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2 Unlocking the Secrets: Homophones and Homographs

3 Homophones  English words that sound alike but are spelled differently  AND have different meanings too  Examples are: –I, eye, aye –dear, deer –buy, by, bye –their, they’re, there

4 eyeIaye eye Me, myself And I V aye This is what you see with. You have two of them. A pirate would say “Aye, aye” or a voter would vote aye. I

5 seesea twototoo youewe rainreinreign More examples

6 There are many, many more so Which one should you use? Look up each meaning Or you surely will lose! HHere are a few more: seen, scene great, grate pail, pale bury, berry beat, beet peek, peak

7 HOMOGRAPHS: Now for the HOMOGRAPHS: RRemember: They are English words that are spelled the same but mean different things. FFor example: Look at the word l ll light: Please turn on the light. This has to do with illumination. (Don’t know what illumination means? LOOK IT UP!) It was as light as a feather. This has to do with how heavy it is.

8 Let’s try a few more HOMOGRAPHS Let’s try a few more HOMOGRAPHS : fan i Which fan is an admirer of someone or something? Which fan keeps you cool? (Do you know?)

9 SMAL LIST HOMOGRAPHS: JUST A SMALL LIST OF HOMOGRAPHS: readbowlleanpunch bow bass close wind second lead live does present tear wind wound


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