Homophone Sentence Examples

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  • Julie would have aced her quiz if she hadn't mixed up a homonym with a homophone.

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  • Choose the correct homophone to fill in the gap in each sentence.

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  • You should be very careful about mixing up a homonym and homophone in your test.

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  • The concept of a homonym is often confused or used interchangably with that of a homophone or homograph.

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