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 Words that sound the same are homophones e.g. ‘hear’ (action with ears), ‘hair’ (strands on skin), and ‘here’ (close placement). Homophones can also be homographs, words with same sound, same spelling but different meaning e.g. ‘bat’ (flying animal, sporting equipment, and action to hit), ‘light’ (brightness, colour, weight, and action …

By Joyanne James. Have some fun with words and test your knowledge of the difference between here, hare, hear and hair. In some English varieties, these four words are homophones such as in Caribbean countries but in other varieties only here, hear and hair sound similar. Keep your brain active …

By Joyanne James. Do you know the difference between the sounds of the words paw, pore, poor and pour? These four words are homophones in some varieties of English such as in Caribbean countries. In other varieties, only pore, poor and pour have the same sound. This fun activity should …