hello everyone and welcome back to
english with lucy today i’m going to
talk to you about a big group a very
very ordinary and everyday words that
you should use with caution
this lesson is really going to help you
with your speaking reading writing and
listening is going to help with
everything because it’s such an
important part of the english language
before we get started I would just like
to thank if these sponsor of today’s
video it is Skillshare and if you
haven’t heard of Skillshare before
they’re an online learning community
with thousands of classes in languages
design programming business marketing
there are so many there are loads of
free classes but you can also sign up
for the Premium Membership which gives
you access to loads of high-quality
classes from experts working in their
field I’ve mentioned it before but if
you follow me on Instagram you’ll know I
love cooking I’m always posting it on my
stories and I’m also learning Italian
so I’ve combined my two passions and
there is a course on making gelato and
honestly it’s so interesting and so
exciting I cannot wait to actually make
some and it’s actually really affordable
it’s much more affordable than most
other learning platforms an annual
subscription is under $10 per month
and since Skillshare are sponsoring this
video they have given the first 500
people to click the link in the
description box and sign up their first
two months for free so click on the link
in the description box sign up start
your free two month subscription there
are so many English courses language
courses classes on business English
honestly everything let me know in the
comments below how it goes if you do
decide to sign up right let’s get
started with the lesson let’s talk about
three incredibly important topics you
need to know what these words mean
homophone homograph and hominem they
sound really complicated but I’m going
to give you some tips to help you
remember which one is which
come on originates from Greece
and it means same so all of these words
mean that something is the same now
let’s look at the suffixes homophone
phone means sounds so this word means
that two words sounds the same
so homophones are words that sound the
same
they might be spelt differently and
they’ll have different meanings but they
sound the same for example two two and
two they mean different things they’re
all spelt differently but they all sound
exactly the same
what about homographs hama same graph
graph means writing so they are written
the same way so homographs have the same
spelling but different meanings and they
may or may not be pronounced the same
way
it depends to entrace to hold one’s
attention or entrance a doorway these
words are spelt the same way but they
have different pronunciations we also
have bat bat could be some sports
equipment or bat could be an animal
these ones are spelt in the same way
different meanings but they are also
pronounced in the same way homographs
may or may not have different
pronunciation because the definition is
about the spelling and not about the
sound but that brings us on to homonyms
homonyms are like a combination of
homophones and homographs they are words
that sound alike and are spelt alike
just like that so a homograph is a type
of hominem so an example would be kind
meaning a type or kind meaning caring so
why am i feeding you all of this
information because it’s super important
you need to make sure that your writing
is concise that you’re adding enough
context for people to understand
homographs homonyms and homophones when
you’re writing them and also to help you
understand native speakers who won’t
think twice about using these the
majority of natives won’t know what a
homonym homograph and homophone is they
might never have spared a second thought
about these words that sound the same or
look the same but for all of you it is
important because you
easily become very confused and I highly
recommend that you note them down and
try and use them in conversation or in
writing or at school over the next few
weeks just to get them really into your
head I also invite you to participate in
the homework yes we have homework here
you’re not free I would like you to add
a comment adding as many different
homonyms homographs and homophones as
you can and if you want to take it a
step further you can divide them into
the different topics you can say these
ones are homonyms these ones for
homographs these ones a hum effects it
will just help you and your mind and all
of the other people who are reading the
comments now I think we should start
with homonyms because they are the
rarest they are the most special there
aren’t so many of them in the English
language remember I am using British
English pronunciation and some of the
homonyms in British English will not
actually be homonyms in other dialects
like American English or Australian
English sorry guys it does get quite
complicated
number one address an address noun could
be a location or you can address someone
and it’s a verb meaning to speak to
someone number two band a band can be a
musical group it can also be a ring like
a wedding band see how careful you have
to be if you’re talking about a wedding
band is it a musical group that’s
playing at a wedding or is it a wedding
ring we need some context number three
bark a bark can be the noise that our
