Learn how to pronounce the words FIND & FINED with this American English Homophone pronunciation lesson.  These words are homophones and are pronounced exactly the same way.

Definitions:

FIND to discover

FINED punishment for breaking the law via payment of money

Pronunciation:

These words are pronounced exactly the same way!

F-I-N-D or /faɪnd/

Sentence:

Where can I find how much I was fined for returning the library book late.

This may be helpful:

HOMOPHONES – words spelled differently, with different meanings, but are pronounced the same way. 

Transcript:

Hi everyone! Jennifer from Tarle speech with your two for Tuesday homophone lesson.

We have words today that are homophones. They are pronounced the same way. They just have different spellings and different meanings. Our words today are find to discover and fined punishment for breaking the law via a payment of money.

So to say these words correctly we have four sounds let’s start with that f. To say the f sound, you are going to touch your teeth to the inside or the outside of your bottom lip air is going to keep moving out of the mouth.

Then we’re going to move to that long i. To do this, open wide, tip of your tongue is low in the mouth, back of the tongue is pulled high up. As you move I, you’re going to move to a slight smile, and as you do that, the tip of your tongue is going to move to behind the top front teeth, and it’ll end high and flat in the mouth.

Next, touch the tip of your tongue to the spot where your teeth meet the skin on the roof of your mouth for that n. Air moves out of your nose. Then pull the tongue down and let air puff out while your voice box is on and moving for the d. d.

find
find find
find find find
find find find

And now for a sentence:

Where can I find how much I was fined for returning the library book late.

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