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English
Quarter 3 - Module 1:
• Homonyms
• Homographs
• Hyponyms
English – Grade 3
Alternative Delivery Mode
Quarter 3 – Module 1: Homonyms, Homographs, and Hyponyms
First Edition, 2020

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English
Quarter 3 – Module 1:
• Homonyms
• Homographs
• Hyponyms

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Introductory Message
For the facilitator:
Welcome to the English 3 Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM) Module on
Homonyms, Homographs, and Hyponyms!

This module was collaboratively designed, developed and reviewed by

educators both from public and private institutions to assist you, the teacher or
facilitator in helping the learners meet the standards set by the K to 12 Curriculum
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the learners as they do the tasks included in the module.

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For the learner:

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Homonyms, Homographs, and Hyponyms!

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What I Know This part includes an activity that aims to

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What’s In This is a brief drill or review to help you link the

current lesson with the previous one.

What’s New In this portion, the new lesson will be

introduced to you in various ways such as a
story, a song, a poem, a problem opener, an
activity or a situation.

What is It This section provides a brief discussion of the

lesson. This aims to help you discover and
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What’s More This comprises activities for independent

practice to solidify your understanding and
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answers to the exercises using the Answer
Key at the end of the module.

What I Have Learned This includes questions or blank

sentence/paragraph to be filled into process

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What I Can Do This section provides an activity which will

help you transfer your new knowledge or skill
into real life situations or concerns.

Assessment This is a task which aims to evaluate your

level of mastery in achieving the learning
competency.

Additional Activities In this portion, another activity will be given

to you to enrich your knowledge or skill of the
lesson learned. This also tends retention of
learned concepts.

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module.

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 What I Need to Know

This module was designed and written with you in

mind. It is here to help you know about homonyms,
homographs, and hyponyms. The scope of this module
permits it to be used in many different learning situations.
The language used recognizes the diverse vocabulary
level of students. The lessons are arranged to follow the
standard sequence of the course. But the order in which
you read them can be changed to correspond with the
textbook you are now using.

After going through this module, you are expected

to:

1. Identify homonyms, homographs, and

hyponyms;

2. Use the correct homonyms and homographs in

sentences; and

3. Give the homonyms and hyponyms of the given

words.

Enjoy your journey. Good luck!

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 What I Know
Directions: Readeach question carefully so that you can choose
the correct answer. Write the letter of the correct
answer on your answer sheet.

1. Which pair of words has the same sound?

A. sad - said C. ride - rode
B. two – too D. pale – peel

2. Which word has the same sound of hair?

A. hear C. hare
B. here D. heal

3. Which word will complete this sentence “ The child

picked ______ in my mother’s garden.” ?
A. flour C. sour
B. flower D. tour

4. What is the meaning of the underlined word in this

sentence “ We will go to the sea tomorrow ” ?
A. to look at
B. to listen
C. body of water
D. blossom of the plant

5. Which word has different sound from the other words?

A. tough C. two
B. too D. to

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 What’s In
Directions: Choose the correct abbreviation of the underlined
word in each sentence. Write the letter of the correct
answer on your answer sheet.

1. Sarah is going to Manila on Saturday.

A. St. B. Sat. C. Sr. D. Satur.

2. The first month of the year is January.

A. Jan. B. Janu C. Jr. D. jan.

3. I live in P. Nellas Street, Poblacion III, Carcar City, Cebu.

A. St. B. st. C. Str. D. Stt.

4. Our national hero is Doctor Jose P. Rizal.

A. doc. B. Doc. C. Dr. D. dr.

5. Our new Philippine President is Rodrigo Roa Duterte.

A. Pr. B. pres. C. Pres. D. Presi.

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 What’s New

Directions: Read the poem below and answer the questions

that follow in your answer sheet.

Boats Sail on the Rivers

By: Christina Rossetti

Boats sail on the rivers

And ships sail on the seas;
But clouds that sail across the sky
Are prettier far than these.
There are bridges on the rivers
Are pretty as you please;
But the bow that bridges heaven,
And overtops the trees,
And builds a road from earth to sky,
Is prettier far than these.

1. What sails on rivers and seas?

2. What things sail across the sky?
3. Which of the things sailing across water and sky is prettier?
Why?
4. What things are put across rivers?

