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Homophone #2

place

plaice

Sentences:

1) I love fish, plaice is my favourite.
2) I love fish, place is my favourite.
3) I think Coventry is a lovely plaice.
4) I think Coventry is a lovely place.

Homophone #3

tale

tail

                  Thanks to Nancy for the correction.

Sentences:

1) Cinderella is a famous fairy tail.
2) Cinderella is a famous fairy tale.
3) A dog will wag its tail when it's happy.
4) A dog will wag its tale when it's happy.

Homophone #4

son

sun

Sentences:

1) The son is shining.
2) The sun is shining.
3) Her sun was very clever.
4) Her son was very clever.

Homophone #5

peal

peel

Sentences:

1) Orange peal is used in marmalade.
2) Everyone listened to the peel of the church bells.
3) Orange peel is used in marmalade.
4) Everyone listened to the peal of the church bells.

Homophone #6

toe

tow

Sentences:

1) I don't put nail varnish on my tow nails.
2) My car broke down and I needed a toe.
3) My car broke down and I needed a tow.
4) I don't put nail varnish on my toe nails.

Homophone #7

pair

pare

pear

Sentences:

1) I enjoy eating pears.
2) I enjoy eating pairs.
3) I enjoy eating pares.
4) She bought a new pear of trousers.
5) She bought a new pare of trousers.
6) She bought a new pair of trousers.
7) We need to pear the skin off these apples for the children.
8) We need to pair the skin off these apples for the children.
9) We need to pare the skin off these apples for the children.

Homophone #8

altar

alter

Sentences:

1) The bride and groom walked up to the alter.
2) The bride and groom walked up to the altar.
3) The bride watched the seamstress altar her wedding dress.
4) The bride watched the seamstress alter her wedding dress.

Homophone #9

bolder

boulder

Sentences:

1) Every day the wolf became boulder.
2) The man was killed by a falling boulder.
3) Every day the wolf became bolder.
4) The man was killed by a falling bolder.

Homophone #10

pain

pane

Sentences:

1) He broke the pane of glass.
2) He hit his hand and was in a lot of pain.
3) He hit his hand and was in a lot of pane.
4) He broke the pain of glass.

Homophone #11

pray

prey

Sentences:

1) People go to church to prey.
2) An eagle is a large bird of prey.
3) People go to church to pray.
4) An eagle is a large bird of pray.

Homophone #12

bow

bough

Sentences:

1) When men meet the Queen they should bough.
2) Tarzan swings from bow to bow.
3) When men meet the Queen they should bow.
4) Tarzan swings from bough to bough.

Homophone #13

caught

court

Sentences:

1) The thief was caught and taken to court.
2) The thief was court and taken to caught.
3) The thief was caught and taken to caught.
4) The thief was court and taken to court.

Homophone #14

bare

bear

Sentences:

1) The camper was attacked by a bare.
2) Everyone in the sauna was bare.
3) He couldn't bear to watch.
4) He couldn't bare to watch.
5) The camper was attacked by a bear.
6) Everyone in the sauna was bear.

Homophone #15

vale

veil

Sentences:

1) The bride wore a beautiful vale.
2) The bride wore a beautiful veil.
3) We walked through the hills and veils.
4) We walked through the hills and vales.

Homophone #16

tied

tide

Sentences:

1) When he was old enough he tied his own shoelaces.
2) King Canute tried to stop the tied coming in.
3) King Canute tried to stop the tide coming in.
4) When he was old enough he tide his own shoelaces.

Homophone #17

suite

sweet

Sentences:

1) When her son was good she gave him a sweet.
2) They stayed in the bridal sweet.
3) When her son was good she gave him a suite.
4) They stayed in the bridal suite.

Homophone #18

paw

poor

pore              pour

Sentences:

1) When he was young they were very poor.
2) She went to poor him a drink.
3) A blackhead is a blocked poor.
4) The cat licked its poor.
5) She went to pour him a drink.
6) When he was young they were very pour.
7) The cat licked its pour.
8) A blackhead is a blocked pour.
9) A blackhead is a blocked paw.
10) She went to paw him a drink.
11) The cat licked its paw.
12) When he was young they were very paw.
13) The cat licked its pore.
14) She went to pore him a drink.
15) A blackhead is a blocked pore.
16) When he was young they were very pore.

