Homophones and Homographs

The video tutorial explores the concepts of homophones, homographs, and homonyms in language arts. It begins with an introduction to homophones, providing examples and definitions. The tutorial then explains homographs, highlighting their differences from homophones. Homonyms are introduced next, with examples to illustrate their meanings. The video includes exercises for viewers to practice identifying correct homophones and homographs in sentences. The tutorial concludes with encouragement for further learning.

What is a homophone?

• Words that sound different but have the same spelling

• Words that sound the same but have different meanings or spellings

• Words that are spelled the same but have different meanings

• Words that have the same meaning but different spellings

Which of the following is an example of a homograph?

• Their and there

• Eight and ate

• Tear and tear

• Pair and pear

How do homographs differ from homophones?

• Homographs are spelled differently, homophones are spelled the same

• Homographs have the same meaning, homophones have different meanings

• Homographs sound the same, homophones look the same

• Homographs look the same, homophones sound the same

What is a homonym?

• Words that have the same meaning and spelling

• Words that are spelled the same but sound different

• Words that sound alike but have different meanings

• Words that sound different but have the same meaning

In the sentence 'I have an itchy nose,' which word is a homophone?

• An

• Have

• Nose

• Itchy

Which homograph fits the sentence: 'He plays the ____ guitar'?

• Bays

• Bayss

• Base

• Bass

Choose the correct homograph for: 'This is so heavy because it's made out of ____.'

• Led

• Lead

• Lede

• Leed