HOMOGRAPHS - Confusing Words with SAME Spelling but DIFFERENT Pronunciation and Meaning (with QUIZ)

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you know that there are words in English with  the same spelling, but different pronunciations  

and different meanings. Those are called  homographs and you're going to learn the  

10 most confusing homographs in this lesson.  These even confuse native speakers. Number 10.  

Frequently confuses me. Let's get started.  Do you know how to pronounce this word?

Listen to me say this sentence and notice how  the pronunciation changes. You should bow out  

the woman with the large bow. You can pronounce  this as either bow or bow. It depends on how  

it's being used. Bow is a movement that we do  either with your head, you can bow your head or

You can bow your upper body and this is usually  done as a sign of respect that bow. It's a verb  

or a noun and this is a bow and actually  this is a cool bow because it lights up  

and of course you can put a bow on a present.  Now there are different styles of bows. You can  

put a bow in your hair.

Hair. You can put a bow on a piece of clothing.  Men wear bow ties for very special occasions like  

their weddings. For example, you should bow at  the woman with the large bow. How do you pronounce  

this word? We need to lead with the information on  the lead pipes to pronunciations, lead and Lead.

I'm sure you're familiar with the  verb to lead. Now the past simple  

of the verb lead is Led but the spelling  is different here on our second option. We  

also have lead and in this case it's  a noun and it's a chemical substance  

lead pipes pipes that are made from lead  which is a chemical substance. How do you

Pronounce this word, listen to the  difference, seeing the tear, in my shirt,  

brought a tear to my eye. First, we have tear,  you can tear a piece of paper. Now tear as a  

noun, is used to describe a hole or a rip in  clothing or in material like a piece of paper.

Tier is the liquid. That's comes from your eyes,  

tear seeing a tear in my shirt, brought a  tear to my eye. How do you pronounce this?

Well, again, it depends listen to the difference.  It's hard to wind the toy in the Wind.

The verb to wind is to turn or to cause something  to turn. So it's very small here. But right now  

what I'm doing is, I'm winding this clock. So  if you have a watch and you need to change the  

time on your watch, what you're doing, there  is wind, you're winding your watch and of

Of course, you know what the wind is, what  about this word? How do you pronounce it?  

Listen to the difference? I wound the  toy too hard and now I have a wound.

Wound is the past form of wind. I wound  the clock but we also have a noun wound,  

wound wound is when you have a cut or hole  on your body usually caused by a weapon,  

you know how to pronounce this  word, right? Listen to the sentence.

I need a minute to review these minut details  minute is our time reference 60 seconds. You  

know how to pronounce that minute. But there's an  adjective minut minut. My nude means very small.  

So notice how it describes the details,  very small details. I need a minute to

review the minut details. How  do you pronounce this word?

Listen to the difference. They need  to produce more stands for the produce  

produce as our verb. Of course, means to  make something. Have you been in a grocery  

store and notice that there are signs for the  produce department produce represents the crops  

that are grown by Farmers for consumption.  They need to produce more stands for the

Deuce this word confuses, a lot of  students. How do you pronounce it?  

Listen to the difference? I live in an area with  frequent live music performances, the verb live,  

of course, represents where you  reside, where you call Home Live,  

is used to describe a performance, it could  be a musical performance sports movie.

Movies. Any kind of entertainment, a performance  that is being broadcast or recorded as it's  

happening. So, you can watch a sports game live,  which means the moment that you're watching it,  

it's happening in real life right now,  this recording that you're watching,  

it's not live. I recorded this in the  past, I edited it and then I upload

loaded it to YouTube. So this is not a  live broadcast. How do you pronounce this?

Listen to the difference. I was supposed  to read three chapters but I only read one  

when the pronunciation is that long sound read  Eid, that's for the infinitive to read or the  

base verb read and when it's the short sound, the  same sound as the color red, that's the past form.

Of the verb read yesterday. I read a book.  I've read three books this month and the  

homograph that confuses me all the time.  Is this word? How do you pronounce this?

Listen to the difference. The  bass guitarist loves bass fishing.  

Now I always forget if the musical context is  bass or base, its base, base base base represents,  

very low tones and sounds in music. So a bass  guitar is a guitar that plays those very low.

Sounds now bass is a type of fish. The  bass guitarist loves bass fishing. Now,  

you have the most confusing homographs  in English. How about a little quiz?  

I'm going to show you this sentence and I  want you to say the sentence out loud and  

then after you'll hear my pronunciation. So you  can compare it and make sure you got it right?

Let's do that. Now.

You should bow at the woman with the large bow.

We need to lead with the  information on the lead pipes.

Seeing the tear in my shirt,  brought a tear to my eye.

It's hard to wind the toy in the Wind.

I wound the toy too hard. And now I have a wound.

I need a minute to review these my new details.

They need to produce more stands for the produce.

I live in an area with frequent  live music performances.

I was supposed to read three  chapters but I only read one.

The bass guitarist, loves bass fishing. Let  us know in the comments which one you found  

the most confusing for me. Like I said, it's  definitely that bass guitarist. I always want  

to say bass guitar, which means fish guitar,  which doesn't make any sense. Bass guitar,  

bass fish. I need to practice that one  awesome job with this lesson. Now. Keep

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