Did
you know that there are words in English with the same spelling, but different pronunciations
and different meanings. Those are called homographs and you're going to learn the
10 most confusing homographs in this lesson. These even confuse native speakers. Number 10.
Frequently confuses me. Let's get started. 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, 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 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.
Hair. You can put a bow on a piece of clothing. Men wear bow ties for very special occasions like
their weddings. For example, 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 to 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 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 hole or a rip in clothing or in material like a piece of paper.
Tier 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
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 wind. 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.
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
Deuce 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.
Movies. 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.
Sounds now bass is a type of fish. The bass guitarist loves bass fishing. Now,
you have the most confusing homographs in English. How about a little quiz?
I'm going to show you this sentence and I want you to say the sentence out loud and
then after you'll hear my pronunciation. So you can compare it and make sure you got it right?
Let's do that. Now.
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. Let us know in the comments which one you found
the most confusing for me. Like I said, it's definitely that bass guitarist. I always want
to say bass guitar, which means fish guitar, which doesn't make any sense. Bass guitar,
bass fish. I need to practice that one awesome job with this lesson. Now. Keep
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