HOMONYMS
Homonyms are look-alike or sound-alike words, which can easily be mistaken
for each other.
1
Homophones : TO, TOO and TWO
maze
maize
sound the same, but have different meanings.
I went to school, my friend went too, there were two of us.
ACTIVITY
threw
through
sail
sale
Use each word in a separate sentence. If you’re not sure of a word’s meaning, find its
definition in a dictionary. For example: We saw a deer at the zoo. My cat is very dear to me.
find
fined
whale
wail
groan
deer
dear
grown
weather
whether
bread
bred
sum
some
band
banned
steel
steal
feet
feat
worn
warn
time
thyme
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HOMONYMS
Homonyms are look-alike or sound-alike words, which can easily be mistaken
for each other.
2
Homographs : Moped and moped
Spelt the same, but pronounced differently and with different meanings.
He moped around the house (pronounced MOWpd, meaning gloomy).
She zoomed away on her moped (pronounced moPED, meaning a small motorbike).
You can get lots of comical scenarios from mixed-up homonyms! Imagine the
meanings swapped over in the bat example!
The cricket player whacked the ball with his bat (‘bat’ as in flying animal).
A huge bat flew out of the cave (‘bat’ as in wooden stick).
ACTIVITY
Use the space provided to create some sentences in which the homonyms listed below could swap meanings
to create a funny or weird scenario! Once you’ve written your sentences, try drawing some pictures to show
the differences!
1. Bank (as in river bank)/bank (as in a place full of money)
2. Nail (as in a small metal spike)/nail (one of those things at the end of your fingers)
3. Match (a little stick which catches fire)/match (as in football)
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