Question

(a) Given below is a box full of words. Read each word aloud, and then find pairs of words that are pronounced in the same way, but have a different meaning and different spellings

sea	gate	too	bow	knot	see
blue	sent	fare	cue	pear	fair
there	by	gait	their	not	blew
bye	already	tye	stationery	whole	practise
deer	tie	die	two	bough	sent
queue	pair	practice	already	stationary	hole
dear	dye

(b) Write the pairs in the table as shown below:

(e.g.) pair	(e.g.) pear

Answer 1

(a) Homophone pairs found in the box

Word 1	Word 2
sea	see
too	two
bow	bough
knot	not
blue	blew
cue	queue
pear	pair
fare	fair
there	their
by	bye
gait	gate
die	dye
tie	tye
stationery	stationary
practise	practice
whole	hole
deer	dear

(b) Pairs written in the table with meanings

pair – two things of the same kind	pear – a fruit
sea – the salt water of the ocean	see – to perceive with the eyes
too – also, excessively	two – the number 2
bow – to bend the head; front of a ship	bough – a main branch of a tree
knot – a tie made by looping a rope	not – a word of negation
blue – a colour	blew – past tense of 'blow'
cue – a signal or hint	queue – a line of waiting people
fare – money paid for travel	fair – just, equal; a festival
there – in that place	their – belonging to them
by – near, beside	bye – short form of 'goodbye'
gait – manner of walking	gate – a movable barrier in a wall/fence
die – to cease to live	dye – to colour cloth or hair
tie – to fasten with a cord	tye – a rope/chain used for hoisting (old spelling)
stationery – writing materials (pen, paper)	stationary – not moving, fixed
practise – to do something repeatedly (verb)	practice – a doctor's clinic (noun)
whole – complete, entire	hole – an opening, a cavity
deer – a hoofed animal	dear – a loved one; costly