Our Wealth of English Homonyms, by Helen Bowyer. Owe that eye mite bee that be Winging hur weigh oar the see, Oar the waives sew bright and blew, With the fishes glinting threw, Sea-ing pour-poises at play, Here-ing the see-hoarses nay, Passing I-lands...
WHY ENGLISH IS SO HARD TO LEARN We must polish the Polish furniture. He could lead if he would get the lead out. The farm was used to produce produce. The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse. The soldier decided to desert in the desert....
Phoney Phonetics. One reason why I cannot spell, Although I learned the rules quite well Is that some words like coup and through Sound just like threw and flue and Who; When oo is never spelled the same, The duice becomes a guessing game; And then I...
Our Strange Lingo When the English tongue we speak. Why is break not rhymed with freak? Will you tell me why it's true We say sew but likewise few? And the maker of the verse, Cannot rhyme his horse with worse? Beard is not the same as heard Cord is different...
I take it you already know Of tough and bough and cough and dough? Others may stumble, but not you, On hiccough, thorough, lough and through? Well done! And now you wish, perhaps, To learn of less familiar traps? Beware of heard, a dreadful word That...
Dearest creature in creation Studying English pronunciation, I will teach you in my verse Sounds like corpse, corps, horse and worse. I will keep you, Susy, busy, Make your head with heat grow dizzy; Tear in eye, your dress you'll tear; Queer, fair seer,...
To improve your oral comprehension, listen to radio programmes in English. The BBC Learning English website offers a variety of short podcasts dedicated to foreigners, so go for it! Cooking classes for children at school: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/1728_people_places/page8.shtml...
Ecoutez puis prononcez plusieurs fois et le plus rapidemment possible les phrases suivantes: A fit sheep on a steam ship. Patrick painted a flat plate for his father's sharp stage. I think the sink threw snow through thousands of streets. Selfish sharks...