dog makes and it can also be the outer
layer of a tree number four current
current is an adjective meaning
up-to-date current affairs for example
or a current is a flow of water fair
fair come in beautiful fair can mean
light skin and light hair or fair come
in just match match can mean two pair
similar items it can be the stick for
making a flame or it can be a sports
game a match mean mean can mean not nice
nasty
or mean can mean average pole a pole is
someone from Poland or a tube of metal
like a flagpole and spring the season
that comes before summer or a coil of
metal so those are some homonyms and you
really do need to be so careful in your
speaking and writing don’t go saying
that’s an ugly pole if you’re talking
about a metal tube because a Polish
we’ve got eight and eight eight the past
tense of the verb to eat and eight the
number that comes after seven
we’ve got bear as in not covered or
naked and bare the animal
we’ve got by to purchase by the
preposition and by as in goodbye
we’ve got cell as in prison cell and
cell to exchange something for money
we’ve got I and I we’ve got flour the
ingredient for bread and flour the
decorative colorful part of a plant
we’ve got our 60 minutes and our the
possessive pronoun form of we and
finally mail as in post and mail as in
the opposite to female finally let’s
have a look at some homographs and i’m
not going to include homonyms here we’ve
got bath as in the fish or bass a low
voice or sound
we’ve got desert a region where nothing
really grows or to desert the verb
meaning to leave we’ve got to lead which
is to go first or to have followers or
we have lead a type of metal we’ve got
rau which is to argue or to fight and
we’ve got row which is to propel
yourself along in a boat I remember this
one confused me when I was younger
because in a book it said my parents
were always what I thought was rowing
together and I thought how lovely that
they row together match Lee as I went on
the meaning became clear that it was
definitely rowing together not rowing
together and the last one we’ve got to
tear which is to rip or tear you know
the droplet of water that comes from
your eye now I invite you to do lots of
research and fill the comment section
with all your homonyms homographs and
homophones i can’t wait to see them all
and definitely use it as a resource for
your learning that’s all we’ve got time
for today don’t forget to connect with
me on all of my social media I’ve got my
facebook I’ve got my Instagram
and I’ve got my Twitter and I shall see
you soon for another lesson
nah-ah so click on the link in the
description box sign up start your first
few combined ruler alright let’s talk
[Music] you
english with lucy today i’m going to
talk to you about a big group a very
very ordinary and everyday words that
you should use with caution
this lesson is really going to help you
with your speaking reading writing and
listening is going to help with
everything because it’s such an
important part of the english language
before we get started I would just like
to thank if these sponsor of today’s
video it is Skillshare and if you
haven’t heard of Skillshare before
they’re an online learning community
with thousands of classes in languages
design programming business marketing
there are so many there are loads of
free classes but you can also sign up
for the Premium Membership which gives
you access to loads of high-quality
classes from experts working in their
field I’ve mentioned it before but if
you follow me on Instagram you’ll know I
love cooking I’m always posting it on my
stories and I’m also learning Italian
so I’ve combined my two passions and
there is a course on making gelato and
honestly it’s so interesting and so
exciting I cannot wait to actually make
some and it’s actually really affordable
it’s much more affordable than most
other learning platforms an annual
subscription is under $10 per month
and since Skillshare are sponsoring this
video they have given the first 500
people to click the link in the
description box and sign up their first
two months for free so click on the link
in the description box sign up start
your free two month subscription there
are so many English courses language
courses classes on business English
honestly everything let me know in the
comments below how it goes if you do
decide to sign up right let’s get
started with the lesson let’s talk about
three incredibly important topics you
need to know what these words mean
homophone homograph and hominem they
sound really complicated but I’m going
to give you some tips to help you
remember which one is which
come on originates from Greece
and it means same so all of these words
mean that something is the same now
let’s look at the suffixes homophone
phone means sounds so this word means
that two words sounds the same
so homophones are words that sound the
same
they might be spelt differently and
they’ll have different meanings but they
sound the same for example two two and
two they mean different things they’re
all spelt differently but they all sound
exactly the same
what about homographs hama same graph
graph means writing so they are written
the same way so homographs have the same
spelling but different meanings and they
may or may not be pronounced the same
way
it depends to entrace to hold one’s
attention or entrance a doorway these
words are spelt the same way but they
