sounds like a homophone

Homopophones are words that are written differently, but pronounced in the same way...as in the example below

bean/been  - they sound the same. In fact a lot of jokes in English are based on this characteristic - this type of joke is called a "pun".

Obviously, some are funnier than others.....

Try finding a homophone for the following words - they are divided according to their difficulty:

    e.g. bear  - the homophone is "bare"

        EASY -         site, write, ate, mail, here, meat

        MEDIUM -     fare, wear, fort, wait, passed

        DIFFICULT -   sort, air, hare, feet, court, great

You can check your answers on a dictionary - see if the phonetic description is the same for the two words  - or write to us for the answers.