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 5. What is talked about in the last four lines of the poem?
6. Why is a rainbow like a bridge?
7. Do you agree that the rainbow is prettier that any bridge?
Why?
8. What other things can you compare rainbows with? Why?

Some words in the poem Boats Sail on the Rivers are said in the

same way as other words.

Just like the words:

1. sail sounds like sale
2. road sounds like rode

sail and sale, road and rode are homonyms.

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 What is It

Homonyms are words that are said in the same way or have
the same sound or pronunciation but they differ in spellings and
meanings.

Examples:
1. Aloud ( when something is said or sounded in a way it can
be heared )

Allowed ( when an activity is permitted )

2. its ( a word that shows possession )

it’s ( contraction of it is )

3. rain ( water falling in drops )

reign (exercise power or authority )

4. there ( in that place )

their ( belonging to them )

they’re (contraction for they are )

5. flower ( blossom of a plant )

flour ( fine powder used to make cakes and cookies )

6. sea ( body of water )

see ( to look at )

7. hole ( an opening through something )

whole ( all of, entire )

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 What’s More

Directions: Read the sentences below. Copy the correct word to

be used in each sentence on your answer sheet.

1. There was a heavy ( rain, reign ) last night.

2. Please ( write, right ) the letter soon.

3. I cannot find my ( pare, pair ) of shoes.

4. The girl with the long ( hair, hare ) is my friend.

5. The ( night, knight ) is cold, dark, and rainy.

What I Have Learned

Directions: Fill in the blank with the correct word. Choose your answer
from the words inside the box.

same meanings Homonyms

different names sound

______________ are words that have the _______ _______

but have _________ spellings and _________.

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 What I Can Do

Directions: Copy the word from box that has the same sound of
the following words. Write the correct answer on your
answer sheet.

cell hear

heel weather

meat rode

two pains

bored tax

1. heal 6. board

2. here 7. tacks

3. whether 8. sell

4. too 9. meet

5. panes 10. road

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 Assessment

Directions: Identify the homonym of the given word that will

complete each sentence. Write the correct word on
your answer sheet.

Examples:
1. see
The ____ is calm.
Answer: sea

2. flower
Mother needs 1 kilogram of _____ for baking a
banana cake.
Answer: flour

Begin here:
1. two
The sunshine brings joy _____ the flower.
2. you’re
Please bring ______ presents for Mother.
3. eye
It is _____, not you.
4. hare
The wind blows my ______ and cools my cheeks.
5. write
Jane told me to leave ______ away.

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 Additional Activities

Directions: Mark √ if the words are homonyms, and X if

not. Do this on your answer sheet.

1. too, to, two

2. hair, here, hear

3. would, wood

4. heel, heal, hail

5. pain, pane

6. scent, sent, cent

7. sail, sell, cell

8. site, cite

9. tail, tale

10. blue, blew, blow

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 What I Know
Directions: Read each question carefully so that you can choose
the correct answer. Write the letter of the correct
answer on your answer sheet.

1. What does the underlined word in this sentence “ I saw a bat

flying in the cave. ” mean?
A. a piece of sporting equipment
B. a winged animal

2. She is not feeling well today. What does the word well mean?
A. a hole used for water
B. a felling people have

3. The principal in our school is smart. What does the underlined

word mean?
A. the most important
B. the head of the school

4. Which group of words is different?

A. ship, ship, ship C. bat, bat, bat
B. tie, tie, tie D. scent, sent, cent

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5. Every afternoon they went to the park to feed the duck. What is
the meaning of the word duck?
A. move quickly into or behind something
B. a swimming bird

What’s In

Directions: Readeach question carefully so that you can choose

the correct answer. Write the letter of the correct
answer on your answer sheet.

1. Which pair of words has the same sound?

A. hear - hair C. hear - here
B. hare - here D. here - hair

2. Which word has the same sound of sail?

A. cell C. sell
B. sale D. sole

3. Which word will complete this sentence “ I will add some ____
for my chicken soup.” ?
A. flour C. sour
B. flower D. tour

4. What is the meaning of the underlined word in this sentence “ I

will see your notes on Tuesday ” ?
A. to look at C. body of water
B. to listen D. blossom of the plant

5. Which word has different sound from the other words?

A. scent C. sent
B. cent D. spent

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 What’s New

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bat bat

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nail nail

What did you notice of the words in the pictures?

