If you think English is an easy language and you believe that you know it well, try to read these 20 sentences without making a mistake.
- The bandage was wound around the wound.
- The farm was cultivated to produce produce.
- The dump was so full that the workers had to refuse more refuse.
- We must polish the Polish furniture shown at the store.
- He could lead if he would get the lead out.
- The soldier decided to desert his tasty dessert in the desert.
- Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present to his girlfriend.
- A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum.
- When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.
- I did not object to the object which he showed me.
- The insurance was invalid for the invalid in his hospital bed
- There was a row among the oarsmen about who would row.
- They were too close to the door to close it.
- The buck does funny things when the does are present.
- A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line.
- To help with the painting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.
- The wind was too strong to wind the sail around the mast.
- Upon seeing the tear in the painting she shed a tear.
- I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.
- How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?
Homonyms or homographs are words of like spelling, but with a different meaning and sound. When pronounced differently, they are known as heteronyms.
