Homophones Flashcards
air/heir
the invisible mixture of gases that surrounds Earth/a person who inherits all the property of a deceased person
flu/flew
a contagious illness / past participle of fly
its/it’s
belonging to or relating to something that has already been mentioned / short form of it is
place/plaice
an area, town, building, etc. / a type of fish
raise/rays
to take care of a person / beams of light or radiation
sale/sail
A transaction between the buyer and the seller / a journey by boat or ship
sole/soul
bottom surface of the foot / the spiritual part of a person
waist/waste
the middle part of your body / unwanted or unusable materials
there/their/they’re
that place / of or belonging to them / short for they are
aloud/allowed
in a voice loud enough to be heard / to admit or agree that something is true
grate/great
a barred frame for cooking over a fire / very good
mail/male
post/masculine sex
plane/plain
aircraft / not difficult; simple or easy
read/reed
to look at words or symbols and understand what they mean / any type of tall, stiff plant
sought/sort
past participle of seek / to examine in order
through/threw
from one side to the other / past simple of throw
wait/weight
to stay in a place / the force acting on an object due to gravity
weather/whether
the state of the air and atmosphere at a particular time and place / same as if
dough/doe
a mixture used for baking / a female deer
groan/grown
to complain or speak unhappily / past participle of grown
mown/moan
past participle of mow / long, low sound of pain
rein/rain
equipment for riding a hoarse / water falling from the sky
scene/seen
a place where an unpleasant event has happened / part participle of see
sent/scent
past participle of send / a pleasant natural smell
steak/stake
a slice of meat / a share in business
tire/tyre
wanting to rest / a rubber ring placed over the rim of a wheel
whine/wine
a long, high-pitched complaining cry / an alcoholic beverage
fare/fair
money payed for a bus ride / treating someone right
hoarse/horse
same as raspy / an animal
our/hour
possessive pronoun / a period of time
pray/prey
to speak to a god / an animal hunted for food
right/rite/write
good, proper / a religious ceremony / to form words on a surface with an instrument
sight/site
the ability to see / an area of ground on which a building is constructed
tea/tee
a drink made by pouring hot water onto dried and cut leaves / a flat surface on a golf course
toe/tow
long, thin part at the end of the foot / to pull a car, boat
