Test-SOLUTION_List_of_homophones

TEST 7 A Transcription – Identify the Word SOLUTION

1. /Əlaʊd/ aloud/allowed 2./blUː/ blue/blew 3./deɪz/ days/daze

4./rƏʊd/ road/rowed/ rode/Rhode (Island) 5./kiː/ key/quay 6./hɔːs/horse/hoarse

7. /nƏʊ/ no/know 8./steƏ/ stair/stare 9. /tæks/tacks/tax

10./kɔːs/ course/coarse 11. /pɔː/ poor/pour/pore/paw 12./hɜːd/ herd/heard

13. /miːt/meet/meat 14./reɪn/ rain/reign/rein 15./wʌn/one/won

16. /piːs/ peace/piece 17 ./prɒfɪt/prophet/profit 18./sɪmbƏl/ symbol/cymbal 19./feɪz/ phase/faze 20./heƏ/ hare/hair

TEST 7 B Transcription – Identify the Word SOLUTION

1. /meɪl/ male/mail 2./sɔː/ sore/saw 3./weƏ/ where/wear/ware 4./bɔːd/ bored/board 5. /gest/guessed/guest 6./preɪz/ praise/prays

7. /hɔːl/ hall/haul 8. /taɪƏ/ tire/tyre 9. /θrUː/threw/through

10./krUːz/ cruise/crews 11./daɪ/die/dye 12./liːst/ least/leased

13. /sɔːs/source/sauce 14./reɪz/ raise/rays/raze 15./weðƏ/ weather/whether 16./peƏ/ pair/pear 17. /baɪ/by/bye/buy 18./maɪnƏ/minor/miner

19. /faʊl/ fowl/foul 20. /rƏʊz/ rows/rose

The most well-known homophones in English are:

aid, aide

ail, ale

air, heir

aisle, isle, I’ll

alter, altar

arc, ark

assent, ascent

ate, eight

aural, oral

away, aweigh

aye, eye

bail, bale

bait, bate

ball, bawl

band, banned

bard, barred

bare, bear

baron, barren

base, bass

be, bee

beach, beech

beat, beet

beau, bow

bell, belle

berry, bury

billed, build

berth, birth

bite, byte

bloc, block

boar, bore

boarder, border

bolder, boulder

born, borne

bough, bow

bouy, boy

bread, bred

brake, break

brewed, brood

brews, bruise

bridle, bridal

broach, brooch

browse, brows

but, butt

cache, cash

callous, callus

cannon, canon

canvas, canvass

capital, capitol

cast, caste

cede, seed

ceiling, sealing

cell, sell

cellar, seller

censor, sensor

cent, scent, sent

cents, scents, sense

cereal, serial

chased, chaste

cheap, cheep

chews, choose

chilly, chili

chute, shoot

chord, cord

cite, sight, site

clause, claws

colonel, kernel

complement, compliment

coo, coup

core, corps

council, counsel

creak, creek

cue, queue

currant, current

curser, cursor

dam, damn

days, daze

dear, deer

discreet, discrete

doe, dough,

draft, draught

dual, duel

earn, urn

ewe, you, yew

eye, I

faint, feint

fair, fare

faun, fawn

faze, phase

feat, feet

find, fined

fir, fur

flair, flare

flea, flee

flew, flu, flue

flour, flower

for, four, fore

foreword, forward

forth, fourth

friar, fryer

gait, gate

genes, jeans

gild, guild

gilt, guilt

knew, new

gored, gourd

gorilla, guerilla

grate, great

grease, Greece

groan, grown

hall, haul

hangar, hanger

heal, heel, he’ll

hear, here

hertz, hurts

hew, hue, Hugh

hi, high

higher, hire

him, hymn

hoard, horde

hole, whole

horde, hoard

hoes, hose

hold, holed

hour, our

idle, idol

in, inn

knead, kneed, need

knight, night

knit, nit

knot, not

knows, nose

lain, lane

leach, leech

lead, led

leak, leek

lessen, lesson

liar, lier, lyre

lichen, liken

links, lynx

loan, lone

loot, lute

low, lo

made, maid

main, mane, Maine

maize, maze

mall, maul

manner, manor

mantel, mantle