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Unit 6H Homophones: Spelling the short vowel sounds
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Unit 6H: A 'Beat the spellchecker!' test for Unit 6 words

Unit StartCourse Test: /a/ and /e/ words test 1: Which word is correct?Page 2: /a/ and /e/ words test 1: Which word is correct?Course Test: /a/ and /e/ words test 2: Spot the wrong word.Page 4: /a/ and /e/ words test 2: Spot the wrong word.Course Test: /i/, /o/ and /u/ test 1: Which word is correct?Page 6: /i/, /o/ and /u/ test 1: Which word is correct?Course Test: /i/, /o/ and /u/ words test 2: Spot the wrong word.Page 8: /i/, /o/ and /u/ words test 2: Spot the wrong word.Unit End

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Homophones for Unit 6 - Short vowel sounds

Spelling homophones...
... the words the computer spellchecker will not spot.

This section tests you on homophones with the short vowel sounds /ĭ/, /ŏ/ and /ŭ/.

Which of the bold words is correct?

Type the correct word:
Jill dressed as a which/witch for the party.
Nun/none of us are hungry.
I tied a knot/not in the string.
Kim goes to the jim/gym every day.
First we pray then we sing a him/hymn.
The sum/some of ten and six is sixteen.
Who won/one the last race?
The missed/mist did not lift until midday.
He is sailing in very rough/ruff seas.
An icon is a program cymbal/symbol.
Billy has two daughters and a son/sun.
Switch on the electric currant/current.


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