strong>-To give professional <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/advise-vs-advice/">advise</a> <strong>Council</strong>-A group of people elected to govern</td><td>I went with my lawyer’s <strong>counsel</strong> and avoided filing a case. The city <strong>council</strong> is meeting again to decide about road repairs.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>D</strong></td></tr><tr><td>Dam-Damn</td><td><strong>Dam</strong>– A reservoir made to hold water <strong>Damn</strong>-A swear word to describe anger</td><td>The <strong>dam</strong> water was flowing above danger mark. Youth is dammed if the formative years are not put to good use.</td></tr><tr><td>Dear-Deer</td><td><strong>Dear</strong>– A figure of speech to describe your feeling <strong>Deer</strong>– A large animal with antlers</td><td>We hold our loved ones <strong>dear</strong> and forgive them.   I saw a <strong>deer</strong> prowling around the wild when I went for camping.</td></tr><tr><td>Disburse-Disperse</td><td><strong>Disburse</strong>– Pay back money from deposit or fund <strong>Disperse</strong>– To separate and <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/what-is-the-past-participle-of-go/">go</a> in different direction</td><td>Kids were <strong>disbursed</strong> the expensed incurred during picnic. The police had to <strong>disperse</strong> the unruly hipsters during the music fest.</td></tr><tr><td>Discreet-Discrete</td><td><strong>Discreet</strong>-Careful to avoid embarrassment <strong>Discrete</strong>– Distinct and separate entity</td><td>The package came with <strong>discreet</strong> shipping. The D-I-Y pack came with two <strong>discrete</strong> parts that needed assembling.</td></tr><tr><td>Dual-Duel</td><td><strong>Dual</strong>-Consisting of two parts <strong>Duel</strong>-A contest or fight for settling dispute</td><td>The remote controlled drone comes with <strong>dual</strong> camera. The warrior king invited his servant to <strong>duel</strong> with him.</td></tr><tr><td>Discussed-Disgust</td><td><strong>Discussed</strong>-Talk or write to share opinion or ideas <strong>Disgust</strong>– Strong disapproval or revulsion.</td><td>We have <strong>discussed</strong> our child’s performance report with the teacher. The teacher was <strong>disgusted</strong> because of the kid vomiting.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>E</strong></td></tr><tr><td>Earn-Urn</td><td><strong>Earn</strong>-Obtain or work for to be <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/payed-vs-paid/">paid</a> <strong>Urn</strong>-Container to store ashes</td><td>You have to <strong>earn</strong> your respect in the world yourself. He kept his grandfather’s ashes in the <strong>urn</strong>.</td></tr><tr><td>Exercise-Exorcise</td><td><strong>Exercise</strong>-physical activity or drill for fitness <strong>Exorcise</strong>– The ritual to get rid of the evil effect or spirit</td><td>You need to <strong>exercise</strong> daily to keep fit. The priest was called to <strong>exorcise</strong> spirit out of her body.</td></tr><tr><td>Ensure-Insure</td><td><strong><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/ensure-vs-insure/">Ensure</a></strong>– Making sure that something will happen. <strong>Insure</strong>-A compensation for injury or <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/loss-vs-lost/">loss</a></td><td>The <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/bosss-bosses-bosses/">boss</a> <strong>ensured</strong> that his daughter didn’t get any special attention. We have to <strong>insure</strong> our employees in case of a health <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/plural-of-crisis/">crisis</a>. </td></tr><tr><td>Elicit-Illicit</td><td><strong>Elicit</strong>-Evoke or draw reaction to something <strong>Illicit</strong>-Forbidden by law or society</td><td>The artists painting <strong>elicited</strong> extreme emotions from the masses. His <strong>illicit</strong> affairs have <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/got-or-gotten/">gotten</a> him into trouble at the college.</td></tr><tr><td>Exalt-Exult</td><td><strong>Exalt</strong>– Speak or think highly of someone <strong>Exult</strong>– feeling of winning or triumph</td><td>His stature was <strong>exalted</strong> with his quick promotion at the office. He was <strong>exulting</strong> at his kids graduation ceremony.</td></tr><tr><td>Eye-Aye</td><td><strong>Eye</strong>– the organ that gives vision <strong>Aye</strong>-To accept an order or express affirmation</td><td>You can only appreciate beauty if you have an <strong>eye</strong> for it. The parliament <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/passed-vs-past/">passed</a> the bill when the senator signaled his <strong>aye</strong>.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>F</strong></td></tr><tr><td>Farther-Father</td><td><strong><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/farther-vs-further/">Farther</a></strong>-To go the distance <strong>Father</strong>-A person’s male parent</td><td>The mountaineers had to go <strong>farther</strong> to touch the clouds.John became a <strong>father</strong> in mid-age.</td></tr><tr><td>Find-Fined</td><td><strong>Find</strong>-To explore, discover or unravel <strong>Fined</strong>-A penalty for doing something wrong or unlawful</td><td>The teacher had to <strong>find</strong> innovative ways to keep kids busy. He was <strong>fined</strong> for littering on the seaside.</td></tr><tr><td>Flu-Flew</td><td><strong>Flu</strong>-A illness that feels worse than cold and hurtful <strong>Flew</strong>-To <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/traveling-or-travelling/">travel</a> through air</td><td>The doctor diagnosed his patient of having a <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/bad-vs-badly/">bad</a> bout of <strong>flu</strong>. My mother <strong>flew</strong> all the way across America to meet me.</td></tr><tr><td>Flour-Floor</td><td><strong>Flour</strong>-A powder made grain and wheat <strong>Floor</strong>-The flat surface made for walking</td><td>You have to knead the <strong>flour</strong> to make a soft bread. My kids toys were all over the <strong>floor</strong> when I came home.</td></tr><tr><td>Foreward-Forward</td><td><strong>Foreward</strong>-A brief introduction at the start of book <strong>Forward</strong>– A direction that moves us forward</td><td>Did you read the beautiful <strong>foreword</strong> in Steve Job’s biography. I look <strong>forward</strong> to meeting you again soon.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>G</strong></td></tr><tr><td>Gait-Gate</td><td><strong>Gait</strong>-A peculiar way of walk <strong>Gate</strong>-A door at the opening of a building</td><td>Old age had a way of stooping the <strong>gait</strong> of the old man in our society. The <strong>gates</strong> of our society are guarded at all times to keep the intruders bay.</td></tr><tr><td>Genes-Jeans</td><td><strong>Genes</strong>-A unique pattern in our cells that make us different <strong>Jeans</strong>-Trousers made of blue/denim</td><td>John had somehow passed his techie <strong>genes</strong> to his kid even though he never stressed on it. His <strong>jeans</strong> was torn off from the bottom but that made him more attractive.</td></tr><tr><td>Great-Grate</td><td><strong>Great</strong>-Large in amount, quality or character <strong>Grate</strong>-A tool to rub food and piece it into small size</td><td>It is <strong>great</strong> to see people turn up in  large number to cast their vote. You can either <strong>grate</strong> the potato or mash it for your recipe.