Homophone #19

so

sew

Sentences:

1) I used to like to sew.
2) I was sew tired.
3) Every autumn I sew seeds in the garden.
4) I was so tired.
5) I used to like to so.
6) Every autumn I so seeds in the garden.
7) I was sow tired.
8) I used to like to sow.
9) Every autumn I sow seeds in the garden.

Homophone #20

to

too

two  

Sentences:

1) I went too the zoo.
2) I went two the zoo.
3) I went to the zoo.
4) It was too hot.
5) It was to hot.
6) It was two hot.
7) I ate too ice-creams.
8) I ate two ice-creams.
9) I ate to ice-creams.

Homophone #21

made

maid

Sentences:

1) I made her do her homework.
2) My maid ironed my blouse.
3) My made ironed my blouse.
4) I maid her do her homework.

Homophone #22

saw

soar

sore

Sentences:

1) He sore the cat.
2) We watched the bird sore.
3) My hand was sore.
4) He saw the cat.
5) My hand was saw.
6) We watched the bird saw.
7) He soar the cat.
8) We watched the bird soar.
9) My hand was soar.

Homophone #23

eight

ate

Sentences:

1) An octopus has eight legs.
2) I eight my lunch an hour ago.
3) An octupus has ate legs.
4) I ate my lunch an hour ago.

Homophone #24

hoarse

horse

Sentences:

1) I can't speak today, I'm a little horse.
2) I can't speak today, I'm a little hoarse.
3) When she was a little girl all she wanted was a little horse.
4) When she was a little girl all she wanted was a little hoarse.

Homophone #25

knight

night

Sentences:

1) The knight rode his horse.
2) I don't like to walk home alone at night.
3) I don't like to walk home alone at knight.
4) The night rode his horse.

Homophone #26

warn

worn

Sentences:

1) I've never warn a lot of jewellery.
2) I've never worn a lot of jewellery.
3) Someone should worn them it's dangerous.
4) Someone should warn them it's dangerous.

Homophone #27

grate (n)

great

Sentences:

1) My heel caught in the great.
2) I thought the film was grate.
3) My heel caught in the grate.
4) I thought the film was great.

Homophone #28

isle

I'll

aisle

Sentences:

1) We loved our visit to the British Aisles.
2) Aisle see you tomorrow.
3) The bride walked down the aisle.
4) I'll see you tomorrow.
5) We loved our visit to the British Isles.
6) The bride walked down the isle.
7) We loved our visit to the British I'lls.
8) The bride walked down the I'll.

Thanks to Nancy Jones for her suggestion.

Homophone #29

beach

beech

Sentences:

1) The beech is my favourite tree.
2) The beach is my favourite tree.
3) I love building sandcastles on the beech.
4) I love building sandcastles on the beach..

Homophone #30

mail

male

Sentences:

1) At work I check the mail every morning.
2) A tom is a male cat.
3) A tom is a mail cat.
4) At work I check the male every morning.

Homophone #31

peak

peek

Sentences:

1) Tom the tailor took a peak at Lady Godiva.
2) Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay were the first to reach the peak of Mount Everest.
3) Tom the tailor took a peek at Lady Godiva.
4) Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay were the first to reach the peek of Mount Everest.

Homophone #32

aloud

allowed

Sentences:

1) In some pubs in England you are not allowed to smoke.
2) It may help your pronunciation to read allowed.
3) In some pubs in England you are not aloud to smoke.
4) It may help your pronunciation to read aloud.

Homophone #33

sail

sale

Sentences:

1) The yacht had a white sale.
2) The yacht had a white sail.
3) The skirt was on sail.
4) The skirt was on sale.

Homophone #34

bread

bred

Sentences:

1) I ate a slice of bred with my soup.
2) The racehorse was well bred.
3) I ate a slice of bread with my soup.
4) The racehorse was well bread.

Homophone #35

hole

whole

Sentences:

1) He was very greedy and ate the whole cake.
2) She found a hole in her sock.
3) She found a whole in her sock.
4) He was very greedy and ate the hole cake.

Homophone #36

heard

herd

Sentences:

1) I heard a noise downstairs.
2) I herd a noise downstairs.
3) The heard of cows was very noisy.
4) The herd of cows was very noisy.

