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1 Read the extract from a magazine and answer these
questions.
I a lot of common words in English I Where is it from?
have the same sound as another
2 Who is the magazine for?
word but a different spelling and I What is this section of the magazine about?
meaning. These are called
4 What does the editor of the magazine want?
homophones.
Exlrrprts 'Cott"g. Lit"!
I eye
., Where are they now?
sun son
a Can you think of any more ? Whal has happened to former students of Brindley College? !:
b Correct the spelling mistakes in this Please send any news about yourself or other former students to t
t',
conversation. the editor. This year we have received the following information.
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A I think I've just seen a bare. Chris Bowker and Sharon Waring
B Wear? have got married and they have
A Over their in the would. It was buy bought a house in York. Chris is
that big tree on the write. still at York University. He has
B I can't sea anything. But weight a worked there for five years now.
minute. I can here something.
A You're write. But watt is it?
B I don't no.
Lesley Miller has gone to work for the
A Oh, Iook. I sore it that time. .
B It's a dog. The paw thing has hurt ti Kangaroo Television Company in Sydney.
itself. Until last year she worked for BYT Radio
.'. in London, but she wanted to try
A Yes, it's very week. It's hurt its
poor. something new. She has tleen in
i"
2 Words which have the same sound Arstralia for six months and she is
enjoying every minute of it.
and spelling but a different
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rneaning are called homonyms.
What different meanings can you find 2 I-ook at the news about former students and answer the
for these words? Use a dictionarv to questions.
help you.
I What kind of news do you think the magazine normally
Ieft flat saw coqntry reports about former students?
play, fi6e r lift ', present 2 WhaI news do you think it doesn't publish?
3 Read the two letters to the editor and answer the
b Make two sentences for each word to questions.
illustrate the dillerences in meaning. I Who are they from?
2 What is their relationship with the editor?
3 Who do they contain information about?
4 Work in groups. You are the editors of the rnagazine.
a Discuss these questions.
I What information do you have about the people in the
photographs?
2 Which information would you use {or the magazine? Why?
b prt the information that you would use in the table.

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