Hyponyms

     Hyponyms are specific examples of a general word, group, or classification.\

Example:

                            
    The example above shows that the general word, group, or classification is colors. Yellow, blue, red, and green are the hyponyms.

    Categorizing word is a good strategy for increasing your vocabulary. Words may be classified based on their specific groups. These classifications will help you understand the common characteristics of certain items.

The words above are classified or grouped into one. Orchids, daisy, rose, lirio, gumamela, sunflower, sampaguita and lily form one group or classification. They are all categorized as flowers.

 Words may be classified or grouped based on the similarities of their characteristics. The categorization of these words is known as hyponyms.

Task 1:

Using the table below, classify the words inside the box based on their respective groups or categories. Do this in your notebook.

Task 2:

Using the given words, identify the hyponyms taken from the given sentence. Write your answers in your notebook. 

 1. food: We will go to the supermarket and buy meat and fish for tomorrow’s celebration. 

2. parents: Mother and father are both wearing pink shirts. 

3. drinks: What is the taste of milk and coffee if you mix them together? 

4. insects: Frogs eat mosquitoes and bugs.

 

Task 3:

Choose the word that does not belong to each group. Write your answers in your notebook. 

1. gumamela             rose         sampaguita         malunggay

2. van                         bus             car                 cellphone 

3. mango                    apple         chocolate       pineapple 

4. pandesal                 coffee         milk             juice 

5. carrots                     egg           cabbage        eggplant

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Homographs

    

         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.

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