Homophones Study Notes-4
example – The prisoner lay quietly in his cell.
sell – give or hand over in exchange for money
example – You cannot sell something that is not yours.
example – I have never seen such a beautiful house.
scene – a representation of an incident, or the incident itself
example – I don’t like to see the violent scene of any movie.
example – Everyone listened to the peal of the church bells.
peel – remove the outer covering or skin from a fruit or vegetable
example – Orange peel is also used as a face scrub.
example – I stubbed my toe on the step.
tow – to pull a car, boat, etc. behind another vehicle, using a rope or a chain.
example – My car broke down so I called for a tow.
example – The patient is suffering from acute back pain.
pane – window glass
example – Shaunak broke the glass pane with his ball.
example – Every morning I go to the temple to pray.
prey – an animal that is hunted and killed for food by another animal
example – A vulture is a large bird of prey.
example – To greet someone, Chinese bow instead of shaking hands.
bough – a main branch of a tree
example – Monkeys swing from bough to bough.
example – I check my mail regularly.
Is there a letter from them in the mail?
male – opposite of female
example – All the participants in the play were male, aged between 20 to 25.
example – She read the story aloud.
allowed – Past tense of allow.
permitted
example – We were not allowed to change our answers in the quiz.
example – I saw a yacht with yellow sail.
sale – an act of exchanging something for money
example – She got Rs. 400 from the sale of her drawing.
