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Homophones

Homophones are those tricky words that sound alike butt have different spellings and different meanings. To catch them, ewe have two bee on your toes. Otherwise ewe end up writing something like these instructions, and they don't make a lot of cents. Did you find all six homophone pears hear? (Now I'm up to ate. Okay, nine.)

There are other pairs of words that, while not truly homophones, are also confusing and give many writers trouble -- such as advice and advise. Ask your teacher for the "Confusing Words" handout, which accompanies this activity. It contains a list of tricky words and homophones, in alphabetical order. If you are unsure of homophones, you might want to look at the list.


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Activity 1

Delete the incorrect word in each of the following sentences. Then, compare your answers with the corrected sentences that follow.


1. I could not decide (whether, weather) to stay home or go to school during the bad (whether, weather).


2. I (knew, new) that my parents would never buy me a (knew, new) car for graduation.


3. When did you (hear, here) that the tournament would be held (hear, here)?


4. John would have (accepted, excepted) the nomination, (accept, except) he didn't have time to be president of the chess club too.



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Suggested Answers:


1. I could not decide whether to stay home or go to school during the bad weather.

2. I knew that my parents would never buy me a new car for graduation.

3. When did you hear that the tournament would be held here?

4. John would have accepted the nomination, except he didn't have time to be president of the chess club too.


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5. She (does, dose) feel fine when she has the right (does, dose) of her medication.


6. Mary's (breaks, brakes) failed, and she ran off the road, (breaking, braking) her leg.


7. (They're, Their, There) house is located in Boston; (they're, their, there) living (they're, their, there) six months of the year.


8. The (coarse, course) rough made the golf (coarse, course) very difficult to play.




Suggested Answers:


5. She does feel fine when she has the right dose of her medication.

6. Mary's brakes failed, and she ran off the road, breaking her leg.

7. Their house is located in Boston; they're living there six months of the year.

8. The coarse rough made the golf course very difficult to play.


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9. I would (advise, advice) you never to take (advise, advice) from anyone.


10. Be sure that you use the (right, write) heading on your paper when you (right, write) the final draft.


11. (You're, Your) going to miss a great party if you leave on (you're, your) vacation tomorrow.


12. The queen's (clothes, cloths) were made of very expensive (clothes, cloths).



Suggested Answers:

9. I would advise you never to take advice from anyone.

10. Be sure that you use the right heading on your paper when you write the final draft.

11. You're going to miss a great party if you leave on your vacation tomorrow.

12. The queen's clothes were made of very expensive cloths.


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13. The (effects, affects) of your childhood (effect, affect) the rest of your life. 


14. I'd rather be rich (than, then) intelligent; (than, then) I would hire intelligent people to work for me.


15. (Are, Our, Or) favorite foods (are, our, or) Greek (are, our, or) Italian.


16. (Where, Were) did you go when we (where, were) looking for you?




Suggested Answers:

13. The effects of your childhood affect the rest of your life.

14. I'd rather be rich than intelligent; then I would hire intelligent people to work for me.

15. Our favorite foods are Greek or Italian.

16. Where did you go when we were looking for you?


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17. If your horse gets (loose, lose), you will (loose, lose) the race.


18. I accidentally (threw, through) the baseball (threw, through) the window.


19. (Who's, Whose) the one (who's, whose) paper is always written in red ink?


20. A small (piece, peace) of pecan pie was enough to upset the (piece, peace) between my brother and me.



Suggested Answers:

17. If your horse gets loose, you will lose the race.

18. I accidentally threw the baseball through the window.

19. Who's the one whose paper is always written in red ink?

20. A small piece of pecan pie was enough to upset the peace between my brother and me.



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Activity 2

Now read through the following passages from Jack London's "To Build a Fire," eliminating the homophone and word choice errors. The corrected version follows each passage.


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But it was all he could do, hold its body encircled in his arms and sit their. He realized that he could knot kill the dog. They're was know weigh he could due it. With his helpless hands he could neither draw nor hold his sheath knife nor throttle the animal. He released it, and it plunged wildly away, with tale between its legs, and still snarling.



Original:

But it was all he could do, hold its body encircled in his arms and sit there. He realized that he could not kill the dog. There was no way he could do it. With his helpless hands he could neither draw nor hold his sheath knife nor throttle the animal. He released it, and it plunged wildly away, with tail between its legs, and still snarling.


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It halted forty feet away and surveyed him curiously, with ears sharply pricked forward. The man looked down at his hands in order to locate them and found them hanging on the ends of his arms. It struck him as curious that won should have too use his I's in order two find out were his hands where. 



Original:

It halted forty feet away and surveyed him curiously, with ears sharply pricked forward. The man looked down at his hands in order to locate them and found them hanging on the ends of his arms. It struck him as curious that one should have to use his eyes in order to find out where his hands were.


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He began threshing his arms back and fourth, beeting the mittened hands against his sides. He did this four five minutes, violently, and his heart pumped enough blood up two the surface to put a stop too his shivering. But know sensation was aroused in the hands. He had an impression that they hung like waits on the ends of his arms, butt when he tried too run the impression down, he could not find it.


Original:

He began threshing his arms back and forth, beating the mittened hands against his sides. He did this for five minutes, violently, and his heart pumped enough blood up to the surface to put a stop to his shivering. But no sensation was aroused in the hands. He had an impression that they hung like weights on the ends of his arms, but when he tried to run the impression down, he could not find it.


Excerpts from "To Build a Fire"
by Jack London


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Quiz Your Partners!

Individually, write a few sentences with homophone errors in them. Then let a writing partner fix them up. Consult your handout on homophones for a few ideas.



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