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Homophones and Homographs

Homophones and Homographs. By: Jaime Morgan. What are Homophones?. Homophones are words that SOUND alike , but have DIFFERENT spellings and meanings . Lets see some examples!!!. Homophones. Pair. Pear. Homophones. Ate. Eight. Homophones. See. Sea. Homophones. Here. Hear.

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Homophones and Homographs

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  1. Homophones and Homographs By: Jaime Morgan

  2. What are Homophones? Homophones are words that SOUNDalike, but have DIFFERENTspellings and meanings. Lets see some examples!!!

  3. Homophones Pair Pear

  4. Homophones Ate Eight

  5. Homophones See Sea

  6. Homophones Here Hear

  7. Homophones Wait Weight

  8. Homophones Week Weak

  9. Homophones Blew Blue

  10. Homophones Night Knight

  11. Let’s see how you do! The following sentence contains the correct usage of the underlined word : #1. We had two snow days this week. Which of the following sentences contains the same usage of the underlined word from sentence #1 ? a. He was too weak to lift the rock. b. My birthday is next week. c. The stomach flu made him feel weak and tired.

  12. Did you select sentence B? GREAT JOB!

  13. Let’s try another one! The following sentence contains the correct usage of the underlined word: I ate the entire pizza by myself. Which of the following sentences contains the same usage of the underlined word from sentence #1 ? a. There were eight pieces of pizza. b. My brother is eight years old. c. She ate the cupcakes for dessert.

  14. Did you select sentence C? FANTASTIC!

  15. ONE MORE!!! The following sentence contains the correct usage of the underlined word: Did you see the parade yesterday? Which of the following sentences contains the same usage of the underlined word from sentence #1 ? a. I see the stop sign. b. The sea is very beautiful c. The dolphins swim in the sea.

  16. Did you choose sentence A? WONDERFUL! You are so smart!

  17. What are Homographs? Homographs are words that are SPELLED the same, but have DIFFERENT meanings!!! Let’s look at some examples!!!

  18. Homographs Sink Sink

  19. Homographs Trip Trip

  20. Homographs Tear Tear

  21. Homographs Bow Bow

  22. Homographs Scale Scale

  23. Homographs Saw Saw

  24. Homographs Can Can

  25. Let’s see how you do with Homographs Homographs are spelled the same, but have different meanings! Choose which word fits in both of the following sentences.

  26. point point 1. The _______ on my pencil broke. 2. Jo, _______ the flashlight over here. point shine eraser

  27. sink sink Wash your hands in the ________. When the ship hit the iceberg, it began to _______. tub sink float

  28. saw saw 1. I _______ the plane land. 2. I need a _____ to cut down the tree. watched tool saw

  29. References All ClipArt is property of Microsoft Office Online 2007

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