General English Level 5 GELEV5 Unit 02 Topic 02.doc  LANGUAGE FOCUS 04 Words that sound the same In English, there are many words that sound the same but are spelt differently and have different meanings. These are called homonyms. Sophie says: I can't wait to see the sea. See and sea sound the same but are spelt differently and have different meanings. In this example we can tell the meaning of the sentence from the context, the other words in the sentence or paragraph. 1. Look at the words on the left. They come from the conversation in Activity 02. 2. Listen to the conversation again if you need to. Make sure you know how to pronounce these words. 3. Say all of the words. 4. Look at the words on the right. 5. Join the words which sound the same. 1. shore a. right 2. tail b. tale 3. sea c. seen 4. their d. here 5. hear e. sure 6. write f. see 7. scene g. there 57 QUESTLANGUAGE