Did you know that this word has two different pronunciations depending on how the word is
used? This is called a homograph. And in this lesson, you're going to learn the 20,
most confusing homographs in English. And number 10 is new to me. I had no idea. There
were two different pronunciations for this word. Let's get started. Let's begin with this word.
Listen to the sentence. The dove dove into the water. Now, Dove is a noun, it's a bird.
Dove of don't have, is the past simple form of the verb dive. I always dive into the water. I
do Vin to the water in British English. You can also use dived as the past simple but in
Can English its more common to say do of the dove,
dove into the water. How do you pronounce this word? Don't desert Us in the desert
here. We need to think about syllable stress, Don't desert us. When you desert someone,
it means you leave them alone in a difficult situation without any help for the verb. This see,
Syllable stress is on the second syllable desert. But for the noun, the syllable stress is on the
first syllable, desert don't desert Us in the desert. Now, it's really important to have a
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there. How do you pronounce this word? They need to deliberate on whether her actions
were deliberate. The verb. Deliberate is when you think or talk about something,
Being seriously or carefully, the adjectives. Deliberate means intentionally or on purpose.
They need to deliberate on whether her actions were deliberate. How
do you pronounce this word? My parents are going to separate
and live in separate homes. The verb separate means to divide in two parts.
Separate the adjectives separate is when two things happen independently or with
location. It means two independent locations. So my parents are going
to separate and live in separate homes. One will live here and one will live here. How
do you pronounce this? Let's resume with the resume, resume is a verb and it's used
He's too mean to start again after a pause. So we were reviewing the resume. Of course,
a resume is your summary of your qualifications, your experience, and your work history. That's
your resume. We were reviewing the resume and then we stopped. But now, we're going
to resume reviewing the resume. Notice. How the end is pronounced resume. This isn't typical.
Jewish pronunciation because this word is bore owed from
French pronunciation, resume resume the resume. How do you pronounce this?
Let's use what we can put to good, use, notice the length of the sounds, let's use the verb,
let's use what we can put to good use, use use use, use how about this word,
close the door, so we can get close. Of course, the verb to close now close as an adjective.
Active describes, when two people have a strong connection or relationship my sister
and I are close. We have a strong connection or a relationship. Now,
physically two people can get close where they are separate and then they get close,
physically, close the door so we can get close. The pronunciation difference again is
Is a longer sound for the verb, close the door,
and then a shorter sound for the adjectives, close the door, so we can get close.
Close, close, close close. How about this word? We need to record a new record this week. The
difference depends on syllable stress with the verb. The stress is on the second. Syllable
record, record for the noun. The syllable stress is on the first syllable record record. We need
To record the record this week. How about this word, polish? The Polish silverware,
Polish people are from the country Poland. The verb is Polish. Notice the difference
in the vowel, Polish Polish, Polish, Polish, the Polish silverware. And this is the word, I
Did not know was a homograph.
This sound is making it difficult to sew the seeds the verb to. So this is when you plant seeds in
the ground so they will grow its what farmers do or what you can do in your backyard as well. Use,
so the seeds, but sow is a female pig. Now, I didn't know that the word sow
Described a female pig. So, that's new to me, sow sow sow the seeds sow. The sow is making
it difficult to sew this seeds. Do you know how to pronounce this word? Listen to me, say this
sentence and notice how the pronunciation changes. You should bow out the woman with the large bow.
You can pronounce this as either bow or bow. It depends on how it's being used.
Bow is a movement that we do either with your head and you can bow your head or you can bow
your upper body and this is usually done as a sign of respect that bow. It's a verb or a
a noun and this is a bow and actually this is a cool bow because it lights up and of
course you can put a bow on a present. Now there are different styles of bows. You can
put a bow in your hair, you can put a bow on a piece of clothing.
