Practice Makes Perfect

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practice makes perfect Basic 
English
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EXERCISE
Pronunciation of Words Containing 
PH
The letter combination 
ph
 is pronounced as 
f
 in most words.
hyphen 
pharmacy graph symphony pamphlet
Listen carefully and repeat the following sentences.
1. Did you read her autobiography?
2. Look at the dolphins leading the ship.
3. The men are putting new asphalt on the road.
4. Can you say the alphabet backwards?
5. Some people have claustrophobia in elevators.
6. Can I have your autograph?
7. I was not very good in geography in school.
8. Our team won the trophy this year.
9. We love the atmosphere in Montreal.
10. She is a very sophisticated philosopher.
11. You should ask the pharmacist at the pharmacy.
12. Joseph wrote the last paragraph.
13. Mr. Murphy is a photographer in Philadelphia.
14. Do you have any phobias?
15. It’s not a catastrophe if I’m 10 minutes late.
16. We received your pamphlet in the mail.
17. My nephew plays the saxophone.
18. I can’t find my headphones.
19. We visited an orphanage during our mission.
20. Is there a bibliography in the book?
21. He teaches the art of calligraphy.
22. Many old people suffer from emphysema.
23. I wish to emphasize the importance of your presence in each class.
24. Did he fail the polygraph test?
25. I need to make a photocopy of this.
26. Lynn goes to physiotherapy twice a week.
27. We are in phase four of the project.
28. Shawn is a graphic artist.
29. We love to listen to a live symphony.
30. Record the information on a graph.
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Pronunciation Exercises 
313
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EXERCISE
Pronunciation of Homophones (1)
Many words are pronounced the same even though they are not spelled
the same and have different meanings.
blue blew
mail male
buy by bye 
pail pale
cell 
sell 
patients patience
die dye
piece peace
do due dew 
pour poor
eight ate
red 
read
fair fare
sail sale
flour flower
see 
sea
great grate
sent scent cent
guest guessed
sun 
son
here hear
their there they’re
knew new
threw through
knight night
which witch
knot not
whole hole
made maid
won 
one
se your dictionary to find the meanings of these word pairs, then listen carefully and repeat the 
following sentences:
1. see __________________________________ sea __________________________________
I see you. 
The ship sank to the bottom of the sea.
2. pour _________________________________ poor _________________________________
Pour me a glass of wine, please. 
Poor Mary, she lost her job.
3. eight _________________________________ ate __________________________________
They have eight children. 
I ate your banana.
4. won __________________________________ one _________________________________
I can’t believe I won. 
Do you want one?
5. sun __________________________________ son__________________________________
The sun is strong today. 
How is your son?
6. mail __________________________________ male ________________________________
Is there any mail? 
Is your dog a male or female?
7. whole ________________________________ hole _________________________________
It’s the best in the whole world. 
You have a hole in your sock.
8. die ___________________________________ dye _________________________________
Put the fish in water or it will die. 
Did you dye your hair?
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