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<h1>Homophones</h1>
<h3>RJM Programming</h3>
<h3>December, 2016</h3>
<h3>Thanks to Five-Minute Activities by Penny Ur and Andrew Wright pages 69-70 and maybe <a onclick='addthis();' style='cursor:pointer;text-decoration:underline'>you</a></h3>
<h4 id='score'>Score: 0 from Sentences: 0</h4>
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