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today i've got a really interesting
lesson for you we're going to talk about
words that sound the same but have
different meanings and there are two
categories here we have homonyms and
homographs homonyms are words that are
spelt and pronounced the same but they
have different meanings
like bach for example and also fly
homographs are words that are spelt the
same but they are pronounced in a
different way and of course they have
different meanings
for example
desert and dessert before we get started
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started with the lesson okay so i
mentioned we're going to be talking
about homonyms
and homographs let's start by looking at
homonyms i'll talk about 10 really
common ones remember they are spelt and
pronounced in the same way they just
have different meanings same words
different meanings firstly we have
bark
bark bark means the hard covering of a
tree you know it's that layer you can
normally peel off for example the oak
tree has brown bark the second meaning
of bark is the noise that a dog makes
you know that loud noise
do you want me to do it for you wow
that sounded a bit more like a cat
you know what i mean um a dog's bark it
can also be the verb to bark the dog
barked at the cat the dog's bark was
loud it can also be used to talk about
humans if they say something
abruptly or aggressively stop barking at
me
god you're talking so aggressively it
can be quite insulting to insinuate that
someone is barking at you like a dog on
to the next one we have number two which
is fine
fine you probably know the most common
meaning of this word which is to say
you're okay
how are you i'm fine thanks but did you
know that fine also means the amount of
money that you have to pay when you
break the law a fine i got a 50 pound
fine for speeding so we have fine as in
good or okay and fine as in money you
pay when you break the law number three
is
bat
bat a bat is both an animal and
something that we use in sport as an
animal a bat
is a little mammal a little bit like a
mouse but with leathery wings that flies
at night they're usually associated with
halloween i'm scared of bats apparently
they suck blood in sport a bat is
usually a wooden object that we use to
hit a ball in certain games like cricket
and baseball an example we can't start
playing until we find the bat you know
from context that we're talking about
the wooden bat not the animal bat next
we have number four which is kind
kind as an adjective kind means nice and
helpful and caring she is a kind person
as a noun
kind means type a kind of thing a type
of thing what kind of fuel should i use
in this car what type of fuel should i
use in this car number five is spring
spring our first meaning is the season
that comes between winter and summer the
season when there are lambs everywhere
the flowers come up the leaves appear on
the trees
it's my favorite season an example in
the uk spring is from march until may
another meaning of spring
is a place where water naturally comes
up from the ground i love drinking
natural spring water my dog loves
playing in the local spring we have a
third meaning as well a spring can be a
metal coil like the ones that you find
in a mattress or in a trampoline an
example don't jump on the bed you'll
damage the springs in the mattress
number six is match match a match can be
a game that's played in sports like a
cricket match a football match a hockey
match an example are you going to watch
the match on tv later a match can also
be a little wooden stick with a chemical
at one end that we use to burn things so
we use a match to light a candle an
example i need some matches to light
these candles next up we have fly
fly when a bird a plane or an insect
moves through the sky we say that it
flies to fly can also mean to travel by
plane i'm flying to abu dhabi next week
a fly can also mean an insect with wings
an example there are lots of flies
on the meat so we have fly as a verb and
fly as a noun our next one number eight
is one that often confuses my students
it is mean
mean when something means something it
expresses something what does this word
mean in english however it can also be
used as an adjective it has a negative
meaning if someone is mean it means they
are cruel or unkind an example he told
me i didn't look nice today it was very
mean it was cruel and unkind of him stop
being so mean stop being so unkind we
have number nine which is stork
stalk i know that or sound can be quite
hard for some students stork we don't
pronounce the l there one meaning is the
stem the long part of a flower the long
green part part that separates the roots
from the head i need to cut the stalks
of these roses before i put them in a
vars we can also use stalk as a verb if
you stalk someone it means you follow
them illegally without being seen the
man was stalking her for a month before
the police caught him finally our last
homonym before we move on to the
homographs is train
train a train is a railway vehicle with
