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Well hey there I'm Emma from mmmEnglish!

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Today's video is a quiz, specifically to test your listening

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and your spelling skills

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and hopefully, to introduce a few new words as well.

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As I'm sure you have already noticed, English is full

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of pairs of words that sound the same

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but they're spelled differently and they have different meanings.

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Perhaps they're different types of words. 

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They're called homophones

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and this quiz is going to test your English accuracy

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and I have a sneaky feeling that some of my excellent students

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are going to perform better

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much better than some of my native-speaking friends.

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I've already asked some of them to do this quiz exactly

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as you're about to do it now and none of them

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got it a hundred percent right.

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So if you're a native English speaker,

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I challenge you to take this quiz too

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and to please share your results down in the comments below.

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Honest results.

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As I said, I'll be testing your listening skills and your accuracy

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in writing so let me tell you what I need you to do.

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You'll hear me say a sentence out loud and you'll see that sentence

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on the screen but there will be a word missing.

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Have you ever tried eating raw steak?

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You simply need to guess what that correct word is.

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And since we're practising your spelling today, it is absolutely  

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essential that you write down your answer.

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I'm not just testing the words that you hear but also your spelling

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so hopefully, you wrote raw and not roar.

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As we get further into the lesson, these words are gonna get 

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a little trickier and there will be more words

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missing from the sentence so you'll need to listen very carefully.

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To get ready you could either write one to sixty on a notepad or

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type them on your computer. In fact, I've added

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one to sixty down in the comments below so if you just want to

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copy and paste all of that, I've done all of the hard work for you.

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Copy and paste it into a comment

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and you can type them as we go.

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We'll move quickly. This is a speed test. You only have

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three seconds to write down the missing word that you hear

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so make sure you're prepared before we get started.

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I'm not going to share the answers as we go. I'm going to share the

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answers at the end of the lesson so this means you can turn it into

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a bit of a challenge with friends if you want.

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You can compete against them

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and then add up your scores at the end.

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Or if you're a teacher you could get your whole class 

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to compete together

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then go through the answers at the end of the lesson.

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As always if you've got a question or a comment,

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add it down below. I'll be down to continue the conversation

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when you finish the lesson.

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And one last important thing. Make sure you switch off

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your subtitles okay?

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Otherwise you're gonna see the answers as we go.

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For the first time ever I'm reminding you to switch off your subtitles

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Then let's get started.

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I felt sure I would see him here.

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Did you hear me say that I wasn't listening?

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How many people were there?

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There are a few too many apples in the basket.

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Don't you dare tell me they're not here!

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Do you realise that you're late?

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Usually people roar with laughter as he comes out on stage.

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I took off my shoes and let my bare feet in the sand.

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I think there's a splinter in Billy's paw.

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I went to see your brother last night but he wasn't home.

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We had enough left to buy her an apple muffin.

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Martha was worried she'd detected several flaws in the new design.

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The boat had drifted quite far from the shore.

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I can't remember which witch was which.

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Bear with me,

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I have a few more things I need to finish before I leave.

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All he did was stop and stare.

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He blew out the candles before we finished singing.

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They left two pairs and an uneaten sandwich on the table.

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This lesson was brought to you by me.

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We're leaving next week and I have no idea what to wear.

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It's a little chilly outside today.

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We leased our apartment and went backpacking for a year.

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I saw Billy earlier but now he's out of sight.

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To be honest, I thought the price was a little dear.

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I need a small amount of flour as I knead the bread.

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My puppy always chews on my shoes.

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I think Tim threw it into the car.

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Someone left their jacket in there.

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There are seven different options for dessert.

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He used to require assistance to climb the stairs.

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We've been through this several times before.

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Before I hope you're enjoying yourself.

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I had no idea that the family was in mourning.

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I'm waiting for you to accept my invitation.

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I was quite surprised when I opened the door;

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there was a maid there to greet me.

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People usually flare their nostrils when they're incensed.

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Photography inside the building is banned.

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We have a new piece of information

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but I don't think it will alter anything.

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She always dresses with such flair.

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Most pig species are covered in coarse hair.

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John's family bred racehorses when he was younger.

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I like all of them except the blue one.

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I just need a moment of peace and quiet.

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I hope we don't see unemployment

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soar to new heights over the coming months.

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I saw him a few days after the accident

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and he had quite a sore leg.

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There was a familiar scent in the kitchen.

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My businesses have their own discreet identity.

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What is the cost of the fare to Greenwich?

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Getting seven kids up and ready for school is no easy feat.

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Even though I wanted to give up, I didn't want to appear weak.

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They asked us whether we were married.

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After all the training he did,

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Tim was disappointed when he came fourth.

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He let out a large groan when he realised he'd missed his train.

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It's a little tight around the waist. You might need a bigger size.

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If your grandma lived to 103,

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you must have strong genes in the family.

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That cut may take a little while to heal.

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I think we need to rein in the design team,

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they're blowing our budget!

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There's a knot that I need you to help me with.

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I agree with you in principal

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but I need more details before I come on board.

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There's snot on your shirt!

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So how are you feeling about that quiz?

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Are you pretty confident about most of your answers?

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Or were there a few in there where you thought

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I'm not sure if I heard that correctly

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or I'm not exactly sure how to spell this correctly.

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Either way, I'm going to go through all the answers for you now

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but please make sure you highlight the ones that you got wrong

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all right? So that you can spend some time after the quiz

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just looking into these different words,

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see how they're used, maybe especially compare them to the other

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homophones that I'm going to share with you on screen now.

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Of course, if you've got any questions,

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add them into the comments below

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but now get your pens ready, get ready to correct your answers.

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Let's do it!

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Sure.

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Hear.

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There.

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Too.

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They're.

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You're.

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Roar.

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Bare.

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Paw.

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Your.

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Buy.

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Flaws.

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Shore.

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Which.

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Bear with me.

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Stare.

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Blew.

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Pears.

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By.

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We're.

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And wear.

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Chilly.

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Leased.

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Sight.

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Dear.

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Flour.

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And knead.

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Chews.

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Threw.

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Their.

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And there.

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Dessert.

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Assistance.

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This one's a little tricky. It could also be two or more assistants.

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Either option would make sense here.

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It would just depend on the context.

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Through.

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You're.

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Mourning.

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Accept.

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Maid.

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Flare.

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Banned.

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Alter.

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Flair.

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Coarse.

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Bred.

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Except.

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Peace.

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Soar.

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Saw.

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And sore.

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Scent.

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Discrete.

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Fare.

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Feat.

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Weak.

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Whether.

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Fourth.

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Groan.

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Waist.

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Genes.

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Heal.

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Rein.

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There's a knot.

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Principal.

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Board.

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There's snot.

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So how did you go? There were definitely some very tricky words

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in there and they sound exactly the same when they're spoken

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don't they? So that means that you could be using the wrong word

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or the wrong spelling just by accident and of course

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that impacts on your accuracy and your written English.

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So right now I want you to hit pause on the video and count up

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your score. If you scored between fifty and sixty,

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you did exceptionally well.

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If you did anything close to that, that's amazing as well.

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This was a tricky quiz. I hope that in the process of completing

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this quiz you also learnt a few new words as well.

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In fact, if you did, let me know which ones were new for you

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and make sure you practise using them in a sentence down below.

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All of my best students are the ones, they're

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definitely the ones who go beyond my lessons

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and actually put what we're learning into practice.

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So is that you? Are you one of my best students?

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I want to see your sentences down below okay.

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Thanks for watching today and I hope that you had fun.

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I will see you next week and in case you want to practise with me

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a little more today, come check out this lesson right here.

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I'll see you in there!