</td></tr><tr><td>Groan-Grown</td><td><br><strong>Groan</strong>-To make painful sound or show unhappiness <strong>Grown</strong>-To increase physically, mentally develop</td><td>He was wounded after his jungle safari and was <strong>groaning</strong> in pain when he got home. If you are <strong>grown</strong> man, you better start taking care of paying for your own college.</td></tr><tr><td>Greece-Grease</td><td><strong>Greece</strong>-A country in Southeast Europe. <strong>Grease</strong>-A think and sticky oil used in engines</td><td><strong>Greece</strong> is a wonderful and romantic place to visit in the summers. He had to <strong>grease</strong> some palms to make sure his residential complex   got approved.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>H</strong></td></tr><tr><td>Here-Hear</td><td><strong>Here</strong>– In at the place mentioned or pointed at <strong><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/past-tense-of-hear/">Hear</a></strong>-To listen through ears</td><td><strong>Here</strong> is an example of what can happen if you drive fast.It is great to <strong>hear</strong> that colleges are opening again after lockdown.</td></tr><tr><td>Hi-High</td><td><strong>Hi</strong>-An informal way to greet someone <strong>High</strong>-At the top or summit of something</td><td>I called to say <strong>hi</strong> and check on your health.The mountains might feel <strong>high</strong> but wait till you touch the clouds.</td></tr><tr><td>Him-Hymn</td><td><strong>Him</strong>– A way to mention a male person without repeating <strong>Hymn</strong>– A religious song sung in church</td><td>It is up to <strong>him</strong> if he wants to spend time at home with his date or take her out. I can’t seem to forget the <strong>hymn</strong> I heard at church last <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/are-days-of-the-week-capitalized/">Sunday</a>.</td></tr><tr><td>Hour-Our</td><td><strong>Hour</strong>– A <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/when-to-use-periods/">period</a> of time i.e. 60 minutes <strong>Our</strong>-Belonging to us</td><td>His jobs pays him handsomely and he is paid by the <strong>hour</strong>. <strong>Our</strong> teacher is the best and makes learning interesting.</td></tr><tr><td>Heal-Heel</td><td><strong>Heal</strong>– To become healthy after injury <strong>Heel</strong>– The back part of the shoe</td><td>You’ve got an injury that will take some time to <strong>heal</strong>.He took to his <strong>heels</strong> when his parents started scolding him.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>I</strong></td></tr><tr><td>Idle-Idol</td><td><strong>Idle</strong>-Not do anything or be lazy <strong>Idol</strong>-A person who is considered admirable</td><td>The factory closure had left him with a lot of <strong>idle</strong> time. She used to consider her English teacher her <strong>idol</strong> while growing up.</td></tr><tr><td>Incite-Insight</td><td><strong>Incite</strong>-To encourage someone to do something wrong <strong>Insight</strong>-A deep understanding gained with experience</td><td>The politician was arrested for <strong>inciting</strong> crowds. His <strong>insight</strong> helped the company complete the complex project timely.</td></tr><tr><td>Inn-in</td><td><strong>Inn</strong>– A small eatery or pub <strong>In</strong>-A period of time or being inside</td><td>I found a beautiful <strong>inn</strong> by the countryside while I was visiting Ireland. I am living <strong>in</strong> a world of my dreams.</td></tr><tr><td>Illusive-Ellusive</td><td><strong>Illusive</strong>-Deceptive or imaginary <strong>Elusive</strong>-Not easy to <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/past-tense-of-catch/">catch</a> hold of</td><td>Happiness is <strong>illusive</strong> for those who are finding fault in everything.She wanted a love story as <strong>elusive</strong> as the rose without thorns.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>J</strong></td></tr><tr><td>Jell-Gel</td><td><strong>Jell</strong>-Work well together <strong><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/gel-or-jell/">Gel</a></strong>-A thick sticky substance</td><td>His colleagues seem to <strong>jell</strong> with him over work and otherwise. The shampoo <strong>gel</strong> was irritating to the eyes.</td></tr><tr><td>Jim-Gym</td><td><strong>Jim</strong>– A name of a person <strong>Gym</strong>-A place to exercise</td><td><strong>Jim</strong> was my teacher who loved me like his own child. The <strong>gym</strong> teacher wanted me to train hard for a better physique.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>K</strong></td></tr><tr><td>Know-No</td><td><strong>Know</strong>-To be aware of something <strong>No</strong>-Something not allowed</td><td>You need to <strong>know</strong> that life is not as easy as you think.Learn to say <strong>no</strong> if you do not want to be bombarded at work.</td></tr><tr><td>Knot-Not</td><td><strong>Knot</strong>-A place that ties two ropes or string <strong>Not</strong>-A negative way of expression</td><td>At the <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/are-seasons-capitalized/">summer</a> camp, they <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/past-tense-of-to-teach/">teach</a> kids to tie a <strong>knot</strong> that is impossible to untie. It is said that my parents do <strong>not</strong> allow me to go out after dark.</td></tr><tr><td>Knew-New</td><td><strong>Knew</strong>-Prior knowledge of something <strong>New</strong>-Recently made or built or discovered</td><td>He <strong>knew</strong> that my flight would be delayed. Let’s go check out the <strong>new</strong> restaurant in the neighborhood.</td></tr><tr><td>Knead-Need</td><td><strong>Knead</strong>– A process of making flour or bread <strong>Need</strong>– To want something</td><td>You will find all the ingredients to <strong>knead</strong> a bread in the kitchen.You can always depend on your friends in the time of <strong>need</strong>.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>L</strong></td></tr><tr><td>Lessen-Lesson</td><td><strong>Lessen</strong>-To become <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/less-vs-fewer/">less</a> in intensity <strong>Lesson</strong>-To learn or teach something</td><td>Taking pain medication will <strong>lessen</strong> the pain. I have <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/learned-vs-learnt/">learnt</a> my <strong>lesson</strong> not to intervene among lovers.</td></tr><tr><td>Lien-Lean</td><td><strong>Lien</strong>-A claim upon a property as per law <strong>Lean</strong>-To support or move your body forward</td><td>He had a <strong>lien</strong> on the property that made its resale impossible. He <strong>leaned</strong> against the wall that was plastered only recently.</td></tr><tr><td>Loan-Lone</td><td><strong>Loan</strong>-Money that is lend to someone <strong>Lone</strong>-Alone, without company</td><td>The <strong>loan</strong> I took for the property has been paid for in full. He was the <strong>lone</strong> ranger who protected the city from gangsters.</td></tr><tr><td>Low-Lo</td><td><strong>Low</strong>-On ground or shorter in height <strong>Lo</strong>-An expression to draw attention</td><td>The pilot flew the aircraft perilously <strong>low</strong> to the ground. <strong>Lo</strong> and behold, watch the majestic mountain in all its glory.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>M</strong></td></tr><tr><td>Medal-Meddle</td><td><strong>Medal</strong>-An award for distinctive achievement <strong>Meddle</strong>-Interfere in someone’s affairs</td><td>He won a medal for his bravery. His parents started meddling in his love life much to his dismay.