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1. ENGLISH SEMANTIC
H O M O N Y M Y

2. HOMONYMY
01
Revision
Definition
Classification
02 Practice 03 Minigame
TABLE OF CONTENTS

3. I.DEFINITION
II.CLASSIFICATION
01. REVISION

4. HOMONYMY
I. DEFINITION
Homonymy happens in situations where a
word is written and/or pronounced the same
way as another, but has a different meaning.
Example:
address(v) vs address (n)
pear (n) vs pair (n)
bank (n) vs bank (n)

5. HOMONYMS
II. CLASSIFICATION
Homonyms
Absolute Homonyms Partial Homonyms
Perfect/Full
homonyms
Homophones Homographs

6. ABSOLUTE HOMONYMS
ABSOLUTE HOMONYMS
- Unrelated in meaning
- Identical in pronunciation and spelling
- Grammatical equivalent.
Example:
mail1 [meIl] (n): posted letters and parcels
mail2 [meIl] (n): armor made of rings or chains

7. PARTIAL HOMONYMS
Perfect/Full
homonyms
- Identical in pronounciation & spelling
Example:
visit (v): to see a person or a place for a short time
visit (n): a period of time when sb goes to see a person or a place
Homophones
- Identical in pronounciation
Example: meet vs meat know vs no
Homographs
- Identical in spelling
Example:
bass /beɪs/ (n): the lowest tone or part in music, for instruments or voices
bass /bæs/ (n): a sea fish that used for food

8. 02. PRACTICE

9. Date1 /deɪt/ (n): a particular day or year when a particular event
happened or will happen.
Date 2 /deɪt/ (n): a sweet sticky brown fruit that grows on a tree
called a date palm, common in North Africa and West Asia.
=>Absolute homonyms
On a shopping list, next to the fruits and
vegetables, I wrote: "Check dates1." My
husband comes home with a beautiful box of
Moroccan dates2.

10. Duck1 /dʌk/(v): to move your head or body downwards to
avoid being hit orseen
Duck2 /dʌk/(n): a common bird that lives on or near water
and has short legs
=> Perfect/full homonyms
My toddler was about to hit her head on a bar
at the playground, so I told her to duck1. She
quacked like a duck2 at me and then hit her
head.

11. -> Potty /ˈpɑːti/ (n): a bowl that very young children use when they are too small
to use a toilet
Party /ˈpɑːti/ (n): a social occasion, at which people eat, drink, talk, dance and
enjoythemselves
=> Homophones
On a beach outside Boston, a group asked me if I
wanted to join a potty. I said I didn't have to. Took a
little back and forth before I realized that they
meant party.

12. - bow1/baʊ/ (n):the act of bending your head in respect
bow2/bəʊ/ (n):a type of necktie
=> Homographs
The bass was taking a bow1 at the audience to
welcome them, when a naughty monkey snatched
his bow2 and climbed up the tree.

13. - Cow/kaʊ/ (exclamation): used to
show that you think something is
surprising.
Cow /kaʊ/ (n): a large animal kept on
farms to produce milk or beef
 Full homonyms
- Dear /dɪə(r)/ (exclamation): used in
expressions that show that you are
surprised, upset, annoyed or worried
Deer /dɪə(r)/ (n): an animal with long
legs that eats grass, leaves, etc. and can
run fast.
=> Homophones
In an interview, the interviewer asked
interviewee some questions about
himself:
- Do you speak English?
- Yes
- Name?
- Willy Ben Chen.
- Sex?
- Three to four times a week
- No, I mean male or female.
- Male, female, sometimes animal.
- Holy cow!
-Cow, sheep, chicken too.
- Oh, dear!
- No,deer runs too fast.

14. HOMONYMY
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