21 Reasons the English Language is Hard to Learn

 

1. The bandage was   wound   around the   wound.

2. The farm was used to   produce  the   produce.

3. The dump was so full that it had to   refuse  more   refuse.

4. We must   polish  the   Polish   furniture.

5. He could   lead   if he would get the   lead   out.

6. The soldier decided to   desert   his   dessert   in the  desert.

7. Since there is no time like the   present*, he thought it was time to   present   the   present*.

8. A   bass*  was painted on the head of the   bass*  drum.

9. When shot at, the   dove   dove   into the bushes.

10. I did not   object  to the   object.

11. The insurance was   invalid   for the   invalid.

12. There was a   row   among the oarsmen about how to   row.

13. They were too   close to the door to   close   it.

14. The buck   does   funny things when the   does   are present.

15. A seamstress and a   sewer   fell down into a   sewer   line.

16. To help with planting, the farmer taught his   sow   to   sow.

17. The   wind  was too strong to   wind   the sail.

18. Upon seeing the   tear   in the painting I shed a   tear.

19. After a number of injections my jaw got number.

20. I had to   subject  the   subject   to a series of tests.

21. How can I   intimate   this to my most   intimate   friend?

 

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* The words marked with an asterix ( * ) sound the same, are "homonyms".
  All the rest are hetronyms. More info.