Perfect your perfect English!

1. The bandage was wound around the wound.

2. The farm was used to produce produce.

3. The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.

4. We must polish the Polish furniture.

5. The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.

6. Since there is no time like the present, I think it's time to present the present.

7. A sea-bass was painted on the head of the bass drum.

8. As he made his bow, his bow tie fell off.

9. I did not object to the object.

10. The insurance was invalid for the invalid.

11. There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.

12. They weren't close enough to close the door.

13. The buck does funny things when does are present.

14. A seamstress and a sewer fell into a sewer.

15. To help with the planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.

16. The wind was too strong for them to wind the sail.

17. After a number of injections my jaw got number.

18. On seeing the tear in the painting, I shed a tear.

19. They had to subject the subject to series of tests.

20. He moped when someone stole his moped.

Activity 16. Read homophones and their explanation.

A. air what we breathe beach the sea shore

heir one entitled to a dead beech a tree

person’s property

allowed permitted boy a male child

aloud loud enough to buoy a floating marker for ships

be heard

brake a device to check cereal wheat, barley and

speed oats are all cereals

break to cause something serial a story or film

to come into pieces appearing in parts

check to stop; a squared coarse rough

pattern

cheque an order to a bank to course a track; an onward

pay money movement

currant a dried grape foul filthy; wicked; vile

current a flow of water, air fowl a bird

B. Choose the correct word from the pair above to complete each sentence.

1. cereal serial Cornflakes are his favourite _____.

2. currant current These _____ buns are delicious.

3. foul fowl Fulham were awarded a free-kick for a ____ on their goalkeeper.

4. air heir Prince Charles is _____ to the throne.

5. brake break New blocks had to be fitted to the front ____ of the bicycle.

C. Write five pairs of words to complete these sentences.

1. Father paid by _____ for his new _____ suit.

2. The _____ fell overboard swam to a nearby _____.

3. Talking _____ is not _____ in the reading room of the library

4. Racing was difficult because the grass on the _____ was long and _____.

5. Not far from the sandy _____ grew a clump of _____ trees.

17. Read the questions below and fill in with the correct answer.

Example: Is the top of the mountain a peek or a peak? - The correct is “peak”

1. Does a dog have a tail or a tale? _______

2. Which are surrounded by water, aisles or isles? _______

3. If you were sad, would you shed tears or tiers? _______

4. Would a telephone wring or ring? _______

5. I one or won a CD player in the contest. _______

6. That’s the best movie Cathy had ever scene or seen. _______

7. The meeting was so long, I was board or bored. _______

8. What’s your favourite breakfast serial or cereal? _______

9. The kings’ rain or reign lasted 30 years. _______

10. I couldn’t bear or bare to sit through that play again. _______

11. Despite all of our yelling, he still couldn’t hear or here us. _______

12. The rose or rows is the only flower Paula liked. _______

13. Do windows have pains or panes? _______

14. We missed or mist our train by 30 minutes. _______