Homophones, Homographs, and Idioms

What is a homophone?

• A phrase that means something other than its literal meaning.

• Two or more words spelled the same but not necessarily pronounced the same and having different meanings and origins

• Two or more words having the same pronunciation but different meanings, origins, or spelling

What is an idiom?

• Two or more words having the same pronunciation but different meanings, origins

• Two or more words spelled the same but not necessarily pronounced the same and having different meanings and origin

• A phrase that means something other than the literal meaning

What is a homograph?

• A phrase that means something other than the literal meaning

• Two or more words spelled the same but not necessarily pronounced the same and having different meanings and origin

• Two or more words having the same pronunciation but different meanings, origins, or spelling

Choose the correct homophone to complete each sentence: Speak up! I can’t __________you.

• here

• hear

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CCSS.L.4.1G

CCSS.L.K.4A

Choose the correct homophone to complete each sentence:

She couldn’t decide__________ she wanted an apple or a banana.

• whether

• weather

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CCSS.L.4.1G

CCSS.L.K.4A

I love the __________of freshly baked cookies.

• sent

• scent

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CCSS.L.4.1G

CCSS.L.K.4A

Andrew felt a sense of ____________________ and calm, as he listened to the sound of the ocean

• peace

• piece

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CCSS.L.4.1G

CCSS.L.K.4A

Read the sentence below and choose the homograph that best fits both sentences.

The edge of the river, or a place where you store your money.

• Piggy

• Bank

• Edge

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CCSS.L.5.5C

True or false: Homophones are words that sound the same but they have different meanings and are usually spelled differently.

• True

• False

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CCSS.L.4.1G

CCSS.L.K.4A

True or false:

Homographs are words that sound the same but they have different meanings and are usually spelled differently like see-sea

• True

• False

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CCSS.L.5.5C