Homophones, Homographs, and Their Meanings

The video tutorial explains the differences between homonyms, homophones, and homographs. Homophones are words that sound the same but have different meanings, like 'mail' and 'male'. Homographs are words that are spelled the same but have different meanings, such as 'bow' and 'bow'. Homonyms are words that are both homophones and homographs, like 'left' and 'left'. The tutorial also discusses the Greek origins of these terms and encourages viewers to think of more examples.

Which of the following pairs are homophones?

• Mail and Male

• Bow and Bow

• Wind and Wind

• Left and Left

Which of the following is a homophone pair?

• Bat and Bat

• Letter and Letter

• Ring and Ring

• Berry and Bury

What is a characteristic of homographs?

• They have different spellings and meanings.

• They are both spelled and sound the same.

• They are spelled the same but have different meanings.

• They sound the same but have different meanings.

Which of these is an example of a homograph?

• Night and Knight

• Wind and Wind

• Mail and Male

• Be and Bee

What does the suffix '-phone' in 'homophone' signify?

• To write

• To sound

• To spell

• To read

What does the suffix '-graph' in 'homograph' mean?

• To speak

• To read

• To write

• To sound

Which of the following words are homonyms?

• Live and Live

• Lead and Lead

• Berry and Bury

• Right and Right

Which of these pairs are both homophones and homographs?

• Wind and Wind

• Bow and Bow

• Mail and Male

• Right and Right