Do they have the same meaning?
What do you think to call these words having the same spelling
but differ in meaning?

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 What is It

Homographs are words that have the exact same spelling but
different meanings. Sometimes they are pronounced differently,
and sometimes the pronunciation is the same.

Examples:
1. principal
- the head of a school
- the most important

2. well
- a hole used for water
- a felling people have

3. bass
- a deep voice or tone
- a kind of fish

4. bat
- a piece of sporting equipment
- a winged animal

5. jam
- a traffic hold-up
- a fruit spread

6. grave
- a resting place for the dead
- something very serious

7. fine
- very good
- a sum of money paid to settle a matter

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 What’s More

Directions: Choose the correct word from the box to complete

each sentence. Each word is a homograph and will be
used twice.

Well barks bat

1. Father bought a _____ so that I can play baseball.

2. Mother is not feeling _____ today.

3. We need some ____ of the trees for our project.

4. My brother will get a pail of water from the ____.

5. There is a ____ in our house.

What I Have Learned

Directions: Fill in the blank with the correct word. Choose your
answer from the words inside the box. Write your
answer on the answer sheet.

different words same

spelled styles Homographs

A ______________ is a group of _____ that are _____ the

____ way but have _______ meanings

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 What I Can Do

Directions: Choose the word from the box that refers to the given
meaning. Use the word twice. Write only the letter of the
correct answer on your answer sheet.

A. state B. close C. produce d. desert

1. to create or make 5. near by

2. to leave 6. to say
3. to shut 7. fresh fruits and vegetables
4. a place within the country 8. a hot arid region

Assessment
Directions: Read each sentence and copy the letter of the correct
meaning of the underlined homograph on your answer
sheet.

1. There are electric fans in our room.

A. admires B. a device for cooling

2. The fans of the basketball team cheered whenever their

team make a score.
A. spread out B. admirers

3. We bought new bearings for the car.

A. parts of a machine that bears friction

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4. I forgot to bring money for the fare.

A. grow B. payment for transportation
5. Plants do not fare well in a dark place.
A. grow B. food

Additional Activities
Directions: Draw the following things. Below each drawing, write a sentence
about it. Do this on your answer sheet.
1. ruler
2. watch
3. can
4. nail
5. bat

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 What I Know
Directions: Read each question carefully so that you can choose
the correct answer. Write the letter of the correct
answer on your answer sheet.

1. Which group of words refers to color?

A. pencil, paper, ruler C. Rose, Santan, Adelfa
B. brown, pink, white D. Blacky, Bantay, Browny

2. Which does not belong to the group?

A. dog C. guava
B. goat D. cat

3. Which pair of words is different?

A. guava – fruit C. Rose – flower
B. Mongol – pencil D. dog – cat

4. Which is a vehicle?
A. tomato B. car C. rabbit D. pencil

5. Which of the following refers to a specific idea?

A. color B. food C. flower D. jackfruit

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 What’s In

Directions: Choose the correct word from the box to complete

each sentence. Each word is a homograph and will be
used twice.

can fans watch

1. Mother bought a _____ of milk yesterday.

2. I gave a red _____ to my little sister.

3. The ______ of Daniel Padilla make a big poster for him.

4. Please ______ my things.

5. The electric _____ in our room are wrecked.

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 What’s New

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Sampaguita Sunflower Anthurium

What do the words Sampaguita, Sunflower, and Anthurium refer

to?
- The words Sampaguita, Sunflower, and Anthurium refer to
flower.

How about Mercury, Venus, and Earth?

- The words Mercury, Venus, and Earth refer to planet

Sampaguita, Sunflower, and Anthurium are specific name of

flower, while Mercury, Venus, and Earth are specific name of
planet

These words Sampaguita, Sunflower, and Anthurium are

Hyponyms of flower while Mercury, Venus, and Earth are
Hyponyms of planet.

Therefore what are Hyponyms?

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 What is It

Hyponyms are concrete or specific forms of sets of word.

