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• idea — thought • rest — relax

• work — job • smart — clever

• funny — silly • infant — baby

• garbage — trash • eat — consume
• tired — sleepy • teach — instruct

• dull — boring • ready — prepared

• cheap — inexpensive • blend — mix

• place — location • child — kid

• picture — photo • thief — robber

• sound — noise • buy — purchase
• smile — grin • think — suppose

• hurry — rush • watch — see

• centre — middle • mistake — error

• rich — wealthy • finish — complete

• shout — yell • strong — powerful

H. Homophones

Words that have the same pronunciation, but different spellings and meanings are

called homophones. Here are a set of words that are homophones.
 be — bee  break — brake  buy — by

 cell — sell  dear — deer  flower — flour

 for — four  hair — hare  here — hear

 knot — not  maid — made  mail — male
 pair — pear  peace — piece  plain — plane

 right — write  sail — sale  some — sum

 son — sun  steal — steel  their — there
 to — too  weak — week  way — weigh

 wait — weight  waist — waste  wear — where

 eye — I  hour — our  sea — see
 story — storey  wood — would  meet — meat

 heal — heel  ate — eight  blue — blew

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