Question

Which two pairs of words are homophones? There are two correct choices listed below.

A.
ear/are

B.
house/how’s

C.
knows/nose

D.
left/let

E.
write/right

Answer 1

As mentioned above, sets of words like “you're” and “your” are called homophones. The root of that word, homo-, means “same,” and the root phone- means “sound.” Homophones are two words that sound the same, but have different meanings. So the words “two” and “to” are homophones, as are “ate” and “eight.”