Homophones and Homographs

What’s the difference?

Homophones• Homophones are words that sound alike but

they have different meanings and different spellings.

Won and OneThere and Their

Too, Two, and To

Homophones

See

Meet Meat

Sea

Homophones

BlewBlue

Pair Pear

Homographs• Homographs are words that may or may not sound

alike but have the same spelling and a different meaning.

Read and ReadTire and Tire

Tone and Tone

Homographs

BowBow

Scale Scale

Homographs

TearTear

Row Row

Which ones are

homophones?

Bear

New

Saw

Hear Toe

Pit

Can

Right

Which ones are

homographs?

Bear

New

Saw

Hear Toe

Pit

Can

Right

Identify each pair’s homograph.

• tree covering

• to turn

• to use oars

Practice

• sounds a dog makes

• moving air

• line of people or things

HW1

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Meaning in ContextThink of the different meanings of each word. Write the word from the list that makes sense in each sentence.

tire bank rose bow tears

4. Sometimes we fish from the _______________ of the river, but sometimes we go out on a boat.

5. Mayra had __________________ in her eyes when she said good-bye to all her old friends.6. At the end of the play, everyone in the cast came on stage and takes a ____________________.7. As her parents watched with love and concern from the audience, Debbie _________________ to give her speech accepting the award. 8. The police officer stopped to help the young man and change a

flat __________________.

HW2

Meaning in ContextThink of the different meanings of each word. Write the word from the list that makes sense in each sentence.

tire bow

9. You tie the _________________ for this present?

10. Since I’ve been exercising regularly, I don’t _________________ nearly as quickly.

HW3