Autumn's weather vocabulary

Hail - pellets of frozen rain that fall in showers

Sleet - a form of precipitation consisting of ice pellets, often mixed with rain or snow

Ice pellets - ice cubes

Precipitation - water/moisture drops

Thunderstorm - Thunder, rain and wind

Rainstorm - heavy rain with strong wind

Pelting - Hitting hard
Example: The rain was starting to pelt as I rushed over to the balcony to retrieve my sun dried clothes.

Homophones

We all love speaking English, don't we? However so, the tricky things are words with the same sound, but they are actually written differently. They are known as 'Homophones'.

Well, it's not all bad. Sometimes, the similar sounds make you remember how could you pronounce the other same sound word!

Here are some pairings to enjoy:

1. bare-bear 
2. where-wear 
3. there-their-they're  
4. rite-right 
5. hare-hair 
6. throne-thrown 
7. raise-raze 
8. flour-flower 
9. pair-pear 
10. ate-eight 
11. size-sighs 
12. wait-weight 
13. roam-Rome 
14. wood-would 
15. site-sight 
16. feat-feet 
17. weight-wait 
18. beet-beat