</td></tr><tr><td>Made-Maid</td><td><strong>Made</strong>-The composition of something <strong>Maid</strong>– A servant to help with chores</td><td>I <strong>made</strong> fire from rubbing stone the first time. Her <strong>maid</strong> is the sole reason reason why her room is always sparkling clean.</td></tr><tr><td>Maize-Maze</td><td><strong>Maize</strong>-A cob plant that produces yellow grains <strong>Maze</strong>-A zigzag path create to confuse</td><td>A field of <strong>maize</strong> field made us stop to smell the flowers. The taxes are a labyrinth of a <strong>maze</strong> you <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/cannot-or-can-not/">cannot</a> understand. </td></tr><tr><td>Merry-Marry</td><td><strong>Merry</strong>-An expressive of happiness <strong>Marry</strong>-Wedding</td><td>Her <strong>merry</strong> laughter brightened the whole room. John is going to <strong>marry</strong> his childhood sweetheart this Sunday.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>N</strong></td></tr><tr><td>Nun-None</td><td><strong>Nun</strong>-A women who is part of religious congregation like church <strong>None</strong>-No one, not any</td><td>I met a <strong>nun</strong> at the church while praying who I recognized from childhood. It is <strong>none</strong> of our business how he <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/lives-or-lifes/">lives</a> his life.</td></tr><tr><td>Nit-Knit</td><td><strong>Nit</strong>-Egg of tiny insect that penetrates hair <strong>Knit</strong>-Weaving to make clothing</td><td>Let’s not <strong>nit</strong>-pick each other fault. She <strong>knit</strong> a beautiful pullover for her son.</td></tr><tr><td>Navel-Naval</td><td><strong>Navel</strong>-The small hole in the stomach <strong>Naval</strong>-Associated with navy</td><td>She had gotten a <strong>navel</strong> piercing without telling anyone. He is a decorated <strong>naval</strong> officer.</td></tr><tr><td>Neck-Knack</td><td><strong>Neck</strong>– The part joining head and body <strong>Knack</strong>-Special ability that is leaned or comes naturally</td><td>I could feel her <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/breathe-vs-breath/">breath</a> on the back of my <strong>neck</strong>. I have a <strong>knack</strong> of picking the best discount at the superstore.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>O</strong></td></tr><tr><td>Overdue-Overdo</td><td><strong>Overdue</strong>-Whose date has elapsed <strong>Overdo</strong>-To do something beyond limit</td><td>The tenant was reminded by the landlord of the <strong>overdue</strong> rent. The doctor advised him to exercise normally and not <strong>overdo</strong> it.</td></tr><tr><td>One-Won</td><td><strong>One</strong>-Numerical digit <strong>Won</strong>-To be the best, succeed in competition</td><td>The number <strong>one</strong> reason for our friendship is no secrets. He <strong>won</strong> the racing championship in record time.</td></tr><tr><td>Owe-Oh</td><td><strong>Owe</strong>-when you are entitled to pay or feel like doing something <strong>Oh</strong>-An expression used to emphasise</td><td>You <strong>owe</strong> me an apology after you got me late to the school. <strong>Oh</strong>, come on. Let’s party after school.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>P</strong></td></tr><tr><td>Passed-Past</td><td><strong>Passed</strong>-An achievement in exams, test or preparation <strong>Past</strong>-Something done before in time</td><td>He <strong>passed</strong> the exams with flying colors. I met her in the <strong>past</strong> and she hasn’t changed a <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/past-tense-of-bite/">bit</a> since.</td></tr><tr><td>Peace-Piece</td><td><strong>Peace</strong>-Calm, quiet and free of violence <strong>Piece</strong>-A part of something</td><td><strong>Peace</strong> is not a guarantee of happy relationships. The potter made every <strong>piece</strong> of porcelain with love and devotion.</td></tr><tr><td>Prey-Pray</td><td><strong>Prey</strong>-An animal killed or eaten by another <strong>Pray</strong>-A way of worship</td><td>Don’t <strong>prey</strong> on gullible people if you are looking for harmless <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/is-funner-a-word/">fun</a>. She used to go <strong>pray</strong> after Sunday in the nearby church.</td></tr><tr><td>Principal-Principle</td><td><strong>Principle</strong>-A rule <strong>Principal</strong>-A head of organisation or most important person</td><td>I follow the <strong>principle</strong> of always returning money without delay. The <strong>principal</strong> was strict enough to  discipline all the students at school.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Q</strong></td></tr><tr><td>Queue-Cue</td><td><strong>Queue</strong>-A line of cars, people or things <strong><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/queue-vs-cue/">Cue</a></strong>-A signal meant to provide direction</td><td>You have to stand in <strong>queue</strong> for tickets if you want to watch your favorite movie. This is your <strong>cue</strong> to stop talking and start listing to her when she is upset.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>R</strong></td></tr><tr><td>Ring-Wring</td><td><strong>Ring</strong>-A piece of <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/jewelry-vs-jewellery/">jewellery</a>, a bell, or shape of seating <strong>Wring</strong>-To squeeze cloths to dry them</td><td>The <strong>ring</strong> she got from her fiancée looked very expensive. The local lender will <strong>wring</strong> you dry <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/till-vs-until/">until</a> you have paid the last penny. </td></tr><tr><td>Role-Roll</td><td><strong>Role</strong>– <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/a-part-or-apart/">A part</a> that someone performs <strong>Roll</strong>-Moving something over and over</td><td>We all have a <strong>role</strong> to play in life in order to be successful. The stone <strong>rolled</strong> down the mountain like a toy.</td></tr><tr><td>Rude-Rued</td><td><strong>Rude</strong>-impolite way of conversing <strong>Rued</strong>-Regret something</td><td>It is awfully <strong>rude</strong> to call someone in the morning. He <strong>rued</strong> the day he took out a loan from the bank.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>S</strong></td></tr><tr><td>Sail-Sale</td><td><strong>Sail</strong>-A piece of cloth that helps ship manoeuvre the winds <strong>Sale</strong>-Discount or reduced pricing</td><td>The ship set <strong>sail</strong> to discover new frontiers.My favorite dress is on <strong>sale</strong> and I will not <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/loosing-or-losing/">lose</a> this opportunity.</td></tr><tr><td>Scene-Seen</td><td><strong>Scene</strong>-A representation of the the event or place of incident <strong><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/seen-vs-saw/">Seen</a></strong>-An expression of affirmation</td><td>The <strong>scene</strong> of the crime was sanitized after the forensic examination. If you have <strong>seen</strong> the movie, you’ll agree that it is a classic.</td></tr><tr><td>Shoe-Shoo</td><td><strong>Shoe</strong>-A covering on foot to support walk <strong>Shoo</strong>-To discourage or drive away someone</td><td>His <strong>shoes</strong> <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/past-tense-of-felt/">felt</a> oversized for his frail body.He had to <strong>shoo</strong> his colleague from his cabin because of cigarette stink.