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HOMOPHONES


What are homophones?

Homophones are words that sound the same, but have different spellings and meanings, e.g. 'flower' and 'flour'.
You need to learn these words as there are no spelling rules to help you remember them.
Here is a list of common homophones.
Try now the exercises in the worksheets:
worksheet 1, answers
worksheet 2, answers
Now it´s time to have some fun! Play the Pairs Word Game and learn when to use and spell these words correctly.
You must be ready to take the homophones quiz. There are three different levels of difficulty...

CONNECTED SPEECH



  • In British English when a word ends in -r or -re we only say the /r/ sound when the next word begins with a vowel sound.
To know more about this listen to Radio programme 2.

  • There are also consonant-vowel links which help to make speech flow smoothly.

To know more about this listen to Radio programme 1.