Examples:

1. the hyponyms of the word appliance

- stove, freezer, television

2. the hyponyms of the word fruit

- guava, mango, chico

3. the hyponyms of the word furniture

- sofa, bed, table

4. the hyponyms of the word color

- green, orange, violet

5. the hyponyms of the word family

- mother, father, sister

6. the hyponyms of the word animal

- horse, carabao, dog

7. the hyponyms of cook

- boil, fry, grill

Hyponyms are also words whose meaning is included

in the meaning of another word.

Examples: 1. eagle, crow, parrots are all hyponyms of bird,

and bird is a hyponym of animal

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 2. Ford, Toyota, Avanza are all hyponyms of car,
and car is a hyponym of vehicle

What’s More

Directions: Choose from the words inside the box the hyponyms of
the following words. Write the correct answer on your
answer sheet.

Ants hammer Acacia fork

Plate milk pliers coffee
Mosquitoes Mahogany

1. beverage

2. tree

3. insect

4. utensil

5. tool

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 What I Have Learned
Directions: Fill in the blank with the correct word. Choose your answer
from the words inside the box. Write your answer on the
answer sheet.

A __________ is _______ of more _______ meaning than a general

or superordinate term applicable to it.

word Hyponym specific

What I Can Do
Directions: Mark √ if the pair of words is correct, and X if not. Do this
on your answer sheet.

1. guava - fruit

2. car - vehicle

3. cabbage - toy

4. chair - furniture

5. Bantay - dog

6. doll - color

7. Mario - boy

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 8. red - flower

9. squash - vegetable

10. horse - father

Assessment

Directions: Read each question carefully so that you can choose

the correct answer. Write the letter of the correct
answer on your answer sheet.

1. Which does not belong to the group?

A. guava C. snake
B. orange D. avocado

2. Which of the following refers to a specific idea?

A. yellow B. fruit C. color D. toy

3. Which pair of words is different?

A. chair - furniture C. Gumamela - flower
B. dog - animal D. crocodile - monkey

4. Which of the following are the hyponyms of dog?

A. cat, horse, carabao C. Rose, Santan, Adelfa
B. brown, pink, white D. Blacky, Bantay, Browny

5. Which is not a hyponym of vehicle?

A. bus B. car C. jeep D. pencil

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 Additional Activities

Directions: List down at least 3 hyponyms of the following. Do this on your

answer sheet.
1. fruit
2. color
3. toy
4. vehicle
5. animal

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 Answer Key

Lesson 1 Lesson 2 Lesson 3

What I Know What I Know What I Know
1. B 1. B 1. B
2. C 2. B 2. C
3. B 3. B 3. D
4. C 4. D 4. B
5. A 5. B 5. D

Wht’s In Wht’s In Wht’s In

1. B 1. C 1. can
2. A 2. B 2. watch
3. A 3. A 3. fans
4. C 4. A 4. watch
5. C 5. D 5. fans

What’s More What’s More What’s More

1. rain 1. bat 1. milk, coffee
2. write 2. well 2. Mahogany,
3.pair 3. barks Acacia
4. hair 4. well 3. ants, mosquito
5. right 5. bat 4. plate, fork
5. hammer, pliers
What I have learned What I have What I have
1. Homonyms learned learned
2. same 1.Homogrph 1. Hyponym
3. sound 2. words 2. word
4. different 3. spelled 3. specific
5. meanings 4. same
5. different

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 What I Can Do What I Can Do What I Can Do
1. heel 6. bored 1. C 5. B 1. √ 6. X
2. hear 7. tax 2. D 6. A 2. √ 7. √
3. weather 8. cell 3. B 7. C 3. X 8. X
4. two 9. meet 4. A 8. D 4. √ 9. √
5. pains 10. rode 5. √ 10. X

Additional Activities Additional Additional

1. √ 6. √ Activities Activities
2. X 7. X Answers may Answers may vary
3. √ 8. √ vary
4. X 9. √
5. √ 10. X

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References

1. MELC of English 3

2. Carcar City Division made Worksheets

3. Across Borders Through Reading ( Grades 2,3 and 5 )

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monyms&rlz=1C1ASRM_enPH757PH757&oq=worksheets+
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For Teacher’s Only (English 3, Quarter 3, Module 1 Answer key)

Assessment Assessment Assessment

1. to 1. B 1. C
2. your 2. B 2. A
3. I 3. A 3. D
4. hair 4. B 4. D
5. right 5. A 5. D

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