Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Homo what?



Welcome to our second unit: all about pronunciation. You already know what we are going to work on: sounds and more sounds.

Do you know what homophones are? These are words which are pronounced the same but spelled differently.



I would like you to go over this list. Choose three homophones that called your attention. Look for their definition and write a sentence with each one of them.


If you want to laugh at your own pronunciation… try reading this poem! (Let us know how you did!)


Thanks for reading.

DD

11 comments:

  1. I will not dye my hair!
    I rather die before lose my life!

    The heir of the throne is the village's buffoon.
    It's like the air I'm breathing.


    That's easy as the stationary motion equation.
    The stationeries here are free, so take whatever you need.



    Well, all these words are like an Abott and Costello routine.

    "you're complemented my compliment!"
    "the particles are coarse, of course. That's what the teacher from the course told me!"
    "damn dam!"
    "I called my wife 'bamby', because she's my deer"
    "I killed that bear with my bare hands!"

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    1. Well done, Alejandro! Homophones are an easy way to make sure your pronunciation is correct. Thanks for sharing your sentences and for the hard work. DD

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  3. " ... and as a the warrior I am, I killed the bear with my bare hands..."

    " ...sometimes I think I have a third eye..."

    " I could be smelling you scent by a cent."

    " The serial number of the cereal box ends in 114"

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  4. Great job, Gonzalo! I hope you discovered some words you never thought were going to be homophones.
    Thanks for answering. DD

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  5. They walked up the aisle between the trees until they reached the isle of land in the middle of the woods.

    When did you arrived? I didn’t hear you was here.

    Peter was the one who won the race!

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  6. The hole in your wall is spoiling the whole place, and the knot in the curtain will not help…

    Look up here, i am hearing something
    ...just pray its not their prey

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    1. There you go, Natalia! Did you check out the poem? I like the fact you chose difficult words. Thanks for sharing. DD

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  9. No, definitely I don't know how to use the new Windows version.

    What are you waiting for?, we need to finish in four hours.

    I didn't won the bet, is obsolutly imposible to use flower and flour in one sentence

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