Homophones and Homonyms || Free English Grammar Lesson - Pinay English Teacher

In this lesson, you should learn the meaning of homophones and homonyms and their examples. Homophones are words that have the same sound (pronunciation) but different definitions and (usually) spelling.
For example:
hour - our

Usually homophones are in groups of two (our, hour), but sometimes can be in groups of three (to, too, two) or even four.

The word HOMOPHONE is made from two combining forms:
homo- (from the Greek word "homos", meaning "same")
-phone (from the Greek word "phone", meaning "voice" or "sound")

There are many other English words using one or other of these combining forms.
Stairs Stares
Board Bored
Mail Male
Waste Waist
Sail Sale
Eight Ate
Here Hear

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0:00 - Start
0:29 - Pronunciation of HOUR
1:02 - Pronunciation of OUR
1:16 - Homophones: HOUR and OUR
1:30 - Definition of Homophones
2:14 - Definition of Homonyms
4:00 - Summary
4:20 - Quiz

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