Homonyms: homophones & homographs

Homophones are words that sound the same but have different spellings and meanings

• True

• False

Homographs are words with the same spelling but different meanings

• True

• False

Heteronyms are a type of homophone

• True

• False

The words our and hour share the same pronunciation.

• True

• False

The words see and sea are examples of

• Homographs

• Homophones

The homophone of flour is...

• flower

• floor

By, buy and bye are examples of...

• homographs

• homophones

Does the underlined words in the sentences have the same pronunciation?

a) Don't lie to me!

b) I'm going to lie down.

• Same pronunciation

• Different pronunciation

Does the underlined words in the sentences have the same pronunciation?

a) Love will tear us apart.

b) I saw a tear streaming down her cheek.

• Same pronunciation

• Different pronunciation

Does the underlined words in the sentences have the same pronunciation?

a) I ate some pizza earlier.

b) It's already half past eight.

• Same pronunciation

• Different pronunciation