carriages i love traveling by train
train as a verb can mean
to practice for something to prepare
yourself for something by learning and
working hard i'm training for a marathon
at the moment okay that's it for the
homonyms now let's move on to the
homographs these are words that are
spelt in the same way but they are
pronounced differently and of course
they have different meanings i find
these particularly interesting the
pronunciation differences can be quite
subtle so i'll say them as clearly as
possible so you can try to hear those
differences i'll also put the phonetic
transcriptions up on the screen for you
to see the differences too firstly we
are looking at desert and dessert
desert and dessert look at where i'm
putting the focus on that word desert
the stress the meaning of a desert is a
large area where not much grows we
typically think of it as a sandy area
although it can be snowy it's just a
place where there isn't much life i'd
love to visit the sahara desert one day
to desert can also be used as a verb the
syllable stress changes
desert as a noun desert as a verb to
desert means to leave someone often in a
difficult situation she deserted her
husband she left him in a difficult
situation next we have tear and tear
tear
and tear i know both of these vowel
sounds are really hard for some of you
air
ear
air
ear to tear means to pull something
apart so that it separates into pieces
don't tear that piece of paper it's
important a tear on the other hand is a
drop of water or liquid that comes from
your eye when you cry
tear he had tears in his eye when he
spoke about his cat for number three we
have bow
and bow
bow and bow
to bow means to bend forward from the
hips to show respect to someone it's
common to bow to people in japan a bow
is a weapon made of curved wood and you
shoot arrows with it
a bow is also a ribbon that you wear in
your hair or on your neck a bow tie an
example people used to fight with bow
and arrows or i wore a bow in my hair to
the wedding next we have number four
rao and ro
a rao is an argument it often involves
shouting i had a row with my husband
about the washing up so we bought a
dishwasher a row o is a line of things
next to each other i sat in the front
row so i could see the screen better
next we have two words that do sound
very similar let's see if you can hear
the difference overlook
and overlook
overlook
overlook the syllable stress changes if
you overlook something it means that you
miss an important detail you overlooked
a very important factor the price
another meaning is a place that gives a
good view of something from above
an overlook we stopped at an overlook
for a great view of the grand canyon for
number six we have wind and wind
wind and wind wind is the type of
weather that blows at you when air blows
at you and you can feel it the wind was
really strong today the second word the
verb to wind
is a verb meaning to turn something i
have an old-fashioned watch that i need
to wind every morning i need to turn the
knob on it i need to wind it up
continuing on from wind we have number
seven
wound and wound
wound
and wound ow
is the past tense of the verb wind i
wound the wool up into a ball wound
is an injury or to injure it's usually
an injury that you get from violence or
from war he wounded his leg in the war
he had a terrible wound on his leg next
we have record and
record
record this is part of a noun verb pair
as a verb to record means to make an
electronic copy of images or sounds my
favorite band just recorded a new song
as a noun the stress changes a record
changes to the first syllable it means
information that is kept about something
or a piece of music that has been
recorded we made a record of all the
day's events for number nine we have
entrance
and entrance
entrance and entrance the first meaning
entrance is the place where you enter
somewhere like a gate or a door the
entrance is around the side to entrance
if something entrances you it means it's
so beautiful or interesting that you
give it all of your attention her
singing completely entranced me finally
the last pair we have present and
present present and present it's that
changed syllable stress again the noun
present means a gift something that you
give to someone thank you for my
birthday present the verb to present
means to give something in a formal way
it could be an item like an award it
could be a speech they presented him
with a certificate right that is it for
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number three is
yes that's number three well done
wow in certain games like cricket and
baseball
cricket and baseball unless you were
participating
in bat racing or something
god i'm funny today aren't i my god what
a joke i am going to be done fly we can
use it as a bird as a bird
we can also use stalk as a vowel
hello is that my doggie
finally the last purr
plus some extra extra active
ha okay i'm gonna go listen to some jazz
i'm really excited did i need to do
anything
no i think that's it bye
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