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ENGLISH IS A STRANGE LANGUAGE





jannabanna
France

Here �s another one, but this time for pronunciation, I posted it some time ago on this site and have since made a PPT in which I recorded the sound.  http://www.eslprintables.com/powerpoint.asp?id=41266#thetop

Here it is:

1.     The bandage was wound around the wound.

2.    The farm was used to produce produce.

3.    The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.

4.    We must polish the Polish furniture.

5.    He could lead if he would get the lead out.

6.    The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.

7.    Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present.

8.    A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum.

9.    When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.

10.  I did not object to the object.

11.   The insurance was invalid for the invalid.

12.  There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.

13.   They were too close to the door to close it.

14.  The buck does funny things when the does are present.

15.   A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line.

16.  To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.

17.   The wind was too strong to wind the sail.

18.  After a number of injections my jaw got number.

19.  Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear.

20. I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.

21.  How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?


26 Apr 2012     



moravc
Czech Republic

Yeah, English is funny!Thank you for this forum topic, it�s brilliant!

26 Apr 2012     



Minka
Slovenia

Jannabana, I haven �t polished any furniture lately, I just polished my nails. And I happened to have some Polish nail polish for that. 

28 Apr 2012     

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