Exercise 8B, page 5 - English File Studetn's book, pre-intermediate, Oxford

5 PRONUNCIATION homophones

Homophones

Homophones are words with different spellings, but the same pronunciation. Some of the confusing verbs in 4 are homophones, e.g. I can't hear you. Please come here.

a 8.16 Listen to the pairs of sentences, and complete sentence b with a homophone of the bold word.

1

a What are you going to wear tonight?

b A __________ are you from? B I'm from Warsaw.

2

a I don't know what to do.

b There's __________ milk in the fridge!

3

a Hi. Nice to meet you.

b Do you want __________ or fish?

4

a The maximum weight for hand luggage is ten kilos.

b I'm coming! __________ for me!

5

a Please write soon.

b Is it on the left or on the __________ ?

6

a There's only one ticket left.

b Brazil __________ the match 5-1.

7

a I can't see the board!

b I love swimming in the __________.

8

a Have you ever read War and Peace?

b It was cold, so she __________ a coat.

b 8.17 Listen and write four sentences. Then practise saying them.

a. Прослушайте пары предложений и дополните предложение b омофоном выделенного слова.

b. Прослушайте и запишите четыре предложения. Затем потренируйтесь их произносить.

Ответ:

a

1 where (где)

2 no (нет)

3 meat (мясо)

4 wait (подожди)

5 right (справа)

6 won (выиграла)

7 sea (море)

8 wore (надела)

b

Для ответа на вопрос недостаточно данных.