Practice Makes Perfect

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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