Assignment submitted by students of 5EEE of batch 2012-16,Amity University. Members: Naval Arya - A2324612021 Divya Chaudhary - A2324612062 Disha Chaudhary - A2324612061 Vasudha Sharma - A2324612046

1. Homophones
Homonyms and
Homographs

2. 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.

3. Homophone
Phone = sound
Telephone = across sound
Homophone = same sound
Words that sound the same but have
different spellings are homophones.

4. HOMOPHONES
pair-pear

5. HOMOPHONES
see-sea

6. HOMOPHONES
night-knight

7. Homonym
Nym = name
Pseudonym = fake name
Homonyms = same name
Words that sound the same and have
the same spellings are homonyms.

8. HOMONYMS
fair-fare

9. HOMONYMS
ferry-fairy

10. HOMONYMS
die-dye

11. Homographs
graph = writing
biography = life writing
homograph = same writing
Words that have the same spellings but
sound different are homographs.

12. HOMOGRAPHS
sink-sink

13. HOMOGRAPHS
tear-tear

14. HOMOGRAPHS
saw-saw

15. REFRENCE
1. www.ereadingworksheets.com
2. www.slideshare.net

16. THANK YOU
This presentation has been prepared by:
DISHA CHAUDHARY (062)
DIVYA CHAUDHARY (061)
NAVAL ARYA (021)
VASUDHA SHARMA (046)