Homophones and Homographs

Reading Skills

What do you know about homophones and homographs?

Homophones are words that sound alike but they have different meanings and different spellings.

Won and one Their and there two, too, and to

Homophones

Homophone Examples

See Sea

Read

Red

Homographs are words that may or may not sound alike but have the same spelling but a different meaning.

Read and ReadTire and TireTone and Tone

Homographs

Homograph Examplesbat

bat

wave wave

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Which ones are homophones?

Bat Ads

Bow HearBass BearDown ToeEvening NewAid Pit Flee Saw

Which ones are Homographs?

1.What is a Homophone and give an example.

2.What is a Homograph and give an example.

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