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Homophones<br />
Words that cause confusion<br />
straight/strait<br />
He found it hard to draw a straight line.<br />
(Not crooked—adjective)<br />
The boat travelled across the strait to the island.<br />
(A narrow passage of water—noun)<br />
tail/tale<br />
Their cat had a long tail.<br />
(Appendage—noun)<br />
The police started to tail the robber.<br />
(Follow—verb)<br />
The tale had a sad ending.<br />
(Story—noun)<br />
their/there/they’re<br />
Their books were the most attractive.<br />
(Belonging to them—possessive determiner)<br />
My friend is standing over there.<br />
(Location—adverb)<br />
They’re asking for his autograph.<br />
(They are—contraction)<br />
threw/through<br />
I threw my jacket onto the bed. (Tossed—verb)<br />
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The train sped through the tunnel.<br />
(From end to end—preposition)<br />
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