Szókincsépítés azonos hangzású szópárokkal, szószedettel.
Choose the right homophone to fill in the gaps.
1) We went to a ………. yesterday and we spent all our money on the rides and cotton candy.
a) fair
b) fare
2) My daughter wanted to be either a princess or a ……….. at the masquerade ball tomorrow.
a) ferry
b) fairy
3) Did they ……….. what they were looking for?
a) fined
b) find
4) My son drew me a beautiful ……….. for my birthday.
a) flower
b) flour
5) I haven’t seen you since you were a child and look at you now, a ………. man.
a) groan
b) grown
6) The ………. was much quicker than the fox and managed to escape.
a) hare
b) hair
7) Don’t worry, this wound will ………. in a few days.
a) heel
b) heal
8) The ………. world knows about your so-called secret.
a) hole
b) whole
9) He screamed so much at the concert that his voice was totally ……….. at the end.
a) horse
b) hoarse
10) He is a ……….. wolf so he will probably never have a normal relationship.
a) lone
b) loan
Answers: 1) a, 2) b, 3) b, 4) a, 5) b, 6) a, 7) b, 8) b, 9) b, 10) a
fair – vásár, igazságos, szép, világos, szőke
fare – viteldíj, jegyár
ferry – komp
fairy – tündér
fined – ‘to fine’ (meg)bírságolni múlt ideje
to find – (meg)találni
flower – virág
flour – liszt
to groan – sóhajtani, nyögni
grown – felnőtt, megnőtt
hare – mezei nyúl
hair – haj
heel – sarok (láb)
to heal – meggyógyulni, meggyógyítani
hole – lyuk, verem
whole – egész, teljes
horse – ló
hoarse – rekedt, reszelős, durva
lone wolf – magányos farkas
lone – egyedüli, magányos, elhagyott
loan – kölcsön
