Same Sound, Different Meaning: Homophones-How to REALLY learn pronunciation

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[00:00:10]Hi there and welcome back to Blue Ocean English and another lesson about how to really learn pronunciation. In this video, we will look at homophones.

[00:00:22]So these are two words that have the same pronunciation.

[00:00:27]So for each of these I'll show you two words and one phonetic spelling.

[00:00:32]So the first one effect then allowed allowed bear bear board cell cereal cereal Feel whole night.

[00:01:14]Flower flower.

[00:01:18]Peace.

[00:01:21]Peace.

[00:01:23]Hair.

[00:01:26]Hair.

[00:01:28]Heal.

[00:01:30]Heal.

[00:01:33]Not not peak peak.

[00:01:42]Great great hour.

[00:01:49]Hour.

[00:01:51]And the last one. There's actually three words here all with the same pronunciation.

[00:01:57]Jewel.

[00:01:59]Jewel.

[00:02:02]Okay, that's it for today's video. In the next video, we will look at silent letters. So, words that have letters that we don't say.

[00:02:12]Thank you for watching. Good luck, and I'll see you again next time.

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