Language Arts Grade Six

Unit Three, Lesson Two: Homophones and Homographs


  1. sprang
  2. wrangle
  3. slang
  4. angle
  5. angel
  6. timber
  7. lumber
  8. logging
  9. forest
  10. sapling
  1. hardwood
  2. hemlock
  3. cedar
  4. pine
  5. almond
  6. walnut
  7. peanut
  8. pistachio
  9. chestnut
  10. acorn
Homographs

Homographs are two words which are spelled the same, but which have a different meaning and are pronounced differently. There are a lot of homographs, here are a few:


	moped
	  1. a small motorcycle
	  2. feeling sad

	read
	  1. as in: "They read the newspaper every morning."
	  2. as in: "She read the book last week."

	wound
	  1. past tense of wind (as in winding string around something)
	  2. a cut or scar

	live
	  1. as in: "They live in Elko."
	  2. as in: "The live worms will make good fishing bait."

	invalid
	  1. wrong or outdated
	  2. someone who is injured

	lead
	  1. a heavy metal (for instance, used in fishing weights)
	  2. to guide or show the way

	minute
	  1. 60 seconds
	  2. very small

	put
	  1. to place something on something
	  2. to hit a golf ball

	wind
	  1. a strong breeze
	  2. as in: "They wind the string around the stick."

	number
	  1. a value like 7, 12, or 20.
	  2. to feel more numb (as in to loose feeling)

	dove
	  1. a bird
	  2. past tense of dive

	bass
	  1. a musical instrument
	  2. a fish

You should spend a few moments to see if you can add a few homograph pairs (or even triplets) to this list!


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