Homophones for grade 12

Ad Add
Place an ad in the newspapers to add to your chances of reaching the right market

Adds Adz
What adds to the beauty of subtractive wood sculpting, is the careful use of
the adz

Aye Eye I
"Aye", said the sailor, "I saw the pirate with a black patch over one eye."

Ait Ate Eight
I was so hungry while stranded on the ait that I ate as many as eight raw fish everyday

Auk Awk
The auk flew overhead and screeched "Awk!"

All Awl
All the carpenters keep an awl in their tool boxes.

Air Ere Heir
One should air a will or reveal the *******s of ere a death that may exclude an unnamed heir

Aisle I’ll Isle
After we walk down the aisle, I’ll take you to an isle of paradise for our honeymoon

Aid Aide
Aid and comfort is accorded to every patient by the nurses aide.

Aerie Airy
The eagle’s aerie was on a lofty mountain peak in a bright and airy ********.

All together Altogether
We were all together on the bus , however when the traffic stopped altogether, some people got off the bus and walked

All ready Already
We hapurchased our tickets, packed our suitcases and were all ready to board when we were informed that the plane had already departed

Ant Aunt
The ant crawled upon the shoe of our Aunt Jean

Bad Bade
Even though he knew that it was a bad way to end the relationship, he bade her goodbye and never looked back

Ball Bawl
When the ball bounced over the fence and out of reach, the child began to bawl and sob

Be Bee
Oh! To be able to fly from flower to flower like a bee that gathers honey

Baloney Bologna
He told you a line of baloney; that bologna he served wasn’t home made but bought in the delicatessen.

Bard Barred
After the bard had labored to complete the poetry, the authorities barred it from the recital

Band Banned
The band played such cacophonous music throughout the performance that it was banned from further auditions

Bazaar Bizarre
The church bazaar attracted many strangers, some of them dressed and acted in bizarre ways

Berth Birth
The lower berth of a railroad sleeper car was the only available place for her to give birth to the baby

Beat Beet
He had to beat the drums for four hours before he was entitled to a dinner which included an entree, a beet salad and a beverage

Beach Beech
We stayed at a lake resort that had a man made beach that adjoined a forest of beech trees

Been Bin
She had been fueling the fire with the cord of oak that she had found in the wood bin

Bair Bare Bear
One may find a bair tree in a nudist colony where humans are bare; in a circus, clothes are put on animals such as dog, monkey and bear

Bough Bow
The bough of the tree was bent by the wind as if to bow in homage to
nature

Bell Belle
The door bell rang and the butler let her in. She was the belle of the ball.

Better Bettor
One marries for better or for worse, therefore, one should enter marriage with care, not as a bettor in a game of chance

Beer Bier
The bartender served beer and ale. The deceased pontiff was placed on a bier to be viewed by the mourning public
Bight Bite Byte

Blew Blue
The policeman blew his whistle then motioned to the driver of the two-toned blue car to proceed

Bloc Block
The leaders of the bloc of nations formed an international committee that voted to block the negotiations.

Berg Burg
The berg floated south along the shore line until it stopped near the pier of the populated berg

Board Bored
The wooden board had several holes that had been bored at different times

Bouillion Bullion
When you have a common cold mother’s homemade chicken boullion soup is worth its weight in gold bullion

Bus Buss
Before she got on the school bus, she gave her mother a hug and a buss on the cheek

Bused Bussed Bust
Before the scouts’ were bused to camp, they hugged and bussed their family members and friends. As a joke, someone put a sign on the side of the bus that read "California or Bust"

Breach, Breech
The builder was sued for breach of contract. The laborer dropped his shovel into the breech of the excavation

Buy By Bye
I had enough money to buy several sale items, but, by the time I arrived, they were sold out. The top-seeded tennis player drew a bye in the first round.

Brake Break
I pressed the foot brake and the car stopped at the edge of the break in the road

Billed Build
She was billed for his services even though he did not build according the the specifications

Boarder Border
The rooming house boarder stole the money, crossed the state border and was apprehended

Bolder Boulder
One soldier was bolder than the others, he emerged from behind the boulder and confronted the enemy

Beau Bow
Her loving beau brought a bow for her hair

Brows Browse
With confused expressions, the book sales persons furrowed their brows when the student proceeded to browse through every book in the store.

Bale Bail
A bale of hay was dropped from the airplane for the hungry cattle, the ranchers then began to bail out one by one

Brassie Brassy
The golfer selected his brassie and hit the ball toward the green. The ball bounced off the flag pole with a brassy "Ping" and came to rest within inches of the hole

Borough Burro Burrow
It is hard to imagine that the borough of Manhattan had carts drawn by burro on the streets where subways now burrow below

Bole Boll Bowl
The boll weevil came out of the cotton field, crawled around the bole of the large oak and rested on our picnic sugar bowl

Bread Bred
Some nutritionists recommend eating bread made from natural grains as opposed to the enriched flour on which we were raised and bred

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