</td></tr><tr><td>Soar-Sore</td><td><strong>Soar</strong>-To fly or rise high in the air <strong>Sore</strong>– Pain or ache residual feeling</td><td>If you want to soar high, don’t mind <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/past-tense-of-fall/">falling</a> a bit.He felt bit sore after a long trek down the mountain.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>T</strong></td></tr><tr><td>Tail-Tale</td><td><strong>Tail</strong>-A hindmost part of animal, airplane, garment that protrudes out <strong>Tale</strong>-A story</td><td>The dog’s <strong>tail</strong> started wagging when it got its favorite treat. The <strong>tale</strong> of the dragon saving the princess made the kids emotional.</td></tr><tr><td>Team-Teem</td><td><strong>Team</strong>-A group people <strong>Teem</strong>-A place where a lot of people gather or hang</td><td>No success is possible without <strong>team</strong> effort. The mall was <strong>teeming</strong> with shoppers after they announced the sale.</td></tr><tr><td>Than-Then</td><td><strong>Than</strong>-Used for comparison <strong>Then</strong>-A period of time</td><td>The cricketer was playing way better <strong>than</strong> we thought. Back <strong>then</strong> we used to take extra-circular activities casually.</td></tr><tr><td>Throne-Thrown</td><td><strong>Throne</strong>-A position of king or queen <strong>Thrown</strong>-To put something or put it carelessly</td><td>Harry is next to the <strong>throne</strong> after his elder brother William. He was <strong>thrown</strong> out of the pub after the brawl.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>U</strong></td></tr><tr><td>Undo-undue</td><td><strong>Undo</strong>-To untie, unfasten or reverse <strong>Undue</strong>-Something unreasonable</td><td>You can’t <strong>undo</strong> past mistakes of but you can start with a clean slate. The employer took an <strong>undue</strong> advantage by making them work overtime without pay.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>V</strong></td></tr><tr><td>Vain-Vein</td><td><strong>Vain</strong>-Useless or unworthy of effort <strong>Vein</strong>-The blood vessels in the body</td><td>Hard work never got in <strong>vain</strong> if you are willing to hold on to the knowledge. I could see the rush of adrenaline pulsing through his <strong>veins</strong>.</td></tr><tr><td>Vary-Very</td><td><strong>Vary</strong>-to be <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/different-from-or-different-than/">different from</a> other <strong>Very</strong>-Used to emphasize extremity</td><td>The doctor tried different treatments, with <strong>varying</strong> degrees of success. It is not <strong>very</strong> uncommon to see kids connect with each other over hobbies in kindergarten.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>W</strong></td></tr><tr><td>We’ll-Wheel</td><td><strong>We’ll</strong>– Express that a group of people will do something <strong>Wheel</strong>-A circular object that provides motion</td><td><strong>We’ll</strong> do whatever it takes to make this county the best in America. The kid was pretending to drive the shopping cart as if he was behind the <strong>wheels</strong>.</td></tr><tr><td>Wear-Ware</td><td><strong>Wear</strong>-Clothing for protection or covering body <strong>Ware</strong>-Articles for sale</td><td>You can <strong>wear</strong> whatever you want  to the office as long as it is not revealing and skimpy. The shopkeeper had to move his <strong>wares</strong> from outside the shop because of heavy rain.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Y</strong></td></tr><tr><td>Yoke-Yolk</td><td><strong>Yoke</strong>-A plough to pull bull together, something that makes life difficult <strong>Yolk</strong>-The yellow part of the egg</td><td>The <strong>yoke</strong> of tyranny is no different from that of slavery and one should fight against it. The egg <strong>yolk</strong> is yummy and delicious.</td></tr><tr><td>Your-Yore</td><td><strong>Your</strong>-Belonging to the person mentioned <strong>Yore</strong>-Long time ago</td><td>It is always recommended to wash <strong>your</strong> hands before <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/past-tense-of-eat/">eating</a> anything. Gone are the days of <strong>yore </strong>when you could buy a good ice-cream for a dollar.</td></tr></tbody></table></figure> <h2 class="wp-block-heading"><span class="ez-toc-section" id="homophone-activities-for-students"></span>Homophone activities for students<span class="ez-toc-section-end"></span></h2> <p>There are many interactive activities that can be designed to keep kids focused and learn homophones. Some of them are-</p> <h3 class="wp-block-heading"><span class="ez-toc-section" id="game-of-charades"></span><strong>Game of Charades</strong><strong></strong><span class="ez-toc-section-end"></span></h3> <p>In order to ensure that kids are reading and acting out the words correctly, this game will require several players, including one adult to serve as the moderator.</p> <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Things required:</h4> <ul class="wp-block-list"><li>Paper Slips</li><li>Bag, box, bowl</li><li>Homophone list visible to all players on a board, poster, or big piece of paper</li></ul> <p>On pieces of paper, jot down a number of homophones. Write the identical list of homophones in plain sight of each player on the board or on a poster. This will act as a reference guide to make the game more clear and ensure that players who are guessing the word are guessing the right spellings. The slips are folded and combined in the container.</p> <p>Permit the kids to take turns selecting words from the jar and acting them out as best they can. To make sure the child knows the homophone’s correct meaning, read the word yourself. You can decide whether to allow a one- or two-word tip because some terms might be more ambiguous. </p> <p>The guessers are required to raise their hands, guess the word, and identify the word on the lengthy reference list. Try to give each youngster a chance to take the role of the words.</p> <h3 class="wp-block-heading"><span class="ez-toc-section" id="guess-hedbanz"></span><strong>Guess Hedbanz</strong><strong></strong><span class="ez-toc-section-end"></span></h3> <p>Children collaborate to match the correct spellings to images that represent various homophones in this homophone matching activity. As preventing the kids from seeing their own phrase or picture adds an additional obstacle, it is intended to be played similarly to the party game <a href="https://www.amazon.com/HedBanz-Game-Family-Guessing-vary/dp/B003AIM52A">Hedbanz</a>.</p> <p>You can take off the headbands and only provide the word or picture cards to younger readers who might have trouble understanding the concept. They will be able to see their own phrase or image and quickly locate the youngster who matches it, eliminating any potential confusion in the game’s cooperative elements.</p> <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Things required:</h4> <ul class="wp-block-list"><li>Homophone picture cards and word cards that are printed headbands made from paper strips</li></ul> <h3 class="wp-block-heading"><span class="ez-toc-section" id="tape-or-a-stapler"></span>Tape or a stapler<span class="ez-toc-section-end"></span></h3> <p>Print the phrase and picture cards, then staple or tape them to paper strips to create the headbands. Give a headband to each kid. </p> <p>They will have to work together because they are unable to see what is on their own headband. The kids wearing headbands with words will have to explain to the kids wearing headbands with pictures what their pictures are. </p> <p>The kids who have pictures on their headbands will also need to read the words on the other headbands and provide the relevant context for the sentences. To find the match to their word or picture, all the kids will have to cooperate.