Homophones

6 Minute Vocabulary

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BBC

Learning

English

,

hello

and

welcome

to

Six

Minute

Vocabulary

.

I'm

Neal

.

And

I'm

Sophie

.

Hi

,

Neal

.

I've

got

a

question

for

you

.

OK

,

what's

black

and

white

and

red

all

over

?

What's

black

and

white

and

red

all

over

?

I

don't

know

that

.

Go

on

.

Tell

me

a

newspaper

.

Oh

,

I

see

.

So

it

wasn't

the

color

red

,

but

red

as

in

the

past

form

of

red

white

paper

,

black

writing

and

the

red

all

over

.

means

people

read

it

.

Very

good

.

Sophie

,

you

should

go

into

comedy

.

I'm

not

too

sure

about

that

,

Neal

.

I'm

sorry

for

the

bad

joke

,

everyone

.

But

words

that

sound

the

same

but

have

different

meanings

is

actually

our

topic

for

Today

Show

.

That's

right

.

Homophones

,

words

that

sound

the

same

,

but

have

different

spellings

and

different

meanings

.

Let's

listen

to

Mark

and

Jane

Marks

just

had

an

accident

in

the

kitchen

.

And

here's

a

question

for

you

to

think

about

while

you

listen

.

What

has

Mark

got

on

his

jeans

?

What's

wrong

,

Mark

?

You

look

really

angry

.

What's

wrong

,

Jane

?

Can't

you

see

I've

got

flour

all

over

my

jeans

?

You've

got

a

flour

on

your

jeans

.

I

didn't

know

you

liked

pretty

things

.

Oh

,

not

a

flour

,

Jane

.

Flour

,

look

.

Oh

,

Mark

,

you're

making

me

a

birthday

cake

.

Oh

,

so

that's

Mark

and

Jane

.

And

we

asked

you

what

Mark

had

got

on

his

jeans

.

And

of

course

,

the

answer

was

flour

.

The

kind

of

flour

you

use

to

make

bread

and

cakes

and

flour

is

spelt

f

l

o

u

r

.

Jane

thought

it

was

a

different

kind

of

flour

.

F

l

o

w

e

r

the

brightly

colored

and

sweet

smelling

plant

you

might

have

in

your

garden

.

That's

right

.

Flour

f

l

o

u

r

and

flour

f

l

o

w

e

r

r

homophones

.

Words

that

sound

the

same

but

have

different

spellings

and

different

meanings

.

Now

homophones

can

be

difficult

to

learn

and

the

reason

is

because

they

sound

exactly

the

same

.

That's

right

.

And

here

are

some

more

examples

.

Male

m

a

i

l

meaning

letters

and

parcels

.

You

send

in

the

post

and

mail

m

a

l

a

the

opposite

of

female

.

And

here's

another

one

.

Right

r

i

g

h

t

the

opposite

of

left

and

right

.

W

r

i

t

e

like

write

a

letter

.

Here's

one

piece

p

e

a

c

e

when

it's

quiet

and

calm

and

peace

.

P

i

e

c

e

a

part

of

something

.

A

piece

of

cake

.

Mm

.

And

one

more

tail

t

a

i

l

the

long

narrow

part

that

sticks

out

to

the

back

of

an

animal's

body

and

tail

t

a

l

e

a

kind

of

story

.

What's

your

favourite

fairy

tale

now

.

Well

I

really

like

the

emperor's

new

clothes

.

I

think

it's

really

relevant

still

today

,

even

for

grown

ups

.

It's

a

great

story

.

Oh

,

six

minutes

from

BBC

Learning

English

and

we're

talking

about

homophones

.

That's

words

which

are

spelt

differently

and

have

different

meanings

but

sound

the

same

.

And

now

it's

time

for

a

quiz

.

I'm

going

to

read

a

sentence

with

one

of

the

homophones

from

today's

show

.

Try

to

spell

the

word

correctly

as

you

listen

and

Sophie

will

tell

you

the

answers

afterwards

.

Good

luck

.

Are

you

ready

?

Number

one

,

Ben

gave

his

girlfriend

a

flower

for

Valentine's

Day

.

Oh

.

Now

,

how

do

you

spell

flower

there

?

Unless

she

wanted

to

bake

bread

,

he

gave

her

a

flower

.

F

l

o

w

e

r

correct

.

Well

done

.

If

you

got

that

one

right

.

Number

two

,

the

dog

is

wagging

its

tail

.

How

do

you

spell

tail

?

This

is

part

of

an

animal's

body

.

So

it's

t

a

I

l

and

well

.

If

you

got

that

one

at

home

,

finally

the

postman

put

the

letters

on

the

table

on

the

right

,

how

do

you

spell

write

the

tables

on

the

right

,

not

on

the

left

.

So

it's

ah

i

g

h

t

well

done

to

everyone

at

home

who

got

those

.

Right

.

And

that

almost

brings

us

to

the

end

of

the

program

.

But

before

we

go

,

here's

today's

Top

Tips

for

learning

vocabulary

.

Homophones

are

difficult

to

spell

correctly

when

you

hear

them

because

they

sound

the

same

.

So

if

you

think

a

word

might

be

a

homophone

,

read

or

listen

to

the

words

around

it

very

carefully

.

That

will

help

you

get

a

better

idea

what

word

it

is

and

how

to

spell

it

.

There's

more

about

homophones

at

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English

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