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Unit 81
81.1 2 g 3 h 4 f 5 b 6 c 7 e 8 a

81.2 2 wheezing 4 whizzed 6 dashed 8 bashed
3 clip-clopping 5 grumbling 7 spurted

81.3 1 purred 3 groaned 5 mash
2 Click 4 crashed 6 gash

81.4 Possible answers:

2 apieceofmetal

3 angry
4 whenfeelingcheerful(Somepeoplejustcan’twhistle,butpeoplewhocanoftenwhistlebecausethey’re
happy, or because they like a particular melody, or to attract someone’s attention or to call a dog.)
5 buses,planesandtrainswhicharelate,peoplewhobehaverudely!
6 spititout(butthatmaynotbepossibleinpolitecompany!)

Unit 82

82.1 Note:Thesesentencesdonotsoundnatural.Theyareonlyusedfortheexercise.

2 Themainhouse(mouse)houses(browse)acollectionofrarestamps.
3 It’snouse(juice).Ican’tuse(snooze)thisgadget.
4 Yousow(go)theseedswhileIfeedthesow.(cow)
5 Theviolinistinthebow(so)tiemadeabow.(now)
6 He’sthelead(deed)singerinthegroup‘Lead(head)piping’.
7 Whatarow(plough)fromthelasthouseintherow!(though)
8 Doeshestillsufferfromhiswarwound?(tuned)
9 Iwound(round)theropearoundthetreetostrengthenitagainstthegale.
10 It’shardtowind(find)inthesailsinthiswind.(tinned)

82.2 2 waste 3 sole 4 pane 5 heir 6 allowed 7 sail 8 through,phase 9 peel

82.3 Possible sentences:

Note:Mostsentencesin‘real’Englishavoidusingpairsofhomophonesastheymaybeconfusingand
oftendon’tsoundnatural.

2 Whetherwehaveapicnictomorrowornotwilldependontheweather.
3 Let’spractisewiththesegrammarexercisesfirstandthendosomevocabularypractice.
4 It’sgreattoseesuchalovelyfireburninginthegrate.
5 Don’twhinesomuchjustbecausethewine’sfinished.
6 Brakenoworyou’llbreakthattoyintheroad.
7 Thearchaeologicalsitewasamarvelloussightatsunset.
8 Letuspraythatwemayneverbepreytoevilthoughts.
9 Althoughshewasalittlehoarseitdidnotputheroffhorse-ridinginthesnow.
10 Thebeautifulsightofthemoon’sraysreflectedinthelakedidagreatdealtoraiseherspirits.

82.4 2 aThisisaplayonwordsonthetwomeaningsofdraughts.Oneisthegameplayedwithround
countersandachessboardandtheotherisacurrentofairasin‘There’saterribledraughtcoming
fromunderthedoor.’
3 dThisisaplayonwordsontwomeaningsofdraw.Thefirstmeansmakeapictureandthesecond
meanspull.
4 eThisisaplayonwordsonthemeaningsofdates.Onereferstoyearssuchas1966;theothertoa
sweetfruitfromakindofpalmtreeortoaneveningspenttogetherbytwopeople(usuallyromantic).

5 bThisisaplayonwordsontwomeaningsofbeating.Adrummerbeatsadrum.Thereisalsothe
expression‘takesalotofbeating’whichmeans‘ishardtoimproveon’.

82.5 2 pearandpair 3 wasteandwaist 4 toeandtow

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