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Practice Makes PerfectBasic English, Premium Third Edition ( PDFDrive )P·43
EXERCISE
Pronunciation of Homophones (2)
Many words are pronounced the same even though they are not spelled
the same and have different meanings.
be bee
moose mousse
bear bare
morning mourning
beet beat
mussels muscles
berry bury
none nun
break brake
pain
pane
cereal serial
plane plain
choose chews
right
write
dear deer
road rode
flea flee
so
sew
heal heel
stair stare
heard herd
steel
steal
I eye
tea tee
I’ll
aisle
weather whether
know no
weight wait
meet meat
would wood
Use your dictionary to find the meanings of these word pairs, then listen carefully and repeat
the following sentences:
1. plane _________________________________ plain
________________________________
The plane will leave soon.
I want a sandwich on plain white bread.
2. bear__________________________________ bare _________________________________
We saw a big black bear.
He touched the fire with his bare hands.
3. stair __________________________________ stare ________________________________
The bottom stair is broken.
Don’t stare at me.
4. right _________________________________ write ________________________________
I think you are right.
I will write it in my agenda.
He wears the ring on his right hand.
5. know _________________________________ no __________________________________
We don’t know them.
She said, “No.”
6. so ___________________________________ sew _________________________________
I am so hungry.
Can you sew my pants?
7. break _________________________________ brake ________________________________
Don’t break my glasses.
Step on the brake to stop a car.
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