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Contributor: Jennifer Blanchard. Lesson ID: 13507
Band and band. Ring and ring. Tire and tire. These words are homonyms, but how? This lesson will teach you all you need to know about these tricky words!
Watch Homonyms are Multiple Meaning Meaning Words from Learn With Me Mrs. Sullivan:
Homonyms are words that have multiple meanings.
It's important for you to learn about homonyms so that you can make sense of them when you're reading and so you know which one to use to make your writing easily understood.
Homonyms are words that:
Watch Confusing English Words | Homonyms explained with examples from FluentWorlds:
The video showed you a lot of homonym examples, especially those that are spelled a little differently.
There are LOTS of homonyms!
Let's look at some more examples that are spelled exactly the same!
| bark | current | jam | remote | |
| base | duck | key | right | |
| bat | fall | lead | rock | |
| beam | file | left | rose | |
| board | fire | letter | saw | |
| bolt | fold | light | serve | |
| can | grave | match | spring | |
| change | hail | nail | tie | |
| chip | hood | order | watch | |
| cool | iron | park | wave | |
| well |
Don't worry if you don't know them all...we'll cover more examples later in the lesson!
When you are reading and come across a homonym, it's important to use the context (surrounding words or sentences) to think about what meaning would most make sense in that case.
The Got It? section is calling your name! Keep on making your way through this lesson!
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