The sentences presented here contain words that are spelled identically, but have different pronunciations and meanings (these kinds of words are called homographs). This leads to potentially ambiguous reading of the sentences! However, most readers of English are extremely adept at reading the sentences, probably due to the context in which the words are used.

Your job is to read each sentence aloud and determine whether any errors (stuttering or pausing are errors) occur. Be sure to keep track of how many times you make a mistake.

• The bandage was wound around the wound.
• The farm was used to produce produce
• The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.
• We must polish the Polish furniture.
• When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.
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Here are some interesting puzzles for you to solve!

What are the next two characters in the following sequences?

•   A   B   1   C   D   2   E  ___  ___
•   B   F   J   N  ___  ___
•   O   T   T   F   F   S   S   E  ___  ___
•   3   3   5   4   4   3   5   5  ___  ___

  You have 1 minute to complete each challenge. Once you're done, click the button to reveal the answers.


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A fire which broke out on Sunday evening at the National Museum of Brazil in Rio de Janeiro has ravaged some of the country’s most important scientific collections. Nearly 20 million items are now irreparably destroyed by what was started by either an electrical short-circuit due to budget cuts or a homemade paper hot-air balloon that may have landed on the roof, said Brazil's Culture Minister Sergio Leitao.

Having been founded before Brazil’s independence from Portugal 200 years ago (1808), the museum housed ancient Egypt, Greek, and Roman artifacts and important paleontology and natural history collections, including one of Latin America’s oldest human fossils: the 11,500-year-old skull called Luzia (shown below). The Luzia skull was colle ...