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The word homophone is made from two combining forms:
homo- (from the Greek word "homos", meaning "same"
-phone (from the Greek word "phone", meaning "voice" or
"sound"
Homophones are words that have exactly the same
sound (pronunciation) but different meanings and
(usually) spelling.
For example, the following two words have the same sound, but different meanings and spelling:
Hour our
Tail- tale
Weakly-weekly

Using online dictionary to work out the answer , identify the odd one in these lists.
1.Van vane vain
2. Sure sugar son
3.Think thy thigh
4.Hare hair heir
5.Dough enough though
6.Gnaw now know

1. van
2.son
3.think
4.heir
5.enough
6.now

Read the following words aloud in your group ,and with the aid with of online dictionary provide another word that is pronounced in the same way.
1.one--------------------------
2. plane-----------------------
3.flour-------------------------
4.hour--------------------------
5.knead-------------------------
6. new---------------------------
7.cue------------------------------
8.air-------------------------------
9.lone-----------------------------
10. see----------------------------

1.Won
2.Plain
3. Flower
4. Our
5. Need
6. Knew
7.Queue
8. Heir
9.loan
10. Sea
NB: varied sentences by the learners, the teacher to affirm correct answers upon presentation by various group secretaries

Rewrite the following passage, filling the blanks with a suitable word from the words given in brackets.
Nanjala woke up with a swollen-1)-------------(chick/cheek) and a throbbing jaw. -2)------------(it’s/its) that wretched tooth again----
-------------------(grown/groaned) holding her jaw cautiously.
She 4)-------------(new/knew) she had to 5)------------(see/sea) a dentist 6)--------------(write/right) away. She couldn't 7)-------------
(wait/weight) any longer for she was in 8)---------------(grate/great) pain. She decided to call on Nangila, an old lady and neighbour
9)----------(to /too) get some painkillers, before she went 10)--------
(to/too)the dentist.

 Usually homophones are in groups of two (our, hour), but very occasionally they can be in groups of three
(to, too, two) or even four.
 Note
Pr onunciation of English words is not necessarily associated with the way the word is spelt.

 Typed assignment( leaflets for each learner).