Men wear bow ties for very special occasions like their weddings for
You should bow at the woman with the large bow. How do you pronounce this word? We need to lead
with the information on the lead. Pipes, two pronunciations lead and Lead. I'm sure you're
familiar with the verb to lead. Now, the past simple of the verb lead is Led but the spelling is
Is different here on our second option. We also have lead. And in this case
it's a noun and it's a chemical substance lead pipes pipes that are made from lead,
which is a chemical substance. How do you pronounce this word?
Listen, to the difference, seeing the tear in my shirt, brought a tear to my eye.
First, we have tear, you can tear a piece of paper. Now tear as a noun,
is used to describe a whole or a rip in clothing or in material like a piece of paper.
Tear is the liquid. That's comes from your eyes tear seeing a tear in my shirt brought
A tear to my eye. How do you pronounce
this?
Well, again, it depends listen to the difference. It's hard to wind the toy in the Wind.
The verb to wind is to turn or to cause something to turn. So it's very small here. But right now
what I'm doing is, I'm winding this clock. So if you have a watch and you need to change the
time on your watch, what you're doing, there is wind, you're winding your watch and of
Course, you know what the wind is? What about this word? How do you pronounce it?
Listen to the difference? I wound the toy too hard and now I have a wound.
Wound is the past form of whines. I wound the clock but we also have a noun wound,
wound wound is when you have a cut or hole on your body usually caused by a weapon,
you know how to pronounce this word, right? Listen to the sentence.
And I need a minute to review these minut details
minute is our time reference 60 seconds, you know how to pronounce
that
minute. But there's an adjective minut minut. My nude means very small. So
notice how it describes the details, very small details. I need a minute.
To review the minut details. How do you pronounce this word?
Listen to the difference. They need to produce more stands for the produce
produce as our verb. Of course, means to make something. Have you been in a grocery
store and notice that there are signs for the produce department produce represents the crops
that are grown by Farmers for consumption. They need to produce more stands for the
Produce this word confuses, a lot of students. How do you pronounce it?
Listen to the difference? I live in an area with frequent live music performances, the verb live,
of course, represents where you reside, where you call Home Live,
is used to describe a performance, it could be a musical performance sports movie.
He's any kind of entertainment a performance that is being broadcast or recorded as it's
happening. So, you can watch a sports game live, which means the moment
that
you're watching it, it's happening in real life right now, this recording that you're watching,
it's not live. I recorded this in the past, I edited it and then I upload
loaded it to YouTube. So this is not a live broadcast. How do you pronounce this?
Listen to the difference. I was supposed to read three chapters but I only read one
when the pronunciation is that long sound read Eid, that's for the infinitive to read or the
base verb read and when it's the short sound, the same sound as the color red, that's the past form.
Of the verb read yesterday. I read a book. I've read three books this month
and the homograph that confuses me all the time. Is this word? How do you pronounce this?
Listen to the difference. The bass guitarist loves bass fishing.
Now I always forget if the musical context is bass or base, its base,
base base base represents, very low tones and sounds in music. So a bass
guitar
is a guitar that plays those very low.
Low sounds. Now bath is a type of fish. The
bass
guitarist loves bass fishing. Now I'm going to quiz you to make sure you have
the correct pronunciation. I want you to read the sentence out loud and after you'll listen
to my pronunciation so you can make sure you have it correct. Let's get started.
The dove dove into the water.
Don't desert Us in the desert.
They need to deliberate on whether her actions were deliberate.
My parents are going to separate and live in separate homes.
Let's resume with the resume.
Let's use what we can put to good use.
Close the door so we can get close.
We need to record a new record this week.
Polish the Polish silverware.
This sow is making it difficult to sew the seeds.
You should bow at the woman with the large bow.
We need to lead with the information on the lead pipes.
Seeing the tear in my shirt, brought a tear to my eye.
It's hard to wind the toy in the Wind.
I wound the toy too hard. And now I have a wound.
I need a minute to review these my new details.
They need to produce more stands for the produce.
I live in an area with frequent live music performances.
I was supposed to read three chapters but I only read one.
The bass guitarist loves bass fishing. So how did you do with that quiz? Do you know all of
these homographs? And if you want feedback on your pronunciation, you can get that in the
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