ホールをほる。means I dig a hole.
ボールをホールにほうる。means I throw a ball into a hole.
Today’s set of similar sounding words are:
掘る(ほる)
to dig
放る(ほうる)
to throw
ホール
a hole
ボール
a ball
Listen to them, paying attention to the up and down of the tone.
If you say them in sentences, you can here them like this:
ホールをほる。ボールをホールにほうる。
ホールをほる。
ボールをホールにほうる。
If you pay attention to the change of pitch, it will become easier to tell between similar sounding words. Hope these exercises help you.
Actually, in both sentences, 穴(あな) is a better word for “hole” but that doesn’t make a listening exercise. Sorry about that!