Homophones (Easy)

Vocabulary points to take away:
red – the colour. ‘I bought a red dress to wear at the party.’
read – the past of read. ‘I read that book last year.’
flour – the main ingredient in bread. ‘I need half a kilo of flour for this recipe’.
flower – the brightly coloured and sweet-smelling part of a plant. ‘My favourite flowers are
roses.’
mail – letters and parcels you send in the post. ‘I haven’t opened my mail yet.’
male – the opposite of female. ‘This hospital has separate male and female wards.’
right – the opposite of left. ‘Most people are right-handed.’
write – write a letter. ‘I write to my sister in America every week.’
peace – quiet and calm. ‘The war continued for several months while the peace agreement
was finalised.’
piece – a part of something. ‘Would you like a piece of cake?’
tail – the long, narrow part that sticks out of the back of an animal’s body. ‘Cats use their
tails to help them balance.’
tale – a kind of story. ‘My favourite fairy tale is Sleeping Beauty.’

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Hello and welcome to 6 Minute Vocabulary. Im Neil.

Sophie

And Im Sophie. Hi, Neil, Ive got a question you.

Neil

OK…

Sophie

Whats black and white and read all over?

Neil

Whats black and white, and red over? I dont know that. Go on, tell me…

Sophie

A newspaper.

Neil

Oh  � I see… so it the colour red, but read [//red//] as in the past form of read [/:/].*%rid/:/].

White paper, black writing and ‘read all over’ bit means people read it. Very good,

Sophie. You should go into comedy.

Sophie

Im not sure about that, Neil. Sorry for the bad joke everyone, but words that sound

the same but have different is actually our topic for todays show.

Neil

Thats right  � homophones, words that sound the same but have spellings and

different meanings… Lets listen to Mark and Jane.

Sophie

Marks just had an accident in the kitchen.

And heres a question for you to think about while you listen: what has Mark got on his

jeans?

Jane

Whats wrong, Mark? You look really angry.

Mark

Whats wrong, Jane?! Cant you see? Ive got flour all my jeans.

Jane

Youve got a flower on your jeans? I didnt know you liked pretty things…

Mark

Not flower, Jane. Flour! Look.

Jane

Ahh, Mark! Youre making me a birthday cake. Ahh…

Neil

So, thats Mark and .

Sophie

And we asked you what Mark had got on his jeans.

Neil

And of course, the answer was . The kind of flour you use to make bread and cakes.

And flour is spelt f-l-o-u-r----.

Sophie

Jane thought was a different kind of flower, f-l-o-w-e-r-----, the brightly coloured and sweetsmelling plant you might have in your garden.

Thats right, flour, f-l-o-u-r----, and flower, f-l-o-w-e-r-----, are homophones  � words that sound

the same, but have different spellings different meanings. Now, homophones can be

difficult to learn, and the reason is because they sound exactly the same.

Thats right. And here are some more examples…

Neil

Mail, m-a-i-l---, meaning letters and parcels you send in the , and male, m-a-l-e---, the

opposite of female.

Sophie

And heres another one: right, r-i-g-h-t----, the opposite of left, and , w-r-i-t-e----, like write

a letter.

Neil

Heres one: peace, p-e-a-c-e----, when its quiet and calm, and piece, p-i-e-c-e----, a of

something  � a piece of cake!

Sophie

And one more: tail, t-a-i-l---, the long, narrow part that sticks of the back of an animals'

body and tale, t-a-l-e---, a kind of story. Whats your favourite fairy tale, ?

Neil

Well, I really like The Emperors New Clothes. I think its really relevant still today. Even for

grown-ups-.

Its a great story.

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Youre listening to bbclearningenglishcom..

Neil

And were talking about homophones.

Sophie

Thats words which spelt differently and have different meanings, but sound the same.

Neil

And now its time for a quiz. Im to read a sentence with one of the homophones

from todays show. Try to spell the word correctly as listen and Sophie will tell you the

answers afterwards.

Sophie

Good luck!

Neil

Are you ready? Number one. Ben his girlfriend a flower for Valentines Day.

Now how do you spell flower there?

Sophie

Unless she wanted to bread, he gave her a flower, f-l-o-w-e-r-----.

Neil

Correct. Well done if you got that one right. Number two. dog is wagging its tail.

How do you spell tail?

Sophie

This is part of an animals body, so t-a-i-l---.

Neil

And well done if you got that one at home. Finally: The postman put the letters on

table on the right. How do you spell right?

Sophie

The tables on the right, not on the left, its r-i-g-h-t----.

Neil

Well done to everyone at home who got those right.

Sophie

And that almost brings us the end of the programme. But before we go, heres todays’

top tip for learning vocabulary. Homophones are difficult spell correctly when you hear

them because they sound the same. So, if you think a word might be homophone, read or

listen to the words around it very carefully. That will help you get a better idea word

it is and how to spell it.

Neil

Theres more about homophones at bbclearningenglishcom.. Join us again for 6

Minute Vocabulary.

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Bye!

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