Complete the cloze test and answer the oral skills questions about homophones, sounds, and tongue twisters.

Here are the answers to your English assignment:

1. Cloze Test
Read the passage below and fill in each blank space with the appropriate word.

There are (1) many people who have never known the real value of ironing clothes before use. These people find ironing a (2) routine activity in the house and it continues daily without anybody ever giving it much thought. By wearing clothes (3) that are well ironed, we look smart. There is definitely a great (4) difference between clothes that are not ironed and those that are well ironed. Ironing is one of the most important activities as (5) far as promotion of personal hygiene is concerned. When clothes are hung (6) out to dry, they are exposed to insects which could lay eggs or leave poisons that are (7) harmful to us. Ironing protects us (8) from some diseases. (9) If clothes are not ironed before wearing, we are likely to (10) suffer from various skin problems such as skin rashes and irritations.

2. Oral skills

i) Identify any four pairs of homophones in the list below.

• heir / hair
• berry / bury
• coarse / course
• close / cloze

ii) Provide two words for each of the following sounds.

• /a:/ : car, park
• /ɜː/ : bird, learn

iii) Classify the following sub-genre and give reason for your answer.
"Ken can can a can of curled kales"
This is a tongue twister.
Reason: It is a phrase designed to be difficult to articulate correctly and quickly, often due to alliteration or similar-sounding words, which challenges speech articulation.