SEEM SEE

They don’t seem very friendly. I can’t see you.

No parecen muy simpáticos. No te veo.

WINE WIN
I would like to order a bottle of red wine, They need to win the match to make it to
please. the final.
Me gustaría pedir una botella de vino tinto. Necesitan ganar el partido para llegar a la
final.

BARE BAR
He has just moved into his new flat and it’s After work, she sometimes goes to a bar.
still bare. Después del trabajo, a veces va a un bar.
Acaba de cambiar de piso y su nuevo piso
sigue vacío.

HUGE HUG
We were very hungry so we ate a huge When you’re sad, you need a hug from
portion of cake. your best friend.
Teníamos mucha hambre así que comimos Cuando se está triste, se necesita un
un trozo enorme del pastel. abrazo de su mejor amigo/a.

TEEN TEN
She met her husband when she was a teen. They’ve been married for ten years now.
Conoció a su marido cuando era Llevan casados diez años.
adolescente.

Today we're going to look at homophones. These are words which

have the same pronunciation (sound) but different meanings and
spelling.
Hoy vamos a estudiar unas palabras homófonas, es decir, palabras
que se pronuncian igual pero que tienen significados distintos y se
escriben de forma distinta.

Let's start with some very basic ones: “I” and “eye”.

“I” is the first person singular subject pronoun.

For example,

I live in Barcelona.
(Yo) vivo en Barcelona.

We use our eyes to see.

For example,

I like your eye colour.

Me gusta el color de tus ojos.

Let's take a look at some more words and try to remember them to
avoid confusion.

“ate” is the past simple form of the verb “to eat”.

Here is an example with “ate”:

We ate pizza for dinner last night.

Anoche cenamos pizza.

“ate” is pronounced in the same way as “eight” (8).

Here's an example with the word “eight”:

I have eight cousins.

Tengo ocho primos.

“it's” is the contraction of “it is” and “it has”.

It's (=It is) sunny today.

Hace sol hoy.

It's (=It has) been sunny all week.

Ha hecho sol toda la semana.

“its” is a possessive pronoun.

The dog ate its food.

El perro comió su comida.

“to hear” is a verb which means “to perceive sound by the ear” while
“here” is an adverb of place meaning “in or towards this place”.

Look at an example of each word:

I cannot hear you. Please speak louder.

No te oigo. Habla más fuerte, por favor.

Come here please!

¡Ven aquí, por favor!

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and remember these words better, and of course, improve your
pronunciation! Just click on the "Listen Now" button below.
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recordar mejor estas palabras, y también, mejorar tu pronunciación!
Simplemente clica en el botón "Listen Now" que encontrarás a
continuación.

Have a nice day!

Best regards,