Homophones — Activity

A student writes that the college gave a speech of thanks to the principle , and the sentence reads correctly out loud and wrong on paper. That single letter is the entire topic. A homophone is a trap built into English’s spelling system — two words can sound identical and mean nothing alike, and the only defence is knowing the pair well enough that the correct one comes out automatically, especially for the ones that matter most to a law student, such as ‘council’ and ‘counsel’.

In two minutes

A homophone is a word that sounds the same as another word but is spelled differently and means something different, and this topic is scored entirely on picking the correct spelling for the intended meaning — there is no partial credit for a word that merely sounds right.

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