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(b) an enclosed area
ASSIGNMENT: Test Your Knowledge of Homograph

1. Use the following homographs in sentences of your own to explain the
different meaning conveyed by them:

a. Well
b. Arms
c. Top

d. Watch
e. Lie

f. Light
g. Fly
h. Can

i. Fair
j. Fine

k. Match
l. Watch
m. Ring

n. Shed
o. Second

p. Play

2. Homophones: Words that have the same pronunciation, but different spelling and different
meanings.
Directions: Choose the correct word.

Example: Please try not to (waste, waist) paper.

1. Can I go to the party (to, too, two)?
2. This is my favorite (pare, pair, pear) of jeans.
3. I (sent, scent, cent) a letter to my aunt in Vietnam.

4. The children got (bored, board) during the lecture.
5. Mr. and Mrs. Rodriguez like to work in (there, they’re, their) garden.

6. Alec is going to (wear, ware) his work boots today.
7. Do you think it is going to (rein, rain, reign) this afternoon?
8. I saw a restaurant just off the (rode, road) about a mile back.

9. David’s brother is in a (band, banned) which plays Russian music.
10. Juana wants her socks because her (tows, toes) are cold.