memory game

This game requires some prep but it's worth it. First create a list of words that have similar but different pronunciations. My list goes as follows:
Pen-Pan, Write-Ride, Hall-Hole, Bus-Boss, Ball-Bowl, Heard-Hurt,
Hard-Heart, Sea-She, Boot-Foot, Sad-Said, Class-Glass, Far-Four,
Bug-Bag, Hat-Hot, Walk-Work.
On a large sheet of paper create a grid of maybe 30 squares.
Place the words in the squares at random and then using numbered index cards cover them all up. Break the class into two teams and have them take turns, student by student, looking for pairs. Once they find one have the student say the two words. If the student is unable to differentiate between the two then the team doesn't get the point and you move on to the other team, who most often will attempt to achieve where their opponents just failed.
I play this game with my High School age Chinese students and it works very well. The spirit of competition grabs them like nothing I've ever seen. It's really incredible watching them try so hard and work together to figure out exactly how the words should be pronounced. All I have to do is play Vannah White for forty minutes.

teacher: Joe Speigle
date: January twenty-fourth, two thousand five
day: Monday
why: correct versions of the sentences from last Friday

the following are correct answers. There may be (and probably are) other correct versions of the incorrect sentences.

1. we are invited to her wedding. we are invited to her marriage ceremony.
2. I apologize for disturbing you.
3. He asked us for more money.
4. We appreciate your kindness.
5. Mini-skirts have recently become popular among young women.
6. He was absent on a business trip.
7. See you tomorrow morning.
8. I love Korea, especially in the spring.
9. The result is satisfactory.
10. Smoking is not allowed here
11. I will marry you if you stop smoking.
12. She died in a traffic accident.
13. I have difficulty persuading her.
14. They sent it to me. They sent me it.
15. Do you know how to make coffee?
16. I'm learning how to drive a car.
17. The cost is high. It is expensive.
18. I have to see him at 6 p.m.
19. Most people are afraid of death. Most people are afraid of dying.
20. The department store is attracting a lot of customers by lowering prices.
21. he speaks English very well.
22. She's not telling the truth. (we 'tell' the truth, we don't 'say' it)
23. The company is not competitive in the fast-food market.
24. He became angry when he heard the news. He got mad when he heard the news. (we become angry, but we 'get' mad)
25. She drives very fast. (adverb of fast is 'fast' not 'fastly')
26. I don't know if he is honest or not. I don't know whether or not if he is honest.
27. He didn't mind showing me the way to the hotel.
28. Did you swim yesterday? Did you go for a swim yesterday?
29. He's busy reading books.
30. They're doing their best to find missing people from the accident.