Homophone #37

groan

grown

Sentences:

1) As she opened the door there was a loud grown.
2) He was fully groan.
3) As she opened the door there was a loud groan.
4) He was fully grown.

Homophone #38

hall

haul

Sentences:

1) We hang our coats in the hall.
2) We hang our coats in the haul.
3) The police seized 1600 kilograms of heroin - their largest-ever haul.
4) The police seized 1600 kilograms of heroin - their largest-ever hall.

Homophone #39

missed

mist

Sentences:

1) The mist was cold and wet.
2) When she went away he mist her.
3) The missed was cold and wet.
4) When she went away he missed her.

Homophone #40

lead

led

Sentences:

1) He lead them to safety.
2) He led them to safety.
3) The roof was made of lead.
4) The roof was made of led.

Homophone #41

sea

see

Sentences:

1) Did you sea the sea?
2) Did you sea the see?
3) Did you see the see?
4) Did you see the sea?

Homophone #42

him

hymn

Sentences:

1) The choir sang a lovely him.
2) The choir sang a lovely hymn.
3) Did you see him sing?
4) Did you see hymn sing?

Homophone #43

eye

I

Sentences:

1) I saw you yesterday.
2) Eye saw you yesterday.
3) You shouldn't poke someone in the I.
4) You shouldn't poke someone in the eye.

Homophone #44

hair

hare

Sentences:

1) Rapunzel let down her long hare.
2) The hair is a wild animal.
3) Rapunzel let down her long hair.
4) The hare is a wild animal.

Homophone #45

main

mane

Sentences:

1) The main reason for this site is to help people learn English.
2) The mane reason for this site is to help people learn English.
3) The horse's mane flowed in the wind.
4) The horse's main flowed in the wind.

Homophone #46

laps

lapse

Sentences:

1) With horror she realised she had let her subscription lapse.
2) She was only able to swim 10 laps.
3) She was only able to swim 10 lapse.
4) With horror she realised she had let her subscription laps.

Homophone #47

higher

hire

Sentences:

1) I climbed even hire.
2) When I need a car I hire one.
3) When I need a car I higher one.
4) I climbed even higher.

Homophone #48

which

witch

Sentences:

1) That old woman looks like a witch.
2) That old woman looks like a which.
3) Which of these pencils is yours?
4) Witch of these pencils is yours?

!Note - In some areas and dialects "wh" is still pronounced "hw".

Homophone #49

brake

break

Sentences:

1) He had to brake hard to avoid an accident.
2) Be careful not to break it!
3) He had to break hard to avoid an accident.
4) Be careful not to brake it!

Homophone #50

die

dye

Sentences:

1) After 70 years, die transfer printing has become a nearly-lost art.
2) After 70 years, dye transfer printing has become a nearly-lost art.
3) The one thing all human beings have in common is that one day we all die.
4) The one thing all human beings have in common is that one day we all dye.

Homophone #51

know

no

Sentences:

1) There is no simple solution to our energy situation.
2) We no the energy industry inside out.
3) There is know simple solution to our energy situation.
4) We know the energy industry inside out.

Homophone #52

berry

bury

Sentences:

1) He will bury his treasure in the garden.
2) My favourite berry is the black currant.
3) He will berry his treasure in the garden.
4) My favourite bury is the black currant.

Homophone #53

ewe

yew

you

Sentences:

1) Depending on the breed, a yew produces 2 - 7.5 lb of milk daily.
2) Depending on the breed, a you produces 2 - 7.5 lb of milk daily.
3) Depending on the breed, a ewe produces 2 - 7.5 lb of milk daily.
4) The Yew tree is extremely long lived.
5) The Ewe tree is extremely long lived.
6) The You tree is extremely long lived.
7) Do you use a Macintosh or Windows-based PC?
8) Do ewe use a Macintosh or Windows-based PC?
9) Do yew use a Macintosh or Windows-based PC?

Homophone #54

road

rode

rowed

Sentences:

1) The cowboy rode his horse into town.
2) The cowboy rowed his horse into town.
3) The cowboy road his horse into town.
4) The rowed where I live is very busy.
5 ) The rode where I live is very busy.
6) The road where I live is very busy.
7) Michael road the boat ashore.
8) Michael rowed the boat ashore.
9) Michael rode the boat ashore.