</p> <h3 class="wp-block-heading"><span class="ez-toc-section" id="treasure-hunt"></span><strong>Treasure Hunt</strong><strong></strong><span class="ez-toc-section-end"></span></h3> <p>You will just need to do a quick preparation for this homophone student activity while the kids are out of the room, but after it is ready, it can be left and completed as a large group, small group, or individual activity.</p> <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Things required:</h4> <ul class="wp-block-list"><li>Homophone picture cards printed</li><li>A piece of paper or a notebook with space for kids to write homophone terms</li></ul> <p>The homophone picture cards should be printed and numbered. If you want to check the kids’ work after the exercise, you might want to keep a master record of the words and their accompanying numbers. Cut them out and scatter them around the room in obvious locations. </p> <p>To the quantity of homophones you’ve buried across the room, have the kids add their papers. Allow them to search for photographs by having them explore the space together or in smaller groups. They have to write the word with the proper spelling next to the matching number on their notepad whenever they come across an image of a homophone.</p> <h3 class="wp-block-heading"><span class="ez-toc-section" id="homophone-puzzle"></span><strong>Homophone Puzzle</strong><span class="ez-toc-section-end"></span></h3> <p>You can create crossword puzzle games with words that correspond with the answers to interesting facts. They can be asked to fill in various homophone pairs for each letter of the alphabet. This is a fantastic method to get your pupils to consider all of the many homophones in-depth! </p> <p>Giving your students access to a dictionary could be a good idea, and you could set a fun task for them to discover some odd homophones. </p> <p>Then, students can share with one another the most bizarre homophones they have discovered for various alphabet letters.</p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading"><span class="ez-toc-section" id="quiz-time"></span>Quiz Time<span class="ez-toc-section-end"></span></h2> <p>Simple quizzes like the one below can also be a great way to practice and learn.</p> <p>Test your comprehension skills by choosing the correct homophone in the examples given below!</p> <ul class="wp-block-list"><li>Would you like to ______ what I have to say.<br>hear<br>here</li></ul> <ul class="wp-block-list"><li>When I was young, I ______ all of the Harry Potter books.<br>red<br>read</li></ul> <ul class="wp-block-list"><li>Let’s go shopping! I want to ______ something new to the weekend party.<br>wear<br>Where</li></ul> <ul class="wp-block-list"><li>Look ______ the window – you will be able to gaze at the stars!<br>through<br>threw</li></ul> <ul class="wp-block-list"><li>I saw your laptop over ______.<br>there<br>their</li></ul> <ul class="wp-block-list"><li>I have ______ dogs and one cat at home.<br>four<br>for</li></ul> <ul class="wp-block-list"><li>Our teacher said we should ask for her______ when things get difficult.<br>advice<br>advise</li></ul> <ul class="wp-block-list"><li>This was the last ______ of the pie?<br>peace<br>piece</li></ul> <ul class="wp-block-list"><li>Chocolate is better  ______ vegetables any day.  <br>than<br>then</li></ul> <ul class="wp-block-list"><li>Online learning is off _________ similar to classroom experience.<br>coarse<br>course</li></ul> <ul class="wp-block-list"><li>Studying in ______ silence helps people focus better.<br>moot<br>mute</li></ul> <p>Homophones are pretty easy to understand. Teachers should assess the intellect and capability of students before including them in a game. Students in different grades can be introduced to this concept. </p> <p>Make sure things remain playful and not forceful feeding at your end. </p> <p>Generally, kids find the exercise interesting and enjoyable. </p> <p>A great way to build vocabulary and spellings, these confusing words will no longer be difficult to comprehend with practice.</p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading"><span class="ez-toc-section" id="sources"></span>Sources<span class="ez-toc-section-end"></span></h2> <ul class="wp-block-list"><li>“Homophones and its types” <a href="http://promptproofing.com/eggcorns-and-homophones/">http://promptproofing.com/eggcorns-and-homophones/</a></li><li>“Difference between homophones and homonyms simplified” <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/homophones-vs-homographs-vs-homonyms">https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/homophones-vs-homographs-vs-homonyms</a></li><li>“Find out about your comprehension skills” <a href="https://www.english.com/blog/english-homophone-quiz/">https://www.english.com/blog/english-homophone-quiz/</a></li><li>“Interesting quizzes and assignments” <a href="https://www.education.com/worksheet/article/grip-grammar-homophones-11/">https://www.education.com/worksheet/article/grip-grammar-homophones-11/</a></li><li>“Comprehensive info on homophones” <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homophone">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homophone</a></li><li>“Learning the difference between homophones and homonyms” <a href="https://www.diffen.com/difference/Homonym_vs_Homophone">https://www.diffen.com/difference/Homonym_vs_Homophone</a></li><li>“Homophone activities to sharpen your mind” <a href="https://vivaphonics.com/games-and-activities-for-teaching-homophones/">https://vivaphonics.com/games-and-activities-for-teaching-homophones/</a></li><li>“Comprehensive list of homophones” <a href="https://onlymyenglish.com/list-of-homophones/">https://onlymyenglish.com/list-of-homophones/</a></li><li>“Top guide to homophones” <a href="https://englishwithmila.com/homophones-with-examples/">https://englishwithmila.com/homophones-with-examples/</a>“</li><li>“An exhaustive list of homophones” <a href="https://7esl.com/homophones/">https://7esl.com/homophones/</a></li></ul> <div id="ez-toc-container" class="ez-toc-v2_0_73 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction"> <div class="ez-toc-title-container"> <p class="ez-toc-title" style="cursor:inherit">Inside this article</p> <span class="ez-toc-title-toggle"></span></div> <nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class="ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1" href="#what-are-homophones" title="What are homophones?">What are homophones?</a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class="ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2" href="#homophone-homograph-and-homonym" title="Homophone, homograph, and homonym">Homophone, homograph, and homonym</a></li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class="ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3" href="#pseudo-homophones" title="Pseudo-homophones">Pseudo-homophones</a></li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class="ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4" href="#etymology" title="Etymology">Etymology</a></li></ul></li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class="ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5" href="#where-are-homophones-used" title="Where are homophones used?">Where are homophones used?