 The most common English homophones you need to know. Homophones describes one of two or more words with the same pronunciation, but different spellings and or meanings, for example week and week. English learners will sooner or later face homophones, so it's essential for the EFL teacher to be aware of homophones, and how to teach them. What are homophones? Homophones are words that have exactly the same sound, pronunciation, but different meanings and usually spelling. For example, the following two words have the same sound, but different meanings and spelling, our, noun, 60 minutes, and our, possessive adjective, belonging to us. In the next example, the two words have the same sound and spelling, but different meanings, bear, noun, large heavy animal with thick fur, and bear, verb, tolerate, endure. Oftentimes homophones are in groups of two, hour and hour, but occasionally they can be in groups of three, two, two, two, or even more. If we take our bear example, we can add another word to the group, bear, noun, large, heavy animal with thick fur, bear, verb, tolerate, endure, and bear, adjective, naked, without close. Thanks so much for watching. We are ITTT the leading provider for TEFL and TESOL training courses. If you liked this video, please subscribe by clicking that button down here and click on any of the videos here on the left for more interesting teaching tips for getting certified to teach English abroad and online.