Aside from homonyms, another way of increasing
one’s vocabulary is through homographs. Homographs are related to the concepts
of homonyms.
Homographs are types of homonyms.
They have the same spellings but different sounds and meanings.
Examples Of
Homographs:
live - performance played while happening.
live
- to stay alive/spend life.
It can be difficult to distinguish between two
Homographs because of how similar the two words are. It is easy to determine
which form of the Homograph is intended through consideration of context, as
each word of the Homograph has a different meaning. It is likely that the other
term of a Homograph was what the author had in mind when one word doesn't make
sense.
It is possible to create a pun by putting the
two words in the same sentence. One can say that the archer fired his bow
before drawing a bow. A relationship that is not innately meaningful is
suddenly given meaning by the writer's imagination, which is excellent for
various types of poetry and wordplay. The language evolved so that the
two words just so happen to mean the same thing. The coincidence could be
elevated to something bigger by creative thinking.
Read the examples below.
Read and read are homographs. They have the
same spelling but different pronunciations and meanings. Read1 means you
are instructed to read something while read2 is the past tense of read.
The examples above are homographs. They have
the same spellings but with different sounds or stress.
Task 1:
Identify the correct answer for each item. Write the letters
of your answers from the choices below.
_____1. The teacher presented her
class _____ to her pupils.
_____2. The doctor will _____ the
test findings.
_____3. The townspeople will _____
the proposal to cut down trees.
_____4. This rock is the _____ that I
saw while on my way home.
Task 2:
Identify the correct answer for each
item. Write the letters of your answers from the choices below.
_____1. You must do this exercise for
one _____.
_____2. The presenters will _____
before the guests during the ceremony.
_____3. The secretary will prepare
the _____ after the meeting.
_____4.
Some hunters use _____ and arrows in hunting for wild animals.
Homographs Tarpapel