</a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class="ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6" href="#word-games-and-play" title="Word games and play">Word games and play</a></li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class="ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7" href="#use-as-ambiguous-information-for-psychological-research" title="Use as ambiguous information for psychological research">Use as ambiguous information for psychological research</a></li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class="ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8" href="#here-are-a-few-english-examples" title="Here are a few English examples">Here are a few English examples</a></li></ul></li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class="ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9" href="#same-sounding-phrases" title="Same-sounding phrases">Same-sounding phrases</a></li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class="ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10" href="#homophone-examples" title="Homophone Examples">Homophone Examples</a></li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class="ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11" href="#understanding-homophones-and-homonyms" title="Understanding homophones and homonyms">Understanding homophones and homonyms</a></li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class="ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-12" href="#homophone-examples-for-3rd-grade-students" title="Homophone examples for 3rd grade students">Homophone examples for 3rd grade students</a></li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class="ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-13" href="#homophone-examples-for-2nd-grade-students" title="Homophone examples for 2nd grade students">Homophone examples for 2nd grade students</a></li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class="ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-14" href="#homophone-example-list-%e2%80%93-words-meanings-examples-a-z" title="Homophone example list – words, meanings, examples (A-Z)">Homophone example list – words, meanings, examples (A-Z)</a></li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class="ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-15" href="#homophone-activities-for-students" title="Homophone activities for students">Homophone activities for students</a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class="ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-16" href="#game-of-charades" title="Game of Charades">Game of Charades</a></li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class="ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-17" href="#guess-hedbanz" title="Guess Hedbanz">Guess Hedbanz</a></li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class="ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-18" href="#tape-or-a-stapler" title="Tape or a stapler">Tape or a stapler</a></li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class="ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-19" href="#treasure-hunt" title="Treasure Hunt">Treasure Hunt</a></li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class="ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-20" href="#homophone-puzzle" title="Homophone Puzzle">Homophone Puzzle</a></li></ul></li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class="ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-21" href="#quiz-time" title="Quiz Time">Quiz Time</a></li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class="ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-22" href="#sources" 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Dalia has featured articles on Forbes, Inc, Fast Company, Grammarly, and many more. She covers English, ESL, and all things grammar on GrammarBrain. </p> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="other-articles"> <h3 class="abbv-h3">Core lessons</h3> <div class="w-row"> <div class="w-col w-col-6"> <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/apostrophe/">Apostrophe</a> </div> <div class="w-col w-col-6"> <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/ellipsis/">Ellipsis</a> </div> <div class="w-col w-col-6"> <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/semicolon/">Semicolon</a> </div> <div class="w-col w-col-6"> <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/hyphen/">Hyphen</a> </div> <div class="w-col w-col-6"> <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/et-al/">Et. Al.</a> </div> <div class="w-col w-col-6"> <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/exclamation-mark/">Exclamation Mark</a> </div> <div class="w-col w-col-6"> <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/capitalization-rules/">Capitalization Rules</a> </div> <div class="w-col w-col-6"> <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/oxford-comma-serial-comma/">Comma</a> </div> <div class="w-col w-col-6"> <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/parts-of-speech/">Parts of Speech</a> </div> <div class="w-col w-col-6"> <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/subjunctive/">Subjunctive</a> </div> <div class="w-col w-col-6"> <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/adjectives/">Adjectives</a> </div> <div class="w-col w-col-6"> <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/adjectives-describing-personality/">Personality Adjectives</a> </div> <div class="w-col w-col-6"> <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/compound-words/">Compound Words</a> </div> <div class="w-col w-col-6"> <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/subordinating-conjunction/">Subordinating Conjunction</a> </div> <div class="w-col w-col-6"> <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/adverbs/">Adverbs</a> </div> <div class="w-col w-col-6"> <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/adverbial-clause/">Adverbial Clause</a> </div> <div class="w-col w-col-6"> <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/irregular-verbs/">Irregular Verbs</a> </div> <div class="w-col w-col-6"> <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/common-verbs/">Common Verbs</a> </div> <div class="w-col w-col-6"> <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/intransitive-verbs/">Intransitive Verbs</a> </div> <div class="w-col w-col-6"> <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/phrasal-verbs/">Phrasal Verbs</a> </div> <div class="w-col w-col-6"> <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/prepositions/">Prepositions</a> </div> <div class="w-col w-col-6"> <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/gerund/">Gerund</a> </div> <div class="w-col w-col-6"> <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/active-voice/">Active Voice</a> </div> <div class="w-col w-col-6"> <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/passive-voice/">Passive Voice</a> </div> <div class="w-col w-col-6"> <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/conjunctions/">Conjunctions</a> </div>  <div class="w-col w-col-6"> <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/present-perfect-tense/">Present Perfect</a> </div> <div class="w-col w-col-6"> <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/present-perfect-simple/">Present Perfect Simple</a> </div> <div class="w-col w-col-6"> <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/present-simple-tense/">Present Simple</a> </div> <div class="w-col w-col-6"> <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/present-continuous/">Present Continuous</a> </div> <div class="w-col w-col-6"> <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/present-perfect-continuous/">Present Perfect Continuous</a> </div> <div class="w-col w-col-6"> <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/simple-future-tense/">Simple