Lesson on Homophones and Homographs

Homographs

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Homophones

Homographs

​Words that are spelled the same but sound different and have different meanings.

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Example: Tear

• How quickly do you tear off the wrapping when you open a birthday gift?

• I promised myself I will not shed a tear during this sad movie.

Multiple Choice

What is a homograph?

• a word that sounds the same but is spelled different

• a word that is spelled the same but sounds different

• a word part added to the front of a root word

• a word part added to the back of a root word

Multiple Select

Which word set are homographs?

• live, live

• sun, son

• right. write

Homophones

Words that sound the same but are spelled different and have a different meaning

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Example: see and sea​

• Do you see the snake under that rock?

• I enjoyed the fun summer vacation by the sea.

Multiple Choice

What is a homophone?

• words that sound the same but are spelled different and have a different meaning

• words that are spelled the same but sound different and have a different meaning

• a word part added to the front of the root word

• a word part added to the back of the root word

Multiple Select

Which word sets are homophones?

Pick MORE THAN ONE!

• see/sea

• tear/tear

• bored/board

• ring/ring

• blue/blew

Open Ended

Write two sentences with one set of the following homophones.

(see/sea, beach/beech, be/bee, bare/bear, flour/flower)

Open Ended

Write two sentences with one set of the following homographs.

(live/live, bow/bow, wind/wind)