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2 Pronunciation-Homophones
The word homophone is made from two combining forms: homo- (from the Greek word "homos", meaning "same" -phone (from the Greek word "phone", meaning "voice" or "sound" Homophones are words that have exactly the same sound (pronunciation) but different meanings and (usually) spelling. For example, the following two words have the same sound, but different meanings and spelling: Hour -our Tail- tale Weakly-weekly

3 ACTIVITY 1 (group work) Using online dictionary to work out the answer , identify the odd one in these lists. 1.Van vane vain 2. Sure sugar son 3.Think thy thigh 4.Hare hair heir 5.Dough enough though 6.Gnaw now know

4 Answers 1. van 2.son 3.think 4.heir 5.enough 6.now

5 ACTIVITY 2 (group work) Read the following words aloud in your group ,and with the aid with of online dictionary provide another word that is pronounced in the same way. 1.one plane flour hour knead new cue air lone see

6 answers 1.Won 2.Plain 3. Flower 4. Our 5. Need 6. Knew 7.Queue 8. Heir
9.loan 10. Sea NB: varied sentences by the learners, the teacher to affirm correct answers upon presentation by various group secretaries

7 Exercise(in pairs) Rewrite the following passage, filling the blanks with a suitable word from the words given in brackets. Nanjala woke up with a swollen-1) (chick/cheek) and a throbbing jaw. -2) (it’s/its) that wretched tooth again (grown/groaned) holding her jaw cautiously. She 4) (new/knew) she had to 5) (see/sea) a dentist 6) (write/right) away. She couldn't 7) (wait/weight) any longer for she was in 8) (grate/great) pain. She decided to call on Nangila, an old lady and neighbour 9) (to /too) get some painkillers, before she went 10) (to/too)the dentist.

8 conclusion Usually homophones are in groups of two (our, hour), but very occasionally they can be in groups of three (to, too, two) or even four. Note Pronunciation of English words is not necessarily associated with the way the word is spelt.

9 Assignment-individual work
Typed assignment( leaflets for each learner).


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