Slideshow on Homonyms

1. HOMONYMS
A HOMONYM IS A WORD THAT IS PRONOUNCED
THE SAME AS ANOTHER WORD WITH A
DIFFERENT MEANING.
WHEN THE WORDS HAVE THE SAME SPELLING,
T H E Y A R E K N OWN A S ‘ H O M O G R A P H S ’ .
WHEN THE WORDS HAVE DIFFERENT SPELLINGS
BUT DIFFERENT MEANING, THEY ARE KNOWN AS
‘ H O M O P H O N E S ’ .

2.  ACCEPT (to receive) and EXCEPT (excluding)
 AFFECT (to influence) and EFFECT (result)
 THAN (a comparison) and THEN (shows time)
 MALE (masculine person) and MAIL (postal delivery)
 THERE (direction), THEIR (belongs to them) and THEY’RE (they
are)
 TO (a preposition), TOO (an adverb) and TWO (a number)
 BAND (a group) and BANNED (forbidden)
 DIE (to be dead) and DYE (colouring agent)
 YOUR (possessive pronoun) and YOU’RE (you are)
 KNEAD (working bread dough) and NEED (must have)
 SCENE (visual location) and SEEN (past tense of saw)
 AD (advertisement) and ADD (addition)
 EMIGRATE (to leave a country) and IMMIGRATE (to enter a country)

3. HOMOGRAPHS
These are words that have the same spelling but different meanings. Some
of the examples are as follows:
 ACCENT: stress or emphasis
a manner of speaking or pronunciation
 CONTENT: to be happy
all that is contained in something
 LEAD: to go first with followers
a type of metal
 MINUTE: 60 seconds
extremely small

4. HOMOPHONES
These are words with the same sound but different meanings and
spellings. Some of the examples are as follows:
 AID/AIDE
 AISLE/ISLE/I’LL
 ALL TOGETHER/ ALTOGETHER
 BASE/BASS
 BE/BEE
 BITE/BYTE
 BLUE/BLEW
 SEE/SEA
 IDLE/IDOL

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