PRONUNCIATION 2

1. PRONUNCIATION 2 HOMOPHONES

3. Homophone each of two or more words having the same pronunciation but different meanings, origins, or spelling (e.g.newandknew).

4. List of words 1. right/write  2. sight/cite/site  3. bear/bare 4. beach/beech  5. beat /beet  6. be/bee 

5. 7. pair/pear  8. days/daze  9. pale/pail 10. ate/eight 11. alter/altar 12. band/banned 13. buy/bye/by

6. 14 billed/build 15. to, too, two  16. ate, eight  17. bite, byte, bight  18. carrot, caret  19. facts, fax  20. heal, heel 

7. 21. grate/great 22. in/inn 23. hour/our 24. knight/night 25. no/know 26. nose/knows 27. sea/see

8. Choose the correct word and complete the sentence 1) There are ___ many people in the lift. Someone will have to get out a. too b. two 2) Most of the employees in my company are ___. a. male b. mail 3) She was dressed simply in a ___ black dress. a. plane b. plain 4) Her illness is believed to be caused by defective ___.  a. jeans b. genes

9. 1) There are too many people in the lift. Someone will have to get out 2) Most of the employees in my company are male. 3) She was dressed simply in a plain black dress. 4) Her illness is believed to be caused by defective genes. 

10. 5) We saw a ___ while hiking in Scotland. a. deer b. dear 6) I thought you'd made mistake, but it seems you were ___ all along. a. write b. right 7) Did you ___ what I said? a. here b. hear 8) My mother won't let me ___ my hair. a. dye b. die

11. 5) We saw a deer while hiking in Scotland. 6) I thought you'd made mistake, but it seems you were right all along. 7) Did you hear what I said? 8) My mother won't let me dye my hair.

12. Match the following

13. Match the following