Word Play Test

Select the word that matches the definition:

Use of words to express the exact opposite of their literal meaning.

• homophone

• antonym

• irony

• homograph

Select the word that matches the definition:

Words grouped together to mean something very different from their literal meaning. These words have a commonly understood meaning.

• idiom

• synonym

• pun

• homograph

Select the word that matches the definition:

Words that sound similar and have different meanings but are used to be funny.

• irony

• anotnym

• homograph

• pun

What is a homophone?

• Two words that are spelled the same but sound different
• Two words that call each other on the phone every day
• Two words that sound the same but are spelled differently
• A really old telephone

What is a homograph?

• a noun
• a word that is spelled differently
• a word that means the same as another
• a word that has the same spelling but different meanings

Is this a pun?

It's raining cats and dogs.

• True

• False

Match the idiom with its real life meaning.

'I am a couch potato' means

• I went crazy.

• I am kind.

• I am lazy.

• I should focus.

Match the idiom with its real life meaning.

'I have cold feet' means

• I went crazy.

• I am scared to do something.

• I should focus.

• I am lazy.

Find the homophone of Sea

• ocean

• sing

• sit

• see

Find the homophone of by

• buy

• purchase

• bee

• both