UNIT 1: LIFE STORIES

Lesson 2: Language- HOMOPHONES

Choose the correct word to complete each sentence.
1. Have you read the story about the tortoise and the _______________________? (hair, hare)
2. There is a _______________________ in my left sock. (hole, whole)
3. I won the basketball game _______________________ only four points. (by, buy)
4. Please make sure you _______________________ a coat when you go outside. (wear, where)
5. The wind ___________________ the newspaper right out of my hands. (blue, blew)
6. They walked slowly (through/threw) the woods.
7. The (whole/hole) town was destroyed by the fire.
8. Don't walk around here in (bear/bare) feet.
9. The town council have not chosen the (site/sight) for the new school yet.
10. What's the shortest (weigh/way) to the post office?
11. Do you (dye/die) your hair?
12. The (sea/see) was calm when we sailed across Mediterranean.
13. Oranges are a good (source/sauce) of vitamin C.
14. Everybody hopes for a lasting (piece/peace) between nations.
15. She was telling a (tail/tale) to the children.
16. It's rude to (stair/stare) at people .
17. Make sure you (peel/peal) the apple before you eat it .
18. We've planted a (fir/ fur) tree in the back garden .
19. Please don't (meddle / medal) in my affairs.
20. Read the text quickly . Don't (pore / poor) over it .
21. My car's broken down . Can you give me a (toe / tow) .
22. I've got a headache and my throat's (soar / sore) .
23. They'll reach the (peek /peak) of the mountain by daybreak .
24. The jockey held the horse's (reigns/rains/reins) lightly.
25. This conductor (reigns/reins/rains) in the field of classical music.
26. When it (reins/reigns/rains) I never take an umbrella, I prefer a trench coat.
27. You should (pare/pear/pair) the carrots before you slice them.
28. Taste that (pare/pair/pear), it's delicious. It comes from my garden.
29. I can't do many things at the same time; I've only got one (pair/pare/pear) of hands.
30. A busy (road/rowed/rode) passes in front of my children's school.
31. The engine failed so they (road/rowed/rode) the boat back home.
32. Michaël (rowed/road/rode) his bicycle to school every day.
33. Roosters are a favourite weather (vein/vane/vain) design.
34. Police have been searching in (vain/vein/vane) for the missing child.
35. The nurse was having trouble to find a (vein/vane/vain) in his arm.

Find and correct a mistake in each of the following sentences.

1. The school Principle will visit the class tomorrow.
2. Victor walked home by himself in the poring rain.
3. The dog barked at the postman he must have been fritened.
4. It was to late for Elle to come over, but Diane asked her anyway.
5. We asked the man for derections to the store, but he didn’t know where it was
6. Which is how the bird flyed into the house.
7. They swammed in the pool untill it was almost dark.