Future</a> </div> <div class="w-col w-col-6"> <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/past-continuous-tense/">Past Continuous</a> </div> <div class="w-col w-col-6"> <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/past-simple-tense/">Past Simple</a> </div> <div class="w-col w-col-6"> <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/clauses/">Clauses</a> </div> <div class="w-col w-col-6"> <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/object-pronouns/">Object Pronouns</a> </div> <div class="w-col w-col-6"> <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/personal-pronouns/">Personal Pronouns</a> </div> <div class="w-col w-col-6"> <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/possessive-pronouns/">Possessive Pronouns</a> </div> <div class="w-col w-col-6"> <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/common-noun/">Common Noun</a> </div> <div class="w-col w-col-6"> <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/concrete-nouns/">Concrete Noun</a> </div> <div class="w-col w-col-6"> <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/possessive-noun/">Possessive Noun</a> </div> <div class="w-col w-col-6"> <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/proper-noun/">Proper Noun</a> </div> <div class="w-col w-col-6"> <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/irregular-plural-nouns/">Irregular Plural Nouns</a> </div> <div class="w-col w-col-6"> <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/prepositional-phrases/">Prepositional Phrases</a> </div> <div class="w-col w-col-6"> <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/introductory-phrases/">Introductory Phrases</a> </div> <div class="w-col w-col-6"> <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/declarative-statement/">Declarative Statement</a> </div> <div class="w-col w-col-6"> <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/sentence-diagramming/">Sentence Diagramming</a> </div> <div class="w-col w-col-6"> <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/complete-subjects/">Complete Subjects</a> </div> <div class="w-col w-col-6"> <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/sentence-starters/">Sentence Starters</a> </div> <div class="w-col w-col-6"> <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/metaphor/">Metaphor</a> </div> <div class="w-col w-col-6"> <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/personification/">Personification</a> </div> <div class="w-col w-col-6"> <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/allegory/">Allegory</a> </div> <div class="w-col w-col-6"> <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/collective-noun/">Collective Nouns</a> </div> <div class="w-col w-col-6"> <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/tones-in-writing/">Tones in Writing</a> </div> <div class="w-col w-col-6"> <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/homophones/">Homophones</a> </div> <div class="w-col w-col-6"> <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/declarative-sentences/">Declarative Sentences</a> </div> <div class="w-col w-col-6"> <a href="https://grammarbrain.com/syntax/">Syntax</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="other-articles"> <h3 class="abbv-h3">Glossary</h3> <div class="w-row"> <div class="w-col w-col-6"> <strong>A:</strong> <ul> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/abstract-noun/">Abstract Noun</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/accusative-case/">Accusative Case</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/anecdote/">Anecdote</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/antonym/">Antonym</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/active-sentence/">Active Sentence</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/adverbs/">Adverb</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/adjective/">Adjective</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/allegory/">Allegory</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/alliteration/">Alliteration</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/adjective-clause/">Adjective Clause</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/adjective-phrase/">Adjective Phrase</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/ampersand/">Ampersand</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/anastrophe/">Anastrophe</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/adverbial-clause/">Adverbial Clause</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/appositive-phrase/">Appositive Phrase</a></li> </ul> <strong>B:</strong> <ul> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/base-form/">Base Form</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/body-paragraph/">Body Paragraph</a></li> </ul> <strong>C:</strong> <ul> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/clauses/">Clause</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/compound-adjective/">Compound Adjective</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/complex-sentence/">Complex Sentence</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/compound-words/">Compound Words</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/compound-predicate/">Compound Predicate</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/common-noun/">Common Noun</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/comparative-adjective/">Comparative Adjective</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/superlatives-and-comparatives/">Comparative and Superlative</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/compound-noun/">Compound Noun</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/compound-subject/">Compound Subject</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/compound-sentence/">Compound Sentence</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/copular-verb/">Copular Verb</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/collective-noun/">Collective Noun</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/colloquialism/">Colloquialism</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/conciseness/">Conciseness</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/consonance/">Consonance</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/conditionals/">Conditional</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/concrete-nouns/">Concrete Noun</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/conjunctions/">Conjunction</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/conjugation/">Conjugation</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/conditional-sentence-if-clause/">Conditional Sentence</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/comma-splice/">Comma Splice</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/correlative-conjunction/">Correlative Conjunction</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/coordinating-conjunction/">Coordinating Conjunction</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/coordinating-adjectives/">Coordinate Adjective</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/cumulative-adjective/">Cumulative Adjective</a></li> </ul> <strong>D:</strong> <ul> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/dative-case/">Dative Case</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/determiners/">Determiner</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/declarative-sentences/">Declarative Sentence</a> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/declarative-statement/">Declarative Statement</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/direct-object-pronouns/">Direct Object