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    Flatmates Episode 43 - Language Point

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    The document discusses homophones in English. Homophones are words that have the same pronunciation but different spellings and meanings. There are over 400 pairs of homophones in English. Common homophones include mail/male, brake/break, wait/weight, read/red, buy/by/bye, sore/soar, pause/paws, pores/pours, practise/practice, and license/licence. Homophones can also be contractions like aisle/isle/I'll, heel/heal/he'll, your/you're, there/their/they're. The document provides examples of homophones and encourages readers to take an online quiz to test their understanding

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    The document discusses homophones in English. Homophones are words that have the same pronunciation but different spellings and meanings. There are over 400 pairs of homophones in English. Common homophones include mail/male, brake/break, wait/weight, read/red, buy/by/bye, sore/soar, pause/paws, pores/pours, practise/practice, and license/licence. Homophones can also be contractions like aisle/isle/I'll, heel/heal/he'll, your/you're, there/their/they're. The document provides examples of homophones and encourages readers to take an online quiz to test their understanding

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    Flatmates Episode 43 - Language Point

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    The document discusses homophones in English. Homophones are words that have the same pronunciation but different spellings and meanings. There are over 400 pairs of homophones in English. Common homophones include mail/male, brake/break, wait/weight, read/red, buy/by/bye, sore/soar, pause/paws, pores/pours, practise/practice, and license/licence. Homophones can also be contractions like aisle/isle/I'll, heel/heal/he'll, your/you're, there/their/they're. The document provides examples of homophones and encourages readers to take an online quiz to test their understanding

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    THE FLATMATES

    Language point:
    Homophones 2
    BBC Learning English – The Flatmates

    The Flatmates – Homophones

    You can see this language point online at:


    http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/flatmates/episode43/languagepoint.shtml

    In English it is possible for two different words – words with different spelling and
    different meaning – to have the same pronunciation. These are homophones. For
    example, mail and male and practice and practise. This occurs because English is not
    written in a strictly phonetic way. There are more than 400 pairs of homophones.

    Common homophones:
    mail and male
    The first means post and letters, the second is the opposite of female

    brake and break


    The first stops a car or bicycle from moving, the second means to damage something

    wait and weight


    The first is what you do at a bus stop, the second is measured in kilogrammes

    read and red


    The first is the past simple of ‘to read’, the second is the colour of danger

    buy, by and bye


    The first is to obtain something using money, the second is a preposition, the third is a
    shortened form of ‘goodbye’

    sore and soar


    The first means something hurts, the second means to fly high in the sky

    pause and paws


    The first is a short gap in speech, the second are animals’ feet.

    pores and pours


    The first are small holes in the skin, the second is from the verb ‘to pour water from a
    jug’

    Verb and noun homophones:


    practise and practice
    Both mean to do something to get better at it. The first is the verb, the second the noun

    license and licence


    Both refer to official permission to do something. The first (in British English) is verb
    meaning to give the permission, the second is the noun and refers to the official
    document of permission

    The Flatmates © BBC Learning English


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    BBC Learning English – The Flatmates

    Contractions (e.g. he’s, I’m) homophones:


    aisle, isle and I’ll
    The first is the gap between columns of seats, the second is a small island, the third is a
    contraction of ‘I will’

    heel, heal and he’ll


    The first is the back of the bottom of your foot, the second means to repair an injury,
    the third is a contraction of ‘he will’

    your and you’re


    The first is a possessive pronoun, the second the contraction of ‘you are’

    there, their and they’re


    The first is an adverb, the second a possessive pronoun, the third a contraction of ‘they
    are’

    Vocabulary:
    a night-shift:
    a period of work that takes place during the night

    exhausted:
    very tired

    to revise for exams:


    to do special preparation for an exam, when you look back at your earlier work

    Would you like to try an online quiz about this language point? Go to:
    http://bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/flatmates/episode43/quiz.shtml

    Or you can download the quiz from:


    http://bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/flatmates/episode43/quiz.pdf

    More on this language point:


    http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/flatmates/episode08/languagepoint.
    shtml

    The Flatmates © BBC Learning English


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