Homophones, Homographs, and Homonyms

What are homophones?

• Words that sound the same but have different meanings and spellings.

• Words that sound alike but have different meanings and spellings.

• Words that have the same pronunciation but different meanings and spellings.

• Words that sound similar but have different meanings and spellings.

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Give an example of a homophone pair.

• pair/pear

• pair/paree

• pair/peer

• pair/pare

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What are homographs?

• Words with the same spelling but different meanings.

• Words with different spelling and different meanings.

• Words with the same spelling and same meanings.

• Words with the same pronunciation but different meanings.

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Give an example of a homograph pair.

• bat (animal) and bat (baseball equipment)

• wind (to twist) and wind (a gust of air)

• tear (to cry) and tear (a rip)

• lead (to guide) and lead (a metal)

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What are homonyms?

• Words that have different meanings and sound different.

• Words that have the same meaning but sound different.

• Words that sound the same but have different meanings.

• Words that have similar meanings but sound different.

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Give an example of a homonym pair.

• right and wrong

• read and write

• write and right

• left and right

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True or False: Homophones have different meanings but the same pronunciation.

• True

• Homophones have different pronunciations but the same meaning.

• False

• Homophones have the same pronunciation and the same meaning.

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True or False: Homographs have different meanings and different pronunciations.

• False

• Homographs have the same meaning and different pronunciations.

• Homographs have different meanings and the same pronunciation.

• True

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True or False: Homonyms have different meanings but the same spelling.

• Homonyms have different meanings and different spelling.

• Homonyms have the same meanings but different spelling.

• True

• False

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True or False: Homophones, homographs, and homonyms are all types of homonyms.

• False.

• Homophones and homographs are types of homonyms, but not all homonyms are homophones or homographs.

• Homonyms, homophones, and homographs are all different concepts.

• True

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