Language Arts Grade Five

Unit Three, Lesson Four: Homographs

  1. think
  2. plank
  3. thank
  4. blank
  5. dunk
  6. chlorine
  7. oxygen
  8. nitrogen
  9. carbon
  10. helium
  1. hydrogen
  2. vapor
  3. mountains
  4. valleys
  5. desert
  6. great
  7. basin
  8. plateau
  9. canyon
  10. plate
Homographs

Homographs are two different words which have the exact same spelling. These two words must have different pronunciation and meaning to count as true homographs. Consider this example:

bass 


	  word one: a fish (pronounced with the short a sound)
	    sample sentence:
		Joe caught three bass and one catfish while fishing.

	  word two: a string instrument (as in bass guitar) 
		    (pronounced with the long a sound)
	    sample sentence:
		Jill plays the bass in a blue grass band.
Here are two more examples:

dove 


	word one: a bird similar to a pigeon (short o sound)
	  sample sentence:
		The dove landed in the tree.

	word two: past tense of dive (long o sound)
	  sample sentence:
		She dove into the swimming pool.

does 


    	word one: present tense of the verb do (short o sound)
	  sample sentence:
		She does her chores every day.

	word two: female deers  (long o sound)
	  sample sentence:
		The does were grazing in the meadow.

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