Homonyms, Homophones and Homographs - What are they?Homonyms can sometimes be confusing for children when writing and spelling. BUT What are Homonyms? Homonyms:- are words that sound or are spelt the same but are different in meaning. ('Homo' meaning the same and 'nym' meaning name) There are two types of Homonyms: Homophones:- are words that sound the same but have different meanings and sometimes different spellings. ('Homo' meaning the same and 'phone' meaning sound) Homographs:- are words that are spelt the same but have different meanings and sometimes are pronounced differently. ('Homo' meaning the same and 'graph' meaning to write) The following is a list of Homonyms: Example of Homophones:
Example of Homographs: - there are many words that have more than one meaning that to list would be too large. Some of the more common ones are: Back, Ball, Bank, Bar, Bark, Base, Bat, Bear, Beat, Bill, Block, Board, Bow, Calf, Case, Cast, Change, Coat, Court, Cricket, Cross, Duck, Felt, Fit, Foot, Hail, Hand, Hide, Iron, Jam, Jump, Kid, Kind, Lap, Lay, Leaves, Left, Lie, Lock, Mail, Match, Nail, Note, Organ, Page, Patient, Play, Post, Ring, Rock, Roll, Sack, Season, Sign, Spell, Spring, Star, Stick, Tear, Top, Train, Watch, Wave, Wind.
And there are some words that are both Homophones and Homographs: Bow, Check, Deer, Fair, Right |
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Homophones and Homographs
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