VOCAB OF HOMOPHONES

ACCEDE – to agree to a request, demand, etc.

Sentence – I am not prepared to accede to that submission.

EXCEED – to be more than a particular number or amount

Sentence – Never exceed the recommended dose of painkillers.

Addition – adding something.

Sentence – In addition there are six other applicants

EDITION – one of a series of newspapers, magazines, television or radio programmes.

Sentence – A new edition of the texts is much to be desired.

CLIQUE – a small group of people with the same interests who do not want others to join their group

Sentence – A big society exists in order to form cliques.

CLICK – to make a short sharp sound.

Sentence – To open the programmes, click the left button of the mouse.

DYEING – to make something a different colour.

Sentence – She went to the market for dyeing the clothes.

DYING – very ill and likely to die soon.

Sentence – She took care of her dying mother for a year.

FLU – an illness that is like a bad cold but more serious.

Sentence – Cough less and have fewer colds and flu symptoms.

FLEW – To move through the air.

Sentence – The birds flew to their nest in the evening

HERTZ – a unit for measuring the frequency of sound waves.

Sentence – The female range is considered anything above 160 hertz.

HURTS – to cause somebody/yourself physical pain.

Sentence – My shoulder hurts from hitting him.

HIGHER – having a particular height

Sentence – He loved to climb hills, the higher the better.

HIRE – to have the use of something for a short time by paying for it.

Sentence – We hired the taxi got going at wedding.

HOARD – a store (often secret) of money, food.

Sentence – We broke into the store to hoard the electronics.

HORDE – a very large number of people.

Sentence – Two bodyguards helped the celebrity walk through a horde of fans.

HOLE – an empty space in something solid.

Sentence – The coat has hole in it.

WHOLE – A thing that is complete or full.

Sentence – He drank the whole glass of the juice.

NAY – denial, refusal.

Sentence – But such nay-saying would not solve the problems we will face.

NEIGH – the long high sound that a horse makes.

Sentence – We heard the horses neighing in the stable.