DIPHONES
 

EXERCISE 43(A)
 

A sheep goes baa but I have never heard a goat baaing.
The payer of the bill should retain their receipt.
We have to inform you that this invoice is now payable.
The players of the team have been practising all day.
Everyone was waiting for the mayor to arrive.
The staff were saying it has been a long week.
 

We shall ignore the naysayers and go ahead with the plan.
They will be weighing the parcels at the post office.
All this snow is delaying the delivery of the post.
There was a layer of mud on the garden path.
We called in a surveyor to inspect the new house.
His office desk was in quite a chaotic state.

I think she is the ideal person for us to hire.

The scientists have many theories about this planet.

I came in earlier and talked with the staff.
The rain became heavier as the storm passed over.
As I read the report, I was seeing lots of new information.
The man was carrying some boxes to his car.

He is a very agreeable and friendly person.
We are going to create a new plan for the building.
We have a very serious matter to discuss today.
There are various things that need to be done quite soon.
She has the copies of the minutes of the previous meeting.
I think that it is obvious what needs to be done with this.

It is our experience that this method is the best.
The area of the farm is about sixty acres.

It was a real problem and we really had to act fast.

They began to realise that they had lost their way.
It is made of a very tough and durable material.

I found the serial number on the back of the screen.
 

I have lots of audio files to help me learn the language.
The kids are watching a video about a music band.

I have a medium sized apple tree in my garden.
We went to the museum to see the dinosaur fossils.
It is estimated that two million people watched the show.
We went on a skiing holiday in the Alps.

EXERCISE 43(B)
 

I opened the drawer and took out the drawings.
I have made a withdrawal of cash from the bank.
They were sawing up the logs into short pieces.
The crow was cawing and the cat was clawing at the tree.
The staff were all jawing instead of working.
I saw a strawy coloured mouse gnawing the crust.
 

The meeting will be held on the lower ground floor.
The music group has many followers in this country.
The wheat growers wanted to raise their prices.
The borrowers signed the forms without knowing the facts.
The setting sun was glowing through the clouds.
I shall be following his progress through his college year.
 

The weather will be very snowy all next week.

All the pages of the book were yellowing with age.
The forecast is for it to be cold, wet and blowy.
The way she dressed was very showy and loud.
The crowd decided to cooperate with the officers.
It is my job to coordinate the delivery of these items.
 

The gold crown was set with large jewels.
It would be cruel to have to cancel the kids' seaside trip.

He poured the fluid from one beaker to the other.
My friend is very fluent in three languages.
He said that fluency comes from practising regularly.
It could not be truer to say that he has worked very hard.
 

She is the truest friend one could hope to have.
These pies are very chewy and not at all soft.
The pub was located right next to the brewery.
The kids were gluing the coloured paper on the cards.
The farm hands were shoeing all the horses.
I like to go canoeing whenever I can on a weekend.

EXERCISE 43(C)
 

We have asked everyone to give us their suggestions.

This school is a bastion of good manners.
She is suffering from exhaustion after the long marathon.
There were nine questions in the history paper.
He has a good digestion and can eat anything.
It is a good idea to cut onions in a bowl of water.
 

The bunions on his feet were causing him much pain.
The spaniel’s behaviour was quite amusing*.
A Spaniard is a person whose country of origin is Spain.
We have hired a lawyer to deal with the case for us.
The sawyer works in a sawmill, sawing trees and logs.
She wore a badge on a lanyard around her neck.
 

* Always insert the vowel sign in "amaze" and "amuse" and their derivatives

EXERCISE 43(D)
 

I made a note of the exact pronunciation of the names.
His denunciation of the group was reported in the papers.
An annunciation is the act of proclaiming tidings.
Enunciation is the act of speaking words carefully.
You must enunciate the words of your speech very clearly.
He enunciated all the foreign words very well indeed.
 

EXERCISE 43(E)

We would be much healthier if we ate more fruit.
They became very much wealthier in later years.
She has a job as a clothier in a well-known store.
She started as a junior and worked her way up.
His juniority will not prevent him from getting promotion.
I believe that his ambitions are much loftier than mine.
 

They had a very parochial outlook on life.
A venial wrongdoing is one that is thought to be minor.
The veniality of their behaviour has to be doubted.
A dais is a raised deck at the end of a hall.
Chaos is a state of disorder or lack of organisation.
There was utter chaos after the fierce storm.

EXERCISE 43(F)

I went to the post office to weigh all the parcels.
We are weighing the parcels to work out the postage.
The weigher has broken through wear and tear.
To woo is to seek the favour, love or affection of a person.
For all his wooing, she refused to agree to meet him.
We know that this firm is a wooer of its customers.
 

EXERCISE 43(G)

The dog was pawing the door so we would let it out.
The customer said she is paying for the item in instalments.
The people were praying that the ship would return safely.
The builder was spraying the wall with white paint.
I saw the kids playing on the swings in the park.
The legs of the table were splaying quite badly.
 

The children were taking a long time tying their shoelaces.
We have been trying to get hold of you all morning.
The phrase toeing the line means keeping within the rules.
They were plateauing in memorising the script.
The golfers will be teeing off at eleven.

The girls were out partying all last night.
 

They said they were guaranteeing the efficiency of the boiler.
We shall be staying at home for the whole weekend.
I have been stowing all the luggage in the van.
I came in and found the dog chewing the rug.
The rug is now fraying all round the edges.
They were freeing the car by digging out the snow.
 

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