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Eng 4 LP - 4thq Week 3
Eng 4 LP - 4thq Week 3
B. Explore
The students with their teacher will process the story Bakawan with their teacher.
C. Explain
Learning Homographs
Take a look at these two sentences:
A big brown bear invaded the picnic site.
The man’s many belongings were too heavy for the horse to bear.
What do you notice? Does the word bear have the same meaning in both sentences?
In the first sentence, bear refers to a big carnivorous mammal. But in the second sentence, bear
means “to carry.”
These sentences show us an interesting feature of the English language known as homographs.
Homographs are words spelled alike but with different meanings. Some homographs may also be
pronounced differently (called heteronyms). When you look at a dictionary, you will find that many English
words would have more than one meaning or definition. This is because they are homographs. Consider the
meanings of the word page:
Notice how homographs can function as different parts of speech. In the examples given previously, page
can be both a noun and a verb. To understand what a homograph means in a sentence, you will need to use
context clues. Consider the use of page in this sentence:
The security guard will page the parents of these lost children.
Which of the three definitions of page applies to the given sentence? Looking at the context or situation,
you can tell that the meaning of the sentence is the third one.
REMEMBER:
Familiarity with homographs can eliminate miscommunication.
Knowing how to use homographs can help you convey information more effectively.
Context clues can help you determine the meaning of homographs in a sentence.
D. Extend
Let’s Practice 1
Directions: Read and answer.
E. Evaluate
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