Homophones, Homonyms, and Homographs

What are homophones?

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

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

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

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

Give an example of a homophone pair.

• rite and rite

• rite and wright

• write and right

• right and rite

What are homonyms?

• Words with the same pronunciation or spelling but different meanings.

• Words with different pronunciations and spellings but similar meanings.

• Words with similar meanings but different pronunciations or spellings.

• Words with the same pronunciation and spelling but different meanings.

Provide an example of a homonym.

• tree

• money

• river

• bank

What are homographs?

• Words with the same spelling and same meanings.

• Words with the same pronunciation but different meanings.

• Words with different spelling and different meanings.

• Words with the same spelling but different meanings.

Give an example of a homograph.

• mat

• hat

• bat

• cat

What is the difference between homophones and homonyms?

• Homophones are words that have the same meaning but different spellings, while homonyms are words that have the same meaning and spellings.

• Homophones are words that sound the same but have different meanings and spellings, while homonyms are words that sound the same and have the same spelling but have different meanings.

• Homophones are words that have different meanings and spellings, while homonyms are words that have the same meaning but different spellings.

• Homophones are words that have the same meaning and spellings, while homonyms are words that have different meanings and spellings.

What is the difference between homophones and homographs?

• Homophones are words that have the same spelling but different meanings.

• Homophones are words that have the same meaning but different spellings.

• Homophones are words that sound the same but have different meanings, while homographs are words that are spelled the same but have different meanings.

• Homographs are words that have the same meaning but different pronunciations.

What is the difference between homonyms and homographs?

• Homonyms and homographs are the same thing.

• Homographs are words that have the same meaning but different pronunciations.

• Homonyms are words that have the same meaning but different spellings.

• Homonyms are words that sound the same but have different meanings, while homographs are words that are spelled the same but have different meanings.

Can a word be both a homophone and a homograph? Explain.

• No

• Maybe

• I don't know

• Yes