1. © 2014 wheresjenny.com Pronunciation 2 PRONUNCIATION 2 HOMOPHONES

2. © 2014 wheresjenny.com Pronunciation 2

3. © 2014 wheresjenny.com Pronunciation 2 Homophone each of two or more words having the same pronunciation but different meanings, origins, or spelling (e.g. new and knew).

4. © 2014 wheresjenny.com Pronunciation 2 List of words 1. right/write 2. sight/cite/site 3. bear/bare 4. beach/beech 5. beat /beet 6. be/bee

5. © 2014 wheresjenny.com Pronunciation 2 7. pair/pear 8. days/daze 9. pale/pail 10. ate/eight 11. alter/altar 12. band/banned 13. buy/bye/by

6. © 2014 wheresjenny.com Pronunciation 2 14 billed/build 15. to, too, two 16. ate, eight 17. bite, byte, bight 18. carrot, caret 19. facts, fax 20. heal, heel

7. © 2014 wheresjenny.com Pronunciation 2 21. grate/great 22. in/inn 23. hour/our 24. knight/night 25. no/know 26. nose/knows 27. sea/see

8. © 2014 wheresjenny.com Pronunciation 2 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. © 2014 wheresjenny.com Pronunciation 2 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. © 2014 wheresjenny.com Pronunciation 2 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. © 2014 wheresjenny.com Pronunciation 2 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. © 2014 wheresjenny.com Pronunciation 2 Match the following

13. © 2014 wheresjenny.com Pronunciation 2 Match the following