Homophone #55

muscle

mussel

Sentences:

1) Muscles can be found attached to gravel, seawalls, and rocks.
2) Mussels can be found attached to gravel, seawalls, and rocks.
3) Exercise helps to build muscles.
4) Exercise helps to build mussels.

Homophone #56

read

reed

Sentences:

1) I love to read.
2) I love to reed.
3) The common read is a large grass that grows up to 12 feet tall.
4) The common reed is a large grass that grows up to 12 feet tall.

Homophone #57

heroin

heroine

Sentences:

1) Grace Darling was a real heroine.
2) Grace Darling was a real heroin.
3) Heroin is a class A drug.
4) Heroine is a class A drug.

Homophone #58

pause

paws

pores

pours

            Thanks to Matt Newman

Sentences:

1) The cat licked his paws.
2) There was a paws in the music.
3) The make up hid her open paws.
4) She always paws too much milk into my tea.
5) The cat licked his pause.
6) There was a pause in the music.
7) The make up hid her open pause.
8) She always pause too much milk into my tea.
9) The cat licked his pores.
10) There was a pores in the music.
11) The make up hid her open pores.
12) She always pores too much milk into my tea.
13) The cat licked his pours.
14) There was a pours in the music.
15) The make up hid her open pours.
16) She always pours too much milk into my tea.

Homophone #59

knew

new

Sentences:

1) I knew him before he was famous.
2) I new him before he was famous.
3) We are getting a new TV.
4) We are getting a knew TV.

Homophone #60

be

bee

Sentences:

1) I want to be an astronaut when I grow up.
2) The buzzing bee went past me to its hive.
3) I want to bee an astronaut when I grow up.
4) The buzzing be went past me to its hive.

Homophone #61

war

wore

Sentences:

1) Make love not wore.
2) Make love not war.
3) The bride wore white.
4) The bride war white.

Homophone #62

pail

pale

Sentences:

1) Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water.
2) She painted the room pail yellow.
3) She painted the room pale yellow.
4) Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pale of water.

Homophone #63

for

fore

four

Sentences:

1) There is a leap year every four years.
2) There is a leap year every fore years.
3) There is a leap year every for years.
4) I have known them four a long time.
5) I have known them for a long time.
6) I have known them fore a long time.
7) When teeing off golfers shout "Four!"
8) When teeing off golfers shout "Fore!"
9) When teeing off golfers shout "For!"

Homophone #64

cite

sight

site

Sentences:

1) She was completely blind now, but she had lost her site over time.
2) The place looked like a building site.
3) When writing your thesis it's very important to site all your references.
4) She was completely blind now, but she had lost her sight over time.
5) The place looked like a building sight.
6) When writing your thesis it's very important to sight all your references.
7) She was completely blind now, but she had lost her cite over time.
8) The place looked like a building cite.
9) When writing your thesis it's very important to cite all your references.

Homophone #65

steal

steel

Sentences:

1) It is wrong to steal.
2) It is wrong to steel.
3) The frame of the building was made of steal.
4) The frame of the building was made of steel.

Homophone #66

buy

by

bye

Sentences:

1) She wanted to bye him a nice present.
2) She wanted to buy him a nice present.
3) She wanted to by him a nice present.
4) It's hard to say buy to people you love.
5) It's hard to say bye to people you love.
6) It's hard to say by to people you love.
7) I go to work by bus.
8) I go to work buy bus.
9) I go to work bye bus.

Homophone #67

fair

fare

Sentences:

1) She's got a fare complexion.
2) She's got a fair complexion.
3) Bus fairs are going up again.
4) Bus fares are going up again.

Homophone #68

ail

ale

Sentences:

1) Most ale contains some herb or spice, usually hops, which gives it a slightly bitter taste.
2) Most ail contains some herb or spice, usually hops, which gives it a slightly bitter taste.
3) Back pain will ail us all as we grow older.
4) Back pain will ale us all as we grow older.

Homophone #69

flour

flower

Sentences:

1) He gave her some beautiful flowers.
2) She couldn't find any self-raising flour in Germany.
3) He gave her some beautiful flours.
4) She couldn't find any self-raising flower in Germany.

