Learn English spelling and pronunciation
One of the biggest frustrations for people trying to learn English is the, sometimes, illogical relationship between spelling and pronunciation. The English language is a mixture of Old English, French, old German and many others.
This little English exercise should help you to see how speaking is easier than writing!
Same SOUND different SPELLING (2)
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Question 1 |
In this exercise the sentence is perfectly correct. You have to find two words with different spellings but exactly the same pronunciation as the two underlined words:
My daughter wore a very pretty dress that showed of her slim waist
war, whist | |
whar, whaist | |
war, waste | |
waw, waste |
Question 1 Explanation:
"wore" is the past of wear
"war" is when two countries try to resolve a problem by killing each other's people.
"waist" is the part of our bodies above our hips where we might wear a belt.
"Waste" are the things that have no use that we throw away
Question 2 |
In this exercise the sentence is perfectly correct. You have to find two words with different spellings but exactly the same pronunciation as the two underlined words:
I threw the ball into the hole
through, hoal | |
thrue, hoal | |
through, whole | |
thrue, whole |
Question 3 |
In this exercise the sentence is perfectly correct. You have to find two words with different spellings but exactly the same pronunciation as the two underlined words:
Are you sure the meeting is this week?
shaw, weke | |
shore, weke | |
shaw, weak | |
shore, weak |
Question 4 |
In this exercise the sentence is perfectly correct. You have to find two words with different spellings but exactly the same pronunciation as the two underlined words:
The plane flew on the polar route
floo; wrote | |
flu; root | |
flue; road | |
flue; root |
Question 5 |
In this exercise the sentence is perfectly correct. You have to find two words with different spellings but exactly the same pronunciation as the two underlined words:
Jane is going to write a tale about a young boy who lost his parents
right; tail | |
rite; tile | |
rait; tile | |
right; teil |
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