HOMONYMS, HOMOGRAPHS, AND HOMOPHONES WITH LIVE WORKSHEET

Homonyms, Homographs and Homophenes 

Homonyms are words that have same sound but different meaning.

There are Two Types of Homonyms

1. HOMOGRAPHS

•These are the words with same spelling but different meanings.

Example: Tear means to pull something apart with force. It also means a drop coming out of a person's eye when they cry.

• Bear (endure)  bear (animal)

•   Lie  (lie down)  lie  (untrue)

•   Bank (where money is kept)  bank  (river bank)

•   Right (proper)  right (hand)

•   Dear (beloved)  dear (animal)

•Nail (finger nail)  nail (iron made object)

2. HOMOPHONES

These are words with the same sound but with different spellings and meanings.

  Example: ‘Compliment’ means a polite expression of praise or admiration and ‘Complement’ means a thing that contributes extra features to something else.

•Male  mail

•Sale  sail

•Click  clique

•See  sea

•High  hi

•Die  dye

•New  Knew 

•One  won

•Nay  neigh

•Know  no

•Meat  meet

Pale  pail

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