Pronoun</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/direct-object/">Direct Object</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/types-of-diction/">Diction</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/diphthong/">Diphthong</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/dangling-modifier/">Dangling Modifier</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/demonstrative-pronouns/">Demonstrative Pronoun</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/demonstrative-adjective/">Demonstrative Adjective</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/direct-characterization/">Direct Characterization</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/definite-article/">Definite Article</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/doublespeak/">Doublespeak</a></li> </ul> <strong>E:</strong> <ul> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/equivocation-fallacy/">Equivocation Fallacy</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/en-dash/">En Dash</a></li> </ul> <strong>F:</strong> <ul> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/false-dilemma-fallacy/">False Dilemma Fallacy</a> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/future-perfect-progressive/">Future Perfect Progressive</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/future-simple/">Future Simple</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/future-perfect-continuous/">Future Perfect Continuous</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/future-perfect/">Future Perfect</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/first-conditional/">First Conditional</a></li> </ul> <strong>G:</strong> <ul> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/gerund/">Gerund</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/gerund-phrase/">Gerund Phrase</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/genitive-case/">Genitive Case</a></li> </ul> <strong>H:</strong> <ul> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/homophones/">Homophone</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/homonym/">Homonym</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/helping-verbs/">Helping Verb</a></li> </ul> <strong>I:</strong> <ul> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/irregular-adjectives/">Irregular Adjective</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/irregular-verbs/">Irregular Verb</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/imperative-sentence/">Imperative Sentence</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/indefinite-article/">Indefinite Article</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/intransitive-verbs/">Intransitive Verb</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/introductory-phrases/">Introductory Phrase</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/indefinite-pronouns/">Indefinite Pronoun</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/indirect-characterization/">Indirect Characterization</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/interrogative-sentence/">Interrogative Sentence</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/intensive-pronoun/">Intensive Pronoun</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/inanimate-object/">Inanimate Object</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/indefinite-tense/">Indefinite Tense</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/infinitive-phrase/">Infinitive Phrase</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/interjection/">Interjection</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/intensifier/">Intensifier</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/inifitives/">Infinitive</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/indicative-mood/">Indicative Mood</a></li> </ul> <strong>J:</strong> <ul> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/juxtaposition/">Juxtaposition</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="w-col w-col-6"> <strong>L:</strong> <ul> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/linking-verbs/">Linking Verb</a></li> </ul> <strong>M:</strong> <ul> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/modal-verb/">Modal Verb</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/modifier/">Modifier</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/misplaced-modifier/">Misplaced Modifier</a></li> </ul> <strong>N:</strong> <ul> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/nominative-case/">Nominative Case</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/noun/">Noun</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/adjective-as-noun/">Noun Adjective</a></li> </ul> <strong>O:</strong> <ul> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/oxymoron/">Oxymoron</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/object-pronouns/">Object Pronoun</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/object-complement/">Object Complement</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/order-of-adjectives/">Order of Adjectives</a></li> </ul> <strong>P:</strong> <ul> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/participle/">Participle</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/parallelism/">Parallelism</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/prepositional-phrases/">Prepositional Phrase</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/past-simple-tense/">Past Simple Tense</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/past-continuous-tense/">Past Continuous Tense</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/past-perfect-tense/">Past Perfect Tense</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/past-progressive-tense/">Past Progressive Tense</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/present-simple-tense/">Present Simple Tense</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/present-perfect-tense/">Present Perfect Tense</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/personal-pronouns/">Personal Pronoun</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/personification/">Personification</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/persuasive-writing/">Persuasive Writing</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/parallel-structure/">Parallel Structure</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/phrasal-verbs/">Phrasal Verb</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/predicate-adjective/">Predicate Adjective</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/predicate-nominative/">Predicate Nominative</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/phonetic-language/">Phonetic Language</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/plural-noun/">Plural Noun</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/punctuation/">Punctuation</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/punctuation-marks/">Punctuation Marks</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/prepositions/">Preposition</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/preposition-of-place/">Preposition of Place</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/parts-of-speech/">Parts of Speech</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/possessive-adjective/">Possessive Adjective</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/possessive-determiner/">Possessive Determiner</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/possessive-case/">Possessive Case</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/possessive-noun/">Possessive Noun</a></li> <li><a href="https://grammarbrain.com/proper-adjective/">Proper Adjective</a></li> <li><a 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