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Study skills

Look at this table carefully.

Homophones Words with • Norbu was standing patiently at

• same sound the stairs.

• different spelling • Norbu stares at me expectantly.
• different meaning

Homographs Words with • I live in the downtown region.

• different sound • My favourite singer is performing

• same spelling live tonight.
• different meaning

Homonyms Words with • This vase is quite light-weighted.
• same sound • I decorated my room with LED

• same spelling lights.

• different meaning

A. Complete the sentences with the homophones of the highlighted words.

1. Her maid the bed.

2. You are not allowed to talk in the library.
3. She turned when she dropped the water pail.

4. Roshan his dinner at eight o’ clock.

5. He is playing the of a cook and will soon make a bread roll.

B. Look at the highlighted words. Make a sentence using the homographs of
these words.

1. The actress took a bow after the performance.
2. The tourists saw a bear in the wild during the jungle safari.

3. He dove into the swimming pool.

4. Roshan went to the country fair.

C. Make two sentences depicting different meanings of these words.

1. watch 2. pen

3. trunk 4. match

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