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1) A seamstress and a "sewer" fell down into a "sewer" line.
2) To help with the planting, the farmer taught his "sow" to "sow".
3) The "wind" was too strong to "wind" the sail.
4) Upon seeing the "tear" in the painting I shed a "tear."
5) I had to "subject" the "subject" to a series of tests.
6) How can I "intimate" this to my
most "intimate" friend?

Are there more???

2007-01-27 08:53:25 · 7 answers · asked by kayboff 7 in Education & Reference Words & Wordplay

7 answers

Heteronyms:

7) I saw a "bear" while "bearing" a hat
8) Homonym (botany) and Homonym (zoology).
9) Lead, pronounced LEED, means to guide. However, lead, pronounced LED, means a metallic element.
10) "bow" (a ribbon) and "bow" (of a ship)
11) Please excuse me while I think of an excuse
12) Tell the Polish cleaners to polish the floor
13) The button was so minute that it was a minute before I found it.
14) It's the referee's job to record the new world record
15)Abuse; When people abuse drugs this is called drug abuse.
16)Contest; To contest the issue they held a contest.
17)Convert; John became a convert after deciding to convert to Judaism.
18)Duplicate; If I need a duplicate I can use the Xerox to duplicate the letter.
19)Graduate; When I graduate I will become a graduate.
20)Insult; You can insult someone by shouting an insult.
21)Permit; The guard will permit you to pass if you show a valid permit.
22)Produce; These factories produce the produce that is shipped abroad.
23)Rebel; A rebel is one who has decided to rebel.
24)Transplant; The doctor won't transplant a heart if the transplant is damaged.
25)Use; Please put my typewriter to use because I never use it.
26)Alternate; They alternate between using the alternate machine and the main one.
27)Aged; My grandfather is aged ninety-two so he is quite aged.
28)Crooked; I crooked my neck to see the man with the crooked stick.
29)Desolate; Extreme weather may desolate a place making it a desolate place.
30)Learned; Everything I know I learned from that learned old man.
31)Perfect; The overture took years to perfect, but eventually it was perfect.
32)Separate; I want you to separate the cards into two separate piles.
Ablative; My efforts to learn the ablative case have an ablative effect on my brain.
Agape; During the agape, I noticed a man sitting with his mouth agape.
Appropriate; It was appropriate for the teacher to appropriate the boy's knife.
Bow; I stood on the bow of the ship with my bow and arrow.
Bower; The bower lived in a bower near his farm.
Buffet; The winds buffet the hotel, whilst inside the guests enjoy the buffet.
Console; I tried to console the controller as he stood at his console.
Content; John was content that the content of the box was undamaged.
Drawer; The drawer drew a picture of the cupboard and drawer.
Entrance; The lavishly decorated entrance will entrance the visitors.
Incense; It will incense the bursar that we have spent so much on incense.
Intimate; Ron tried to intimate that Liz had an intimate relationship with Ben.
Moped; As my mother moped about, a man on a moped rode by.
Number; I broke a number of bones in my right hand; it's number than the left.
Proceeds; As the charity event proceeds, the proceeds keep pouring in.
Pussy; The unfortunate pussy cat's septic sores are very pussy.
Recount; The President will recount the events that led to a vote recount.
Refuse; The city dump was so full, they had to refuse to accept more refuse.
Resent; I resent the fact that the letter was lost, but I have resent it.
Sewer; As the sewer sat sewing, she smelled the stench of a local sewer.
Sow; Every time I sow seeds the sow digs them up and eats them.
Wound; The doctor wound a bandage around the painful wound.

As: Like;
As: Roman coin;
As: Plural of a.
Colon: Punctuation mark;
Colon: Colonial farmer;
Colon: Costa Rican monetary unit.
Lather: Foam;
Lather: Worker who operates a lathe;
Lather: One who uses laths.
Pate: Head;
Pate: Paste;
Pate: Meat spread.
Redress: To compensate;
Redress: A compensation;
Redress: To dress again.

2007-01-27 09:24:43 · answer #1 · answered by ? 3 · 1 0

Its troublesome to assert. English is technically from a similar language team as german, yet german is massively distinctive. the way sentences are shaped and different grammatical effective components fluctuate a great deal, it is likewise actual for french. French on the different hand shares a huge vocabulary with english the place german isn't as comparable. i might ought to assert french might probable be much less annoying to assessment than german for a community english speaker.

2016-09-28 01:52:58 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Just goes to "show" that you could probably write a "show" on the "complex" nature of the English language but you "might" end up getting a "complex" in the process if you tried with all your "might."

2007-01-27 09:11:26 · answer #3 · answered by soulguy85 6 · 1 0

Well, I typed homophones in the google search engine, and I found this website. http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/spelling/recognising/homophones/worksheet.shtml

There were also many other websites you can go to and find homophones.

7) "They're" over "there". :)

2007-01-27 09:05:35 · answer #4 · answered by Jay 1 · 1 0

He used a "minute" amount of "Polish" "polish" to shine in a "minute" the "nice" shoes he bought in "Nice."

2007-01-27 09:46:55 · answer #5 · answered by Gin Martini 5 · 1 0

You will get a gem of an answer from someone.

2007-01-27 09:09:48 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1 2

the "polish" maid would "polish" the dish

2007-01-27 09:14:03 · answer #7 · answered by Emily 2 · 1 0

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