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Homophones 1 Flashcards

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Ad Add

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Ad: advertisement
Add: put together

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Heir Err

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Heir: inheritor; successor
Err: be mistaken or incorrect; do wrong

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Assent Ascent

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Assent: approval; agreement
Ascent: climb; upward slope or path; rise through the air

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Arc Ark

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Arc: curve
Ark: ship; boat

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Ate Eight

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Ate: past tense of eat
Eight: the number 8

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Great Grate

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Great: considerable; large; very good
Grate: shred; make unpleasant sound; irritate

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Bawl Ball

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Bawl: cry; weep; shout
Ball: spherical object

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Band Banned

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Band: ring or loop put around something; group
Banned: prohibit; forbid; exclude

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Bass Base

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Bass: deep-toned
Base: foundation; bottom; headquarters

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Basis Bases

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Basis: premise
Bases: plural of base and basis

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Beet Beat

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Beet: dark red root eaten as a vegetable
Beat: hit; defeat; rhythm

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Billed Build

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Billed: having a beak or bill; charged
Build: construct; frame; structure

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Blue Blew

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Blue: the color; sad
Blew: to blow

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Bored Board

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Bored: tired due to lack of interest
Board: plank; beam; committee; council; meals; get on

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Break Brake

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Break: shatter; fracture; stop; violate; a gap
Brake: device for stopping

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Been Bin

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Been: past participle of be (exist; occur)
Bin: container

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To Too Two

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To: motion in the direction of
Too: excessive; also
Two: the number

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Aloud Allowed

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Aloud: out loud; audible; clearly
Allowed: permit; set aside for a purpose

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Belle Bell

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Belle: beauty
Bell: the object

20
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Berry Bury

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Berry: the fruit
Bury: hide; cover

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Boy Buoy

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Boy: male child
Buoy: anchored float marker; keep afloat: cheer up

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Adz Adds

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Adz: the tool similar to an axe
Adds: attaches; puts together

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Awl All

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Awl: tool for piercing holes
All: used to refer to the whole ; completely

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Alter Altar

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Alter: change
Altar: table in the church

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Aunt Ant

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Aunt: the family member
Ant: the insect

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Assistants Assistance

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Assistants: second in command; someone who helps
Assistance: help; aid

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Aural Oral

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Aural: relating to the ear or hearing
Oral: spoken; verbal; relating to the mouth

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Offal Awful

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Offal: internal organs of an animal used as food
Awful: terrible

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Bale Bail

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Bale: bundle; bunch; package (of straw or hay)
Bail: payment for the release of the accused

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Barred Bard

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Barred: closed or secured
Bard: poet

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Bare Bear

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Bare: empty; uncovered; devoid of; plain
Bear: carry the weight of; endure; give birth to; the animal

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Be Bee

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Be: exist; take place; occupy
Bee: the insect; meeting for communal work or amusement

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Baring Bearing

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Baring: uncovering
Bearing: posture, demeanor, relevance, connection, endurance, part of a machine, direction, orientation, carry like a burden

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Bow Beau

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Bow: a knot with two loops; object for shooting arrows
Beau: boyfriend; sweetheart

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Bier Beer

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Bier: movable frame on which a coffin or a corpse is placed
Beer: alcoholic drink

36
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Birth Berth

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Birth: event of being born
Berth: a ship’s allotted place at a wharf or dock; a fixed bed or bunk on a ship or train, gap

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Bettor Better

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Bettor: a person who bets
Better: superior; more

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I’ll Aisle

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I’ll: I will

Aisle: passageway

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Bait Bate

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Bait: lure; enticement; annoy; taunt
Bate: angry mood; (of a hawk) beat the wings in an attempt to escape from the perch; to lessen

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Aye Eye

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Aye: meaning yes; an affirmative answer
Eye: the organs through which we see; center; hole

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