Vydáno dne 17.06.2019
Homofony jsou slova, která stejně zní, ale jinak se píší. Zkuste si,
zda znáte pár pokročilejších dvojic slovíček.
V každé větě vždy doplňte jedno slovo tak, aby věta dávala smysl. Stažené tvary (např. can't, won't) se počítají jako jedno slovo. V každé dvojici vět se obě slova musí vyslovovat stejně.
Pozor! V některých případech jde o homofony pouze v britské angličtině!
Příklad:
The verbs “let” and “make” are followed by a BARE infinitive.
I can’t BEAR it anymore!
I’ll run away from home!
1)
She let me down again. She didn’t show up to my performance, although she said
she
___________________________(1)
!
I have many chores to do today. The hardest will be chopping all of the
___________________________(2)
for
the fire.
2)
I still remember that handsome young boy from the theatre who always brought me
a single red
___________________________(3)
.
If you ask the boss for a rise, he’ll shrug, smirk and say that even though
you are in the same boat, he's the one who
___________________________(4)
it!
3)
How on earth could you know my zodiac sign? – I just
___________________________(5)
.
Do you mind if I use your bathroom? – Be my
___________________________(6)
.
4)
The type of
___________________________(7)
in classic fairy tales and the kind in the Harry Potter books are
miles away from each other.
When Mark proposed to Michelle, and she said no, I didn’t know
___________________________(8)
way
to look.
5)
We were told it’d be about three kilometres to the top of the trail, but it
was much
___________________________(9)
.
Have you heard? Thomas’s become a
___________________________(10)
!
6)
When you arrive,
___________________________(11)
a car at the airport. It’s the cheapest way to travel to
the hotel.
You’d better not climb any
___________________________(12)
! If you fall you could break something!
7)
I used to prefer the Detective Poirot stories, but recently I've been only
reading the stories about
___________________________(13)
.
The mayor promised to build new
___________________________(14)
for the growing population.
8)
Yesterday I got caught for speeding three times, and each time I was
___________________________(15)
a large
sum of money!
I’m just wondering where you were able to
___________________________(16)
such nice, big mushrooms in
this area.
9)
We’ve got about ten apple trees, some plum and cherry trees, but no
___________________________(17)
tree.
I saw the headmaster telling off a
___________________________(18)
of teenagers smoking in the yard.
10)
It seemed at first that I was winning, but then I lost both of my
___________________________(19)
and a
rook, and before I knew it, I had lost the whole game.
“The lonely
___________________________(20)
without you are long and lonely…”, he wrote to his wife,
waiting for him back home.