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Language Interference
False Friends and the Varieties of English

Are England and America really divided by the same language?

Focus on Language
Awareness

Introduction
Business English: Writing e-mails
UK version ¦ US version

New word of the month
Mailbomb, virus, worm, Trojan horse, nastygram, mockingbird.
Find out what these words have in common.

Top Tips for the CD-ROM
Use SoundSearch to learn about homophones 

onestopenglish.com

Top Tips for the CD-ROM
Using SoundSearch to find homophones in English

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A Homophones — choose the correct word

Activity

Read these sentences and choose the correct word.

1 Breakfast cereals are in aisle/isle three.
2 I wish that child would stop balling/bawling!
3 I need a pair/pare/pear of earrings to go with this outfit.
4 The wound took a long time to heal/heel.
5

The sweet fresh cent/scent/sent of newly baked bread filled the house.

See the answers