homophones, homonyms and homographs
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Assignment submitted by students of 5EEE of batch 2012-16,Amity University. Members: Naval Arya - A2324612021 Divya Chaudhary - A2324612062 Disha Chaudhary - A2324612061 Vasudha Sharma - A2324612046TRANSCRIPT
HomophonesHomonyms andHomographs
What do all of these words have in common? How are they the same?
• Homophone
• Homonym
• Homograph
Each begins with the root word homo.
Homo means same.
All of these words have to do with sameness.
Homophone
Phone = sound
Telephone = across sound
Homophone = same sound
Words that sound the same but have different spellings are homophones.
HOMOPHONESpair-pear
HOMOPHONESsee-sea
HOMOPHONESnight-knight
Homonym
Nym = name
Pseudonym = fake name
Homonyms = same name
Words that sound the same and have the same spellings are homonyms.
HOMONYMSfair-fare
HOMONYMSferry-fairy
HOMONYMSdie-dye
Homographs
graph = writing
biography = life writing
homograph = same writing
Words that have the same spellings but sound different are homographs.
HOMOGRAPHSsink-sink
HOMOGRAPHStear-tear
HOMOGRAPHSsaw-saw
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This presentation has been prepared by:
DISHA CHAUDHARY (062)
DIVYA CHAUDHARY (061)
NAVAL ARYA (021)
VASUDHA SHARMA (046)