Homophones Study Notes-6
example – I can work better if I have some peace and quiet.
piece – segment
example – Aashi wrote something on a small piece of paper.
example – She was wearing a plain pink dress.
plane – a vehicle designed for air travel, which has wings and one or more engines
example – I traveled to Mumbai by plane.
example – Your dog is so cute. Does it bite?
byte – a unit of computer information, consisting of a group of bits
example – A byte is a unit of memory size.
example – I want to go to airport but I don’t remember the way.
weigh – to have a heaviness of a stated amount, or to measure the
heaviness of an object
example – I weigh 60 kilos and my brother weighs 70 kilos.
example – The supervisor appointed 200 persons for the work but now over 20 percent of the workforce is idle.
idol – a picture or object that people pray to as part of their religion or a person or thing that is loved or admired very much.
example – I saw huge idol of Lord Shiva in the temple.
example – We can eat the roots of some plants such as carrots.
route – a particular way or direction between places
example – If you wish to go to Delhi from Jaipur, this is the shortest route.
example – She was wearing a very beautiful diamond ring in her ring finger.
wring – to remove the water from clothing by twisting it
example – Please wring these clothes thoroughly !
example – She tied the two ropes together with a knot.
not – used to make a word or statement have the opposite or negative meaning
example – She has called me for the party but I’m not going.
example – He walked with a slow stiff gait.
gate – a door in a fence or outside wall, that you can open and close
example – There was a big iron gate outside the palace, we drove through the gate and reached the garden.
example – My sewing machine is operated by a foot pedal.
peddle – to sell things, especially by taking them to different places
example – Ram worked as a door to door salesman. His duty was to
peddle books and magzines.
