1. Grammar
Homographs/Homonyms
& Homophones
Goal for Lesson 10:
You will learn the difference between
words that sound the same but have
different spellings & meanings.
You will identify homographs &
homophones.

2. Homographs or Homonyms: A word or a group of words
Grammar
Homographs or Homonyms:
A word or a group of words
that share the same spelling but have different meanings.
e.g.,
right(the right side) and right(correct).

3. Homonyms/Homographs:
Grammar
Homonyms/Homographs:
Words that sound the same & are spelled the same but have
have different meanings.
Example:
lead (the metal) and lead (verb).

4. Homographs/homonyms can have the same or different pronunciations,
Grammar
Homographs/homonyms can have the
same or different pronunciations,
e.g., well (adjective, to be healthy)
well (noun, a spring or natural
Source of water)
lead (noun, the metal)
lead (verb, to take charge).
Review the words to discuss meaning. Move to next slide putting them into context. When do you know which meaning is the correct one?

5. present
a gift / to introduce
object
a thing/to be against
refuse
rubbish/not to agree
produce
what's grown on a farm/to make
tear
rip/a clear liquid secreted from the eye

6. Identifying the correct meaning for the homograph/homonym word in
Grammar
Identifying the correct meaning for
the homograph/homonym word in
context:
I would like to present to you my
new friend.
2. I object to the ruling of the referee in
the game.
3. Fresh produce is the healthiest choice
at the food market.
What would be the correct meaning for the following words: present, object, and produce.
When you don’t know what the words mean in the context of the passage, you will need to look it up in the dictionary.

7. Words pronounced the same as another but will have a different
Grammar
Homophones:
Words pronounced the same as
another but will have a different
spelling and different meaning.
Examples:
Ant (noun)/ aunt (noun)
bare (adjective)/ bear (noun).
Look for the general meaning for each message? What are the passages saying? Are the main ideas the same?
Are the details that support the main ideas different or similar?

8. Billed: receiving notice of payment required
Grammar
Homophone examples:
Billed: receiving notice of payment required
Build: to construct or make
Dear: a greeting in a letter
Deer: mammal of the family cirvidae, as in moose, or elk
Fair: free from bias,
or a carnival, or moderate
Fare: the cost to purchase
Let’s look at the following words in the table. What does the word bored mean? Not excited, lacking interest
What does the word Board mean? It is a hard surface to it can be a group of people in charge of a club or committee.

9. Can you locate the different homophones in the sentences
Grammar
Homophones
Can you locate the different
homophones in the sentences
on the next slides? Often you
can know their meaning from
the context of the passage.
You should have access to a dictionary for this activity.
We will practice them together.

10. Underline the correct homophone(s) in each sentence:
Using Words: Homophones
Underline the correct homophone(s) in each sentence:
The (sale, sail) on the lake will be rough today.
2. A large (boulder, bolder) rolled down the mountainside.
3. Why is that crowd on the (pier, peer)?

11. Underline the correct homophone(s) in each sentence:
Using Words: Homophones
Underline the correct homophone(s) in each sentence:
The (sale, sail) on the lake will be rough today.
2. A large (boulder, bolder) rolled down the mountainside.
3. Why is that crowd on the (pier, peer)?

12. Grammar
The words that you do not know the meanings of will need to be looked up in a dictionary!
Dictionaries are useful tools!

13. 4. Don’t you like to (brows, browse) around in a bookstore?
Using Words: Homonyms
4. Don’t you like to (brows, browse) around in a bookstore?
5. We spent several (days, daze) at an old-fashioned (in, inn).
6. The ship was caught in an ice (flow, floe).
What words did you have trouble with?

14. 4. Don’t you like to (brows, browse) around in a bookstore?
Using Words: Homonyms
4. Don’t you like to (brows, browse) around in a bookstore?
5. We spent several (days, daze) at an old-fashioned (in, inn).
6. The ship was caught in an ice (flow, floe).
What words did you have trouble with?

15. Using Words: Homophones
7. They did not want to (lone, loan) our their book.
8. We drove four miles in a foggy (missed, mist).
9. Don’t you like to (sea, see) friends?

16. Using Words: Homophones
7. They did not want to (lone, loan) our their book.
8. We drove four miles in a foggy (missed, mist).
9. Don’t you like to (sea, see) friends?

17. Using Words: Homophones
10. Jack (threw, through) the ball (threw, through) the goal.
11. We (buy, by)fish from the market at the (beach, beech).
12. The parade will march (strait, straight) (through, threw) town.

18. Using Words: Homophones
10. Jack (threw, through) the ball (threw, through) the goal.
11. We (buy, by)fish from the market at the (beach, beech).
12. The parade will march (strait, straight) (through, threw) town.

19. 13. Will (you, ewe) please take the lead and go first?
14. The farmer caught the horse by the (rain, reign, rein).
15. She stepped on the (break, brake) suddenly.
16. (Their, There) are too many people to get on this boat.
B 1.way 2. Steel 3. Sale 4. Fair 5. Through 6. Piece 7. Made 8. Sore 9. Son 10. Eight 11. Sea 12 vane or vein

20. 13. Will (you, ewe) please take the lead and go first?
14. The farmer caught the horse by the (rain, reign, rein).
15. She stepped on the (break, brake) suddenly.
16. (Their, There) are too many people to get on this boat.
B 1.way 2. Steel 3. Sale 4. Fair 5. Through 6. Piece 7. Made 8. Sore 9. Son 10. Eight 11. Sea 12 vane or vein

21. 17. The wren (flew, flue) in a (strait, straight) line.
18. We were not (allowed, aloud) to visit the museum yesterday.
19. How many dollars and (cents, scents) do you have?
20. What a tremendous (feat, feet) the team accomplished!

22. 17. The wren (flew, flue) in a (strait, straight) line.
18. We were not (allowed, aloud) to visit the museum yesterday.
19. How many dollars and (cents, scents) do you have?
20. What a tremendous (feat, feet) the team accomplished!

23. Write a homophone for each word below.
Remember a homonym is a word that sounds the same as another word but has a different spelling and a different meaning.
Examples: their / they’re / there, hear / here

24. 1.weigh ______ 2. heir ______ fare ______ 4. threw ______
Write a homophone for each word
below:
1.weigh ______ heir ______
fare ______ threw ______
5. maid ______ soar _______
7. ate ______ see ________

25. fare fair 4. threw through 5. maid made 6. soar sore
Write a homophone for each word
below:
1.weigh way heir air
fare fair threw through
5. maid made soar sore
7. ate eight see sea

26. Putting it into Practice: Can you locate homonyms/
Grammar
Putting it into Practice:
Can you locate homonyms/
homographs & homophones
in your independent reading?
List them in your journal.
Write the correct meaning next to
each one.

27. NOTE: Work on the handout: Homonyms and Homophones
Grammar
NOTE: Work on the handout:
Homonyms and Homophones
(homographs-synonym for homophones)
to practice the correct word
and spelling in the correct context.
Be careful! These words can be
tricky!

28. Grammar
Thank you for joining me today for lesson # 10: Homonyms and Homophones (homographs-synonym for homophones) And until next time, Good-Bye.