English Homophones for Beginners – different words that sound the same!

Полный каталог видеоуроков Все самое полезное для изучения английского смотрите в сообществе (Визуальный английский) Homophones are words that have the same pronunciation but are spelled differently. These words can really confuse English learners! Some of the most basic homophones include word pairs like its and it’s; there, they’re, and their; and close and clothes. Learning to recognize homophones is essential if you want to make sure your writing is clearly understood, and it’s also essential for building your English vocabulary. This is the first of a three-part series on homophones. If you are already familiar with these homophones, you can always jump to part 2, which is intermediate, or part 3, which is advanced. Homophones are a type of homonym, so you may have heard these types of words described before as homonyms.