That bare naked bear is drinking my beer

In this lesson, we will look at some commonly mistaken homophones.

Ryan Porter
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After watching this video, can you think of some other English homophones?
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Add:
  1. short for "addition" (math)
  2. to join something else
  3. put in

Ad:
  1. short for "advertisement"
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Bee:
  1. an insect that makes honey 🐝

Be:
  1. auxilary verb that refers to existence

"B":
  1. the second letter of the alphabet 🅱️
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Bare:
  1. nude (adj)
  2. to show, uncover (verb)

Bear:
  1. cute mammal (noun) 🐻
  2. carry (verb)

Beer:
  1. good drink 🍺
Read the following text:
  1. We need to ___ some money to the total.
  2. Nike's TV ___ is bad!
  3. You need to answer questions "A" and "___" to find the answer for "C".
  4. I Told you to ___ nice to your brother.
  5. The man ___ his chest to the heavens.
  6. I'm allowed to ___ arms when I am hunting a ___ in the woods because I can't kill it with my ___ hands.
  7. If you ___ a tray of ___ to my house, I will give you a perfect score.
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Other commonly mistaken homophones:

  1. their/they're/there – My parents? They're on their way there now.
  2. it's/its – Its big feet is the reason it's so slow.
  3. who's/whose – Who's coming with me to the party and whose car is parked behind me?
  4. your/you're – You're going to be in big trouble when your parents get home.
  5. past/passed – It's half past six and we haven't passed the halfway point yet.
Can you make an example sentence for each of the homophones above?