How do you know you need a break?

How do you know you need a break?

The words brake, break sound the same but have different meanings and spellings. Why do brake, break sound the same even though they are completely different words? The answer is simple: brake, break are homophones of the English language.

How do you spell car brakes?

Brake can be used as a verb and a noun also. The most common usage of brake is when referring to your car. The device used to stop your car from a moving position is a brake and when you use it to stop your car, it is called braking.

How do you use brake in a sentence?

have-a-break. Verb. (third-person singular simple present has a break, present participle having a break, simple past and past participle had a break) To have a short rest period in one's work or studies, other activities.

Which one is the brake in a car?

The pedal on the right is the gas, and the wider one on the left is the brake. Press on them a bit with your right foot to get an idea for how they feel.

Is break up hyphenated?

Use two words when it is used as a compound verb. Use one word, spoken with ever-so-slightly less space between the component parts, when it is a noun. A car breakdown on a rainy night is a miserable affair. Our breakup on a rainy night ended our miserable affair.