Our great country has been divided for decades. Sometimes you need protest in order to heel,
& we will heel & be stronger than ever before. Hey, friends! I’m not a big fan of Trump.
Actually, I really dislike the guy. But the point of this video is not him, but his mistake.
I wanna show you that English is a challenging language, even for native speakers, can you
believe that? Even for the President of the United States of America. See, native speakers
make spelling mistakes just like the rest of us. In this tweet, the problem here is
the word heel. The word he should have used is “heal” But wait a second, they have
the sound! Now, you write these two words differently, they have different meanings,
different translations, but the sound, the pronunciation is the same How do you learn
that? That’s what I wanna show you in this video! Hey friends! Teacher Prix here to help
you talk to anyone anywhere anytime in English. Thanks for joining me on another video! If
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to help you become a more confident English speaker. So thank you so much for joining.
But here we go!let’s get down to business! What is a homophone? Quick quiz: Deer and
dear -/dɪr/. Do they have the same sound? Sew and So - /soʊ/ - are they the same? It
and Eat - are they the same? It and eat are different. They have different sounds. This
is the confusion we have about homophones. Sometimes we believe a word is a homophone,
but it is not. However, the different is so subtle, so small, that it is hard for us,
non-native speakers, to understand this small difference. A homophone is basically a word
that has the same sound, the same pronunciation of another word. However these two words have
different meanings, ok? They have a different translation and the way you write them is
also different Sometimes like the example it and eat we believe they are homophones,
bu they are not. Now, how do we improve that? With a lot of practice. Sometimes, my students
ask me how to say this in English. When I tell them how to say it they get so confused.
They think I’m saying flower this, but I am not. Flour and Flower are homophones. They
have the same pronunciation. However, you write them differently and they have a different
meaning? Now you may be wondering, well, how do I know the difference? By context. If you
are talking about food and cooking and recipes, you know that you are talking abou this flour
not this flower. Another common confusion we make is with the words Write and Right!
Yes, they are homophones too! You write them differently, they have different meanings,
but when you speak them, they have the same sound. So, now that you understand what a
homophone is, how do you learn this? How do you know whether a word is a homophone or
not? What I can tell you is that you learn homophones with time. As you study English,
you will come across many examples of homophones. The best thing you can do is to start making
your own list. There are many lists on the internet, which is great. However, the problem
with these lists is that there are many words and many words that you don’t use, that
you’ve never seen in your life. So, sometimes we get more confused when we study these lists.
Now, my suggestion is: you can use these lists you find on the internet, however, choose
the words that you know. Choose the words you are familiar with and start your list
from these words. The words that you use every day. The words that you are confident about
the meaning. That’s a good way to start making your list of homophones. That way your
list will grow steadily with words that you will actually use. This is such a confusing
subject, that native speakers also confused too, specially when they are writing. What
happens, I have seen in so many formal e-mails, in previous jobs where I worked and I had
to talk to native speakers, I have seen dozen of times when they confused your and you’re
in the writing, in the spelling. All I’m telling you is that this is a popular mistake
that not just students make, but native speakers make as well. To help you get started, I will
show you a basic list of with 10 very popular homophones, ok? Let’s get started - Red – and
Read. This “read” is the simple past form of verb read Road and Rode the second one
is the simple past form of verb ride Right – Write, same thing but different
meaning, remember! Pear the fruit, pair, two things. See, the
ability, sea Hear, the ability and Here, the place.
Piece, a piece of something and Peace, the one thing our world needs.
Bye and Buy, the verb when you use your money to purchase something
Break and Brake Beat and Beet
Weak and Week There you go! Now you have 10 words to help
you get started with your homophone list. Now you understand that basically these words
have the same sound, the same pronunciation, however they have different meanings and the
spelling is also different. You also learned that the best way to learn is with practice,
so the more you study, the more you learn and every time you come across a new example
of homophone you should make sure to write it down and use it whenver you speak or write,
right? Did you enjoy this video? I hope so! So, now
I have an exercise for you! I want you to write in the comments, a different example
, different from the video, ok? A different example of homophone. And if you have enjoyed
this video, help me out and hit the like button and share it with your friends on your social
media! Thank you so much guys and I’ll see you next time!