have different pronunciations we also
have bat bat could be some sports
equipment or bat could be an animal
these ones are spelt in the same way
different meanings but they are also
pronounced in the same way homographs
may or may not have different
pronunciation because the definition is
about the spelling and not about the
sound but that brings us on to homonyms
homonyms are like a combination of
homophones and homographs they are words
that sound alike and are spelt alike
just like that so a homograph is a type
of hominem so an example would be kind
meaning a type or kind meaning caring so
why am i feeding you all of this
information because it’s super important
you need to make sure that your writing
is concise that you’re adding enough
context for people to understand
homographs homonyms and homophones when
you’re writing them and also to help you
understand native speakers who won’t
think twice about using these the
majority of natives won’t know what a
homonym homograph and homophone is they
might never have spared a second thought
about these words that sound the same or
look the same but for all of you it is
important because you
easily become very confused and I highly
recommend that you note them down and
try and use them in conversation or in
writing or at school over the next few
weeks just to get them really into your
head I also invite you to participate in
the homework yes we have homework here
you’re not free I would like you to add
a comment adding as many different
homonyms homographs and homophones as
you can and if you want to take it a
step further you can divide them into
the different topics you can say these
ones are homonyms these ones for
homographs these ones a hum effects it
will just help you and your mind and all
of the other people who are reading the
comments now I think we should start
with homonyms because they are the
rarest they are the most special there
aren’t so many of them in the English
language remember I am using British
English pronunciation and some of the
homonyms in British English will not
actually be homonyms in other dialects
like American English or Australian
English sorry guys it does get quite
complicated
number one address an address noun could
be a location or you can address someone
and it’s a verb meaning to speak to
someone number two band a band can be a
musical group it can also be a ring like
a wedding band see how careful you have
to be if you’re talking about a wedding
band is it a musical group that’s
playing at a wedding or is it a wedding
ring we need some context number three
bark a bark can be the noise that our
dog makes and it can also be the outer
layer of a tree number four current
current is an adjective meaning
up-to-date current affairs for example
or a current is a flow of water fair
fair come in beautiful fair can mean
light skin and light hair or fair come
in just match match can mean two pair
similar items it can be the stick for
making a flame or it can be a sports
game a match mean mean can mean not nice
nasty
or mean can mean average pole a pole is
someone from Poland or a tube of metal
like a flagpole and spring the season
that comes before summer or a coil of
metal so those are some homonyms and you
really do need to be so careful in your
speaking and writing don’t go saying
that’s an ugly pole if you’re talking
about a metal tube because a Polish
we’ve got eight and eight eight the past
tense of the verb to eat and eight the
number that comes after seven
we’ve got bear as in not covered or
naked and bare the animal
we’ve got by to purchase by the
preposition and by as in goodbye
we’ve got cell as in prison cell and
cell to exchange something for money
we’ve got I and I we’ve got flour the
ingredient for bread and flour the
decorative colorful part of a plant
we’ve got our 60 minutes and our the
possessive pronoun form of we and
finally mail as in post and mail as in
the opposite to female finally let’s
have a look at some homographs and i’m
not going to include homonyms here we’ve
got bath as in the fish or bass a low
voice or sound
we’ve got desert a region where nothing
really grows or to desert the verb
meaning to leave we’ve got to lead which
is to go first or to have followers or
we have lead a type of metal we’ve got
rau which is to argue or to fight and
we’ve got row which is to propel
yourself along in a boat I remember this
one confused me when I was younger
because in a book it said my parents
were always what I thought was rowing
together and I thought how lovely that
they row together match Lee as I went on
the meaning became clear that it was
definitely rowing together not rowing
together and the last one we’ve got to
tear which is to rip or tear you know
the droplet of water that comes from
your eye now I invite you to do lots of
research and fill the comment section
with all your homonyms homographs and
homophones i can’t wait to see them all
and definitely use it as a resource for
your learning that’s all we’ve got time
for today don’t forget to connect with
me on all of my social media I’ve got my
facebook I’ve got my Instagram
and I’ve got my Twitter and I shall see
you soon for another lesson
nah-ah so click on the link in the
description box sign up start your first
few combined ruler alright let’s talk
[Music] you
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