9 Homophones -- Commonly confused words in English

http://www.engvid.com/ Homophones are words that sound the same, but mean different things. There are a lot of these in English, and they can be very confusing. In this lesson, I go over nine common sets of homophones. Free quiz on this class at http://www.engvid.com/9-common-homonyms/

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[SrB5248]

I always liked this example of a homophonic sentence, "Real eyes realize real lies." lol

[grrarghh1]

@SemiAquaticRhino I am perfectly aware what homophones are. Clothes and close are NOT homophones as they do not have the same pronunciation. Where exactly is the voiced 'th' of clothes in close? Where is the 't' of cents in sense?

[lah50tac]

"Cheque" Is the way it's spelt in England and Ireland, so cheque" is not a 'very Canadian word'

[46Vaishali]

yes and of course i enjoyed i wish i had a teacher like u.u rock bye

[sweiland75]

I think everyone needs to see this video. If there is one thing that I have learned online, it is that a lot of people, whose first language I am sure is English, confuse different homophones like there, their and they're.

[MSunnyday]

you are amazing thanks for all :D

[patagarro80]

what an amazing teacher, we all love you

[MyCobert]

Thanks a lot. You are a great teacher! You are also funny. I want to a teacher like you.

[flyxawayxxx]

@grrarghh1 In America those are all pretty much homophones. No one I know pronounces the 'th' in clothes. The 't' in cents is there but almost inaudible.

[networkplayer1]

you're cool!

[SemiAquaticRhino]

@grrarghh1 I'm American and I do believe that presents and presence are homophones. Could you make a video or something about it? Just so that I can hear the way you say. You and I have two different accents; I have an American accent and you have a Scottish accent.

[grrarghh1]

@SemiAquaticRhino Maybe it's my accent (I'm Scottish), but 'sense' and 'cents', to me, aren't pronounced the same. I wish that phonemes were on keyboards! To me, the second 's' of 'sense' is a pure, soft 's'. With 'cents', there's a 't' in the equation. So, the 'ts' is pronounced like the 'ts' in 'presents'. You wouldn't say that 'presents' and 'presence' were homophones, would you? Or would you? It's subtle, but I have managed to make students see the difference.