Homophone #70

swat

swot

Sentences:

1) She tried to kill the annoying fly with a heavy swat, but it was too fast.
2) She tried to kill the annoying fly with a heavy swot, but it was too fast.
3) Just because she wore glasses, they called her a swat.
4) Just because she wore glasses, they called her a swot.

Thanks to Nancy Jones for the correction.

Homophone #71

blew

blue

Sentences:

1) The sky was a brilliant blue.
2) The wind blew hard.
3) The sky was a brilliant blew.
4) The wind blue hard.

Homophone #72

berth

birth

Sentences:

1) The ship's captain showed them to their birth.
2) She gave birth to a bouncing baby girl.
3) She gave berth to a bouncing baby girl.
4) The ship's captain showed them to their berth.

Homophone #73

cannon

canon

Sentences:

1) This old French canon is made of bronze.
2) This old French cannon is made of bronze.
3) All  tribes  have their own rules, traditions and canons.
4) All  tribes  have their own rules, traditions and cannons.

Homophone #74

rain

reign

rein

Thanks to Jessica

Sentences:

1) When people think about British weather they think of reign.
2) When people think about British weather they think of rain.
3) When people think about British weather they think of reign.
4) The rein of Queen Victoria lasted for more than sixty-three years.
5) The reign of Queen Victoria lasted for more than sixty-three years.
6) The rain of Queen Victoria lasted for more than sixty-three years.
7) A single rein may be attached to a halter to lead or guide the horse in a circle.
8) A single reign may be attached to a halter to lead or guide the horse in a circle.
9) A single rain may be attached to a halter to lead or guide the horse in a circle.

Homophone #75

there

their

they're

Thanks to Amber and Gaartsen

Sentences:

1) They're over their by there car.
2) Their over there by they're car.
3) They're over there by their car.
4) There over their by they're car.

Homophone #76

bean

been

Thanks to Phani, Amber and Wolfgang Korschan

Sentences:

1) Jack sold the cow for a magic bean.
2) He told his mother that he had been to the market.
3) Jack sold the cow for a magic been.
4) He told his mother that he had bean to the market.

Homophone #77

peace

piece

Thanks to Yoli and Ramon

Sentences:

1) When I looked at the cake I realised there was only one peace left.
2) When I looked at the cake I realised there was only one piece left.
3) Peace, like charity, begins at home.
4) Piece, like charity, begins at home.

Homophone #78

dew

due

Thanks to K. Shanmuganathan

Sentences:

1) The flowers were sparkling with dew.
2) The flowers were sparkling with due.
3) She realised with horror that all her bills were due.
4) She realised with horror that all her bills were dew.

Homophone #79

ad

add

Thanks to Derek

Sentences:

1) They ran an ad in the newspaper.
2) What do you get if you add 2 and 2?
3) They ran an add in the newspaper.
4) What do you get if you ad 2 and 2?

Homophone # 80

plain

plane

Thanks to Diana and Rada Perebyinis

Sentences:

1) My family likes to travel by plane, but it's not cheap.
2) My family likes to travel by plain, but it's not cheap.
3) Asian people eat a lot of dishes with rice of different tastes: plain rice, fried rice with seafood, and sweet rice puddings.
4) Asian people eat a lot of dishes with rice of different tastes: plane rice, fried rice with seafood, and sweet rice puddings.

Homophone # 81

read

red

Thanks to Abdelhadi Azrhirh, WK and Dar plus a couple of anonymous contributors. (It's about time I added this one.)

Sentences:

1) She made herself a cup of coffee after she had red the newspaper.
2) The news made her see red.
3) The news made her see read.
4) She made herself a cup of coffee after she had read the newspaper.

Homophone # 82

knows

nose

Thanks to Tabatha Connor

Sentences:

1) Her nose really hurts.
2) He knows why he is getting bad grades.
3) Her knows really hurts.
4) He nose why he is getting bad grades.

Homophone # 83

pea

pee

Thanks to Jessica

Sentences:

1) She was shelling peas for dinner.
2) She was shelling pees for dinner.
3) There was a long queue for the ladies and she was desperate for a pee.
4) There was a long queue for the ladies and she was desperate for a pea.