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Lesson 8: Homophones and

Homographs

There once was a young girl named Cindrella.
She had an evil stepmother and cruel step-sister.

She had grown amazing plants for the step-
mother without a groan. The step-sisters made

her do their chores there and find a perfect scent
without giving her a cent. After having seen her
sister’s hair dyed, her father got shocked and

died. Cindrella had to go to a party but had no
special dress. She wondered where she would
get something special to wear.

Homophones are the words that have the same sound but different
spellings and meanings.

Homo + phone

same + audio/sound

The following words are pronounced exactly in a same way, yet they
differ in terms of spellings and meanings:
there : that place/thing
their : belonging to them
grown : mature
groan : a deep sound
died : passed away
cent : 100th part of a US dollar
scent : the characteristics of a pleasant smell

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