Language Arts Grade Five

Unit Sixteen, Lesson Four: Multiple Meanings

  1. bribe
  2. tribe
  3. give
  4. strive
  5. alive
  6. electric
  7. charge
  8. volts
  9. generate
  10. alternative
  1. poles
  2. rural
  3. dwell
  4. village
  5. town
  6. council
  7. local
  8. municipal
  9. distance
  10. services
Multiple Meanings

Many words can be used in more than one way so as to have completely different meanings depending on the context in which they are used. Consider the word "charge" as an example: 


  charge:
	as in an electrical charge
	as in running toward someone or something
	as in paying for something with a credit card
You are most likely familiar with each of these meanings for charge and don't have to think twice when you encounter them in a story, essay, or article.

Here are some more examples: 


  poles:
	as in the North Pole and the South Pole
	as in thin sticks of wood or metal which hold up a tent

  roll:
	as in a round object traveling down a hill
	as in a bread-like food item

  bank:
	He put his money in the bank.
	They played on the river bank.

  fire:
	She lit the fire.
	The company had to fire five employees.

  chest:
	He put all his toys in a chest.
	The doctor took an x-ray of her chest.

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