Practice Makes Perfect

I’ll have a coffee please. 
The peas are in aisle four.
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practice makes perfect Basic 
English
23. I _____________________________________ eye __________________________________
I will call you later. 
He has a glass eye.
24. tea ___________________________________ tee __________________________________
Don’t put sugar in my tea. 
I need a tee to go golfing.
25. weather ______________________________ whether______________________________
The warm weather is coming. 
Do you know whether she is coming?
26. steel _________________________________ steal _________________________________
The price of steel is rising. 
Don’t steal from your employer.
27. dear__________________________________ deer _________________________________
You are a dear friend to me. 
The deer ate everything in my garden.
28. morning ______________________________ mourning ____________________________
I get up early every morning. 
She is mourning for her husband.
29. would ________________________________ wood ________________________________
She would like to work here. 
We need wood for the winter.
30. cereal ________________________________ serial ________________________________
I usually eat cereal for breakfast. 
Every bank note has a serial number.
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Pronunciation Exercises 
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EXERCISE
Pronunciation of Homophones (3)
Many words are pronounced the same even though they are not spelled
the same and have different meanings.
air 
heir 
in inn
allowed aloud 
kernel colonel
aunt 
ant 
knows nose
border boarder 
need knead
caller collar 
our hour
clothes 
close 
pause paws
coarse course 
pear pair
complements compliments 
pray 
prey
feet 
feat 
roll role
ferry 
fairy 
seller cellar
flu 
flew 
tow toe
foreword forward 
waist waste
hair 
hare 
weak week
higher 
hire 
weigh way
horse 
hoarse 
where wear
Use your dictionary to find the meanings of these word pairs, then listen carefully and repeat 
the following sentences:
1. pear__________________________________ pair _________________________________
I had a pear during my break. 
I need a new pair of shoes.
2. hair __________________________________ hare _________________________________
Your hair is gorgeous. 
Is it a rabbit or a hare?
3. where ________________________________ wear ________________________________