Sound Alike ..Defined Different
 

In English , there are certain words pronounced and spelled alike; however, they do not

share the same meaning. For such a reason, Errors in spelling could occur

: often by students who are not familiar with them

.Bi:( prefix ) means two/ twice/ double

By: ( preposition / prefix ) as a preposition it used to give you an idea who made/ did

.something or to show what tool was used to do it;and as a prefix it is used to explain

. that whatever was mentioned is the submain object/ cause or the less important

.Bye: ( interjection ) informal word used to mean God be with you

.Bite: ( verb ) to cut/ crush an object or someone with the teeth

.Byte: ( none ) a computer terminology used to determine the capacity of a component

.Board: ( none ) a flat piece of wood/ metal/ plastic ..etc used for numerous tasks

.Bored: ( adjective ) a person who does not have any interest in doing anything

.make a completion point

the past form is pronounced like the word Red;

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:Examples

Accept / Except

.Please accept our apology, we didn’t mean to hurt your feelings

.All of us received our books except the new student

Advice / Advise

.My parents don't stop from giving me advice

.My family doctor advised me to take vitamins everyday

Affect / Effect

.The immune system of a second hand smoker will be affected eventually

.The media has strong effect on societies

A lot / Allot

.An athlete/ sportsperson usually has a lot of stamina than an average person

.The teacher decided to allot fifty questions to the final exam

Are / Our

.Organized employees are successful in their career

.Our plants are growing fast

Bi / By / Bye

Biweekly mortgage payment plan helps the loaner to have an advantage to paying off the

.principles faster than in monthly plan

.Advanced technology takes us to thel evel where we can order a pizza by using the net

Bye bye London is a popular Arabic comedy play, and it is sold with English subtitle to

.non-Arabic comedy lovers

Bite / Byte

. Becareful ! the dog might bite you

.One byte equals to eight bits

Board / Bored

.The teacher asked the pupils to write their names on the ( black/ green ) board

?What would you do if you got bored today

Box / Books / Bucks

.I was able to save a hundred bucks from my work for buying a full box of used books

Choose / Chose

.You choose first then I will be next

?Why you chose not to come with us

Coarse / Courses

.Mechanics and farmers’ skin become coarse from the everyday physical work

.Travelers should have courses of the language of the country they intended to visit

Complement / Compliment

Conscience / Conscious

Consul / Council / Counsel

Desert / Dessert

Dining / Dinning

Does / Dose

Folks / Fox

Forth / Fourth

My best friends and I met the other day for the first time after ten years long; we started

.talking about our university years we spent together and so forth

.I represent the fourth generation of my family tree

Hear / Here

It’s / Its

.It’s my fault I should have told you long time ago

Later / Latter

There is a memo posted in the bulletin board saying that later in the afternoon the

.company management committee / team is going to have meeting

.In the latter end of the spring season, the climate begins to change

Led / Lead

.LED is an abbreviation that stands for Light Emitting Diodes

Loose / Lose

.The shirt was quite loose on the child

.A good Store should update its products and services or else it loses its customers

Miner / Minor

.Most minors earn high wages for risking their lives

.Both drivers had minor injuries in the car accident

Moral / Morale

.A moral person should be a good example to others

.The fans attended the match in France to raise their team’s morale

Peace / Piece

.True Muslims want to spread peace and justice to the world

(It is so easy, piece of cake ! ( an Idiom

Personal / Personnel

.Please don’t take it personal, we were joking with you

.The embassy personnel accepted to give us the visa

Principal / Principle

.The principal suspended a few bullies to prevent harassment at the school

.He believes his principles should be considered and be in priority before anything else

Quiet / Quite

.Librarians have the right to ask readers to be quiet for not disturbing the other readers

.These stores have the best brands, but they are quite expensive

Read / Red

.The instructor asked me to read the chapter out loud at class

.The colour of the blood is red

Stationary / Stationery

.In general, stationary products are whether antiques or toys

.Chalks, Clips, and staplers are stationery materials

Than / Then

.Steven is taller than his father Mr. Kevin

.Mrs. Claude is planning to take to a restaurant then to a concert for her birthday

Their / There / They’re

There is few lucky people who are self-made; they’re respected by people for their

.integrity and honesty

Too / Two / To

.Fred wants his dad to buy for him two video games too like his older brother

Were / Where / We're

.We're searching for our neighbours where we were living twenty five years ago

Who’s / Whose

?Who's that person and where is he from

?Whose car was hit yesterday

You’re / Your

.You're acting exactly the same way as your parents

.New words and examples have been added

good job

merci beaucoup de ces renseignement

thank you so much
your sister fouzia

.. Hello sister fouzia and welcome to Swalif

.Thank you for courtesy and kind comment