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Contributor: Dru Cartier. Lesson ID: 13696
Need a little help with your homonym skills? Then you should check out this lesson on homographs and homophones. It might just change your life!
I certainly hope not!
Keep all the pieces of your mind in one piece, for everyone's peace and happiness! Please!
In one quick grammar slip, you started dividing up your brain! That's probably not the best idea…
If you truly want peace of mind when it comes to your grammar and word usage, then this homonym lesson is for you!
Piece and peace are homonyms.
Watch the video below for a fun introduction.
Homonyms include both homographs AND homophones.
It's like calling a verb or noun a word. Whether a verb or a noun, it is still a word. Whether it is a homograph or homophone, it is still a homonym.
Homographs are words with the same spelling but multiple meanings.
| homograph | meaning | homograph | meaning | |
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squat down |
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bird | |
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stick to hit ball |
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flying animal | |
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temperature |
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favorable | |
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season |
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the action |
Homophones are words that have the same sounds but different spellings and meanings.
| homophone | meaning | homophone | meaning | |
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a letter |
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correct | |
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in sewing |
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to appear | |
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gain |
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divine | |
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location |
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viewed |
Before going too far, examine your understanding of homographs and homophones.
The sentence below contains two HOMOGRAPHS. Remember, those words sound AND are spelled the same BUT have multiple meanings.
Choose the correct meaning for each homograph.
So, homographs sound alike AND are spelled the same BUT have different meanings. And homophones are words that also sound alike but are NOT spelled the same, AND they also have different meanings.
I don't know about you, but the whole thing sounds confusing.
It might be simpler to learn than you think. That sentence even uses a homograph.
Well can be a deep hole where you pull water up with a bucket, or it can be used as an exclamation, as you see here, or it can mean a state of being, such as asking someone if they feel well.
There's even a homophone in the sentence before that. There are homonyms everywhere!
Move on to the Got It? section to practice identifying and using homographs and homophones in real-life situations.
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