Homograph Quiz

Identify the homograph in the following sentence: The wind was too strong to wind the sail.

• sail

• strong

• wind

• was

Identify the homograph in the following sentence: She shed a tear when she saw the sad movie.

• shed (a small building in the garden)

• tear (liquid from the eye)

• tear

• tear (to rip)

Identify the homograph in the following sentence: The bandage was wound around the wound.

• wound

• lead

• wind

• tear

Identify the homograph in the following sentence: The dove dove into the bushes to escape the hawk.

• hawk

• bushes

• dove

• escape

Differentiate between homographs and homophones.

• Homographs are words that are spelled differently but have the same meanings, while homophones are words that sound different but have the same meanings and often the same spellings.

• Homographs are words that are spelled the same but have different meanings, while homophones are words that sound the same but have different meanings and often different spellings.

• Homographs are words that are spelled differently and have different meanings, while homophones are words that sound the same and have the same meanings and often the same spellings.

• Homographs are words that are spelled the same and have the same meanings, while homophones are words that sound different and have different meanings and often different spellings.

Explain the difference between homographs and homophones with examples.

• Homographs have the same spelling but different meanings, while homophones have the same sound but different meanings.

• Homographs have the same spelling and the same sound.

• Homophones have the same spelling but different meanings.

• Homographs have the same sound but different meanings.

What is the difference between homographs and homophones?

• Homographs are words that are spelled differently and have different meanings, while homophones are words that sound different but have the same meanings.

• Homographs are words that are spelled the same and have the same meanings, while homophones are words that sound the same and have the same meanings.

• Homographs are words that are spelled the same but have different meanings, while homophones are words that sound the same but have different meanings.

• Homographs are words that are spelled differently but have the same meanings, while homophones are words that sound the same but have different meanings.

Identify the different meanings of the homograph 'bow'.

• Run, Jump, Swim

• Happy, Sad, Angry

• Knot, Weapon, Gesture

• Cat, Dog, Bird

Identify the different meanings of the homograph 'tear'.

• To move quickly

• A type of fruit

• A type of fabric used for sewing

• A drop of salty liquid that comes out of your eye when you cry, and to pull or rip something apart.

Give examples of different meanings of the homograph 'lead'.

• Follow, Silver

• Lose, Gold

• Guide, Metal

• Behind, Copper