If English pronunciation wasn’t difficult enough, there are words called heteronyms that are spelled the same, but pronounced differently. These words could be different forms of the same word, for example «prEsent» (noun: подарок) and «to presEnt» (verb: преподносить, вручать, представлять), or two completely different words: «a tear» /tɪər/ (слеза) and «to tear» /ter/ (рвать, разрывать). It’s important to know heteronyms to avoid confusion in speaking — as you can see above, the difference in meaning can be huge!
Here is a list of some common heteronyms:
«cOntent» (noun): the information or ideas that are talked about in a book, speech, film, etc (содержание) and «contEnt» (adjective): happy or satisfied (довольный, удовлетворенный)
«house» (noun) /haʊs/: a building where people live, usually one family or group (дом) and «to house» (verb) /haʊz/: to give a person or animal a place to live (обеспечивать жильем)
«Object» (noun): a thing that you can see or touch but that is usually not alive (предмет, вещь) and «to objEct» (verb): to feel or say that you do not like or do not approve of something or someone (возражать)
«pErfect» (adjective): without fault, or as good as possible (идеальный, безупречный) and «to perfEct» (verb): to make something as good as it can be (совершенствовать)
«résumé» (noun) /ˈrezəmeɪ/: a document that describes your qualifications and the jobs that you have done, which you send to an employer that you want to work for (резюме, краткая автобиография) and «to resume» (verb) /rɪˈzjuːm/: If an activity resumes, or if you resume it, it starts again (возобновлять(ся))
«separate» (adjective) /ˈsepərət/: not joined or touching anything else (отдельный) and «to separate» (verb) /ˈsepəreɪt/: to divide into parts, or to make something divide into parts (разделять)
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