Check the souund of these words in the dictionary.
1. Breath/Breathe in deeply and then out again.
2. Suits were usually made of wool cloth/clothe.
3. I really loath/loathe the fashion of the 1980s.
4. The medicine soothes/sooths the pain of the inflammation.
5. The baby‟s teeth/teethe are coming through.
Homographs
Some examples of homographs:
to lead /lɪːd/ lead /led/
to read /rɪːd/ read /red/
to live /lɪv/ live /lɑɪv/
The sound may also change according to the where the stress is on the word:
to record /rɪˈkɔːd/ record /ˈrekɔːd/
to present /prɪˈzent/ present /ˈpreznt/
1. Breath/Breathe in deeply and then out again.
2. Suits were usually made of wool cloth/clothe.
3. I really loath/loathe the fashion of the 1980s.
4. The medicine soothes/sooths the pain of the inflammation.
5. The baby‟s teeth/teethe are coming through.
Homographs
Some examples of homographs:
to lead /lɪːd/ lead /led/
to read /rɪːd/ read /red/
to live /lɪv/ live /lɑɪv/
The sound may also change according to the where the stress is on the word:
to record /rɪˈkɔːd/ record /ˈrekɔːd/
to present /prɪˈzent/ present /ˈpreznt/
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