1. flour, flower

  6. knows, nose

2. horse, hoarse   7. aunt, ant

3. ring, wring   8. meat, meet

4. pale, pail   9. hair, hare

5. plane, plain   10. sent, cent

6. I, eye

  12. bawl, ball

Homonyms

Homonyms are words which are identical in sound and spelling or at least in one of those aspects in their meaning. Traditionally, there are three types of homonyms.

Homonyms proper: Words that have the same spelling and same pronunciation, but different meanings.

Example: I hope you are not lying to me. My books are lying on the table.

Homographs: Words that have the same spelling, but different pronunciations and meanings.

Example: The dove is a white bird. He dove into the pool

Homophones: Words that have the same pronunciation, but different spelling and different meanings.

Example: Please try not to (waste, waist) paper.

Some linguists classified homonyms into two larger classes:

- Full homonyms- Partial homonyms

1. Full lexical homonyms:to found – found /past form of find/

to lay – lay /past form of lie/

2. Complex lexico-grammatical partial homonyms:

left/right/ - left/to leave/

rose(n) – rose(v.to win)3. Partial lexixal homonyms:

to can (canned) – can (could)

Homonyms Homophones Homographs

multiple meaning words Words that sound alikeSame spelling,

different pronunciation,different meanings

 the spruce tree... to spruce up...

 addition for math edition of a book

 desert = abandon desert = area of land

 suit yourself... wore a suit...

 I want to go I like it too One plus one is two

 bass = fish bass = instrument

 weigh on the scale... scale the wall...

 capitol building state capital

 close = nearby close = to shut