IES DE CELANOVA Curso 07/08 English department PALABRAS CON LA MISMA PRONUNCIACIÓN 1 Hay muchas palabras en inglés que se pronuncian igual pero se escriben diferente: altar – alter moan – mown awe – oar – ore morning – mourning bass – base naval – navel bear – bare none – nun berry – bury one – won blew – blue packed –pact boar – bore pain – pane born – borne pair – pare – pear bough – bow peace – piece bread – bred peak – peek – pique break – brake peal – peel bridal – bridle pedal – peddle buy – by – bye peer – pier caught – court place – plaice cell – sell plain – plane cent – scent – sent pole – poll cereal – serial pore – pour chord – cord pray – prey cite – sight – site principal – principle coarse – course profit – prophet complement – compliment rain – reign – rein core – corps raise – raze council – counsel rap – wrap creak – creek raw – roar cue – queue read (infin.) – reed curb – kerb read (pasado) – red currant – current retch – wretch cymbal – symbol ring – wring dear – deer rite – right – write dew – due road – rode die – dye role – roll draught – draft root – route earn – urn sail – sale fair – fare sauce – source feat – feet saw – soar – sore fir – fur scene – seen flaw – floor sea – see flea – flee seam –seem flew – flu – flue shear – sheer flour – flower so – sew fort – fought sole – soul foul – fowl some – sum gorilla – guerrilla sone – sun grate – great sow – sew hair – hare stair – stare hangar – hanger stake – steak heal – heel stalk – stork heard – herd stationary – stationery here – hear steal – steel heroin – heroine storey – story hoarse – horse tail – tale hole – whole tear – tier key – quay there – their knead – need threw – through IES DE CELANOVA Curso 07/08 knew – new knight – night knot – not know – no lain – lane lead (noun) – led (past lead) leak – leek lessen – lesson loan – lone made – maid mail – male main – mane maize – maze meat – meet - mete medal – meddle miner –minor English department throne – thrown toe – tow too – two vain – vein wail – whale waist – waste wait – weight war – wore ware – wear – where warn – worn way – weigh weak – week whether – weather which – witch whine – wine VERBOS Y SUSTANTIVOS QUE SE DISTINGUEN POR EL ACENTO 2 Noun ‘abstract ‘accent ‘ally ‘combine ‘compound ‘conduct ‘conflict ‘conscript ‘console ‘consort ‘construct ‘contest ‘contrast ‘converse ‘convert ‘convict ‘decrease ‘defect ‘desert ‘dictate ‘digest ‘discount ‘discharge ‘dispute ‘entrance ‘escort ‘exploit ‘export ‘extract ‘ferment ‘fragment ‘frequent ‘implant ‘import ‘imprint ‘incense Verb abs’tract ac’cent a’lly com’bine com’pound con’duct con’flict cons’cript con’sole con’sort cons’truct con’test con’trast con’verse con’vert con’vict de’crease de’fect de’sert dic’tate di’gest dis’count dis’charge dis’pute en’trance es’cort ex’ploit ex’port ex’tract fer’ment frag’ment fre’quent im’plant im’port im’print in’cense IES DE CELANOVA Curso 07/08 ‘incline ‘increase ‘insult ‘intrigue ‘object ‘perfect ‘permit ‘pervert ‘present ‘produce ‘progress ‘project ‘prospect ‘prostrate ‘protest ‘rebel ‘record ‘recount ‘redress ‘refill ‘refund ‘reject ‘relapse ‘reprint ‘resit ‘subject ‘survey ‘suspect ‘torment ‘transfer ‘transplant ‘transport ‘upset English department in’cline in’crease in’sult in’trigue ob’ject per’fect per’mit per’vert pre’sent pro’duce pro’gress pro’ject pros’pect pros’trate pro’test re’bel re’cord re’count re’dress re’fill re’fund re’ject re’lapse re’print re’sit sub’ject sur’vey sus’pect tor’ment trans’fer trans’plant trans’port up’set Hay otros verbos/nombres que no cambian el acento: ‘comfort, con’trol, sur’prise 3