Same sound different word

Type of activity: this is a matching pronunciation activity which focuses on students finding similar sounds in words.

Level: Intermediate

Teacher's notes:

Say two words to the students which contain the same sound e.g. egg and hen. Ask the students to tell you which sound the words both contain. Ask them to repeat the words so that they can hear and feel the same sound.
Once they have done this, hand out the worksheet below and tell the students to work in pairs matching the words which have the same sounds. Tell them that all of the words form pairs i.e. match a word from group a to a word from group b.

Answers:

Play and Place
Mother and their
Change and claim
Happy and salad
Rope and ripe
Sit and hit
Lead and let
Cheese and chips
Ship and shop
Would and could

PLACE - ______________________________

LEAD - ________________________________

THEIR - _______________________________

SIT - _________________________________

ROPE - _______________________________

HAPPY - ______________________________

SHIP - ________________________________

CHANGE - ____________________________

CHEESE - ____________________________

WOULD - ____________________________

LET - _________________________________

MOTHER - ____________________________

PLAY - _______________________________

RIPE - _______________________________

HIT - ________________________________

CLAIM - _____________________________

SALAD - _____________________________

CHIPS - _____________________________

SHOP - _____________________________

COULD - ____________________________