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English
Quarter 3 – Module 2:
Homograph
Science – Grade 3
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Quarter 3 – Module 2: Homograph
First Edition, 2020

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English
Quarter 3 – Module 2:
Homograph
Introductory Message
This Self-Learning Module (SLM) is prepared so that you, our dear learners, can
continue your studies and learn while at home. Activities, questions, directions,
exercises, and discussions are carefully stated for you to understand each
lesson.
Each SLM is composed of different parts. Each part shall guide you step-by-step
as you discover and understand the lesson prepared for you.
Pre-tests are provided to measure your prior knowledge on lessons in each SLM.
This will tell you if you need to proceed on completing this module or if you need
to ask your facilitator or your teacher’s assistance for better understanding of
the lesson. At the end of each module, you need to answer the post-test to self-
check your learning. Answer keys are provided for each activity and test. We
trust that you will be honest in using these.
In addition to the material in the main text, Notes to the Teacher are also
provided to our facilitators and parents for strategies and reminders on how
they can best help you on your home-based learning.
Please use this module with care. Do not put unnecessary marks on any part of
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If you have any questions in using this SLM or any difficulty in answering the
tasks in this module, do not hesitate to consult your teacher or facilitator.
Thank you.

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 What I Need to Know

This module was designed and written to help you understand homograph.
Specifically, after working this module, it is expected that you learn the
following objectives:
1. identify common homograph used in a sentence (Homograph)
EN3V-IIIg-h-13.7;
2. identify the multiple meanings of common homograph;
3. recognize homograph through context clues; and
4. complete sentences with the correct homograph.

What I Know

Find one word, or homograph, to fit the two meanings in each group. Write
your answer on a piece of paper.

1.___________________ a. near to each other

2.___________________
3.____________________
4.____________________
5.____________________
b. to shut (the door)
a. a message on a paper from one
person or group to another
b. characters representing the
alphabet
a. to bring (a vehicle) to a stop
b. a place where children play
a. a fence
b. an instrument with ink used in
writing
a. to rip something
b. a drop of water from the eye

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 Lesson

2 Homograph

Homographs are words that have the same spelling, but with different
meaning and pronunciation. It is important to use context clues to know the
meaning and pronunciation of the word.

What’s In
Direction: Choose from the box. Write the word that complete each sentence.
Write your answer on a piece of paper.

1. The _________ is very bright today. son sun

2. I ________ too much for dinner. ate eight
3. She said she ________ where the place was. new knew
4. She ate the ____________ cake. whole hole
5. Where did the dog ___________ the bone? berry bury

Notes to the Teacher

This module helps the students understand homographs and
recognize homographs through context clues.

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 What’s New

Homograph Riddle
Read and answer the following riddles. Choose your answer from the given
words inside the box. Write your answer on a piece of paper.

bear desert leave live mouse record

1. I am a hot, dry region with little rain. I can also Answer:

mean “to leave”. What is my word? Can you spell
it? ______________

2. I am a small mobile manual device that controls Answer:

movement of the cursor in your computer. I am
also a small rodent that you can see around your ______________
house. Do you know my word? Can you spell it?
3. I am an animal and I can also mean “to carry”. Answer:
Can you guess my word? Can you spell it?
______________
4. This is something that is happening at the Answer:
moment. It may also mean “reside” and “dwell” Do
you know my word? Can you spell it?
______________
5. My word is “to make a note through writing”. I Answer:
can also mean to store sounds or moving pictures
using electronic equipment. What is my word? Can ______________
you spell it?

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 What is It
Study the examples below.
MOUSE DESERT

a small a small mobile to leave a hot, dry

rodent manual device region
that controls with little
movement of rain
the cursor in
your computer

These examples are called homographs. Do you know where the word
homograph came from? Take a look at this illustration.

HOMOGRAPH

HOMO + GRAPH

The same written

If you check the previous examples, you can see that a homograph is a word
that has the same spelling as another word but has a different sound and a
different meaning.

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You can also identify homographs in the dictionary because they have many
meanings. Depending on the definition the word can be used as a verb, noun,
adverb, and/or adjective.
Here are some examples of homographs.

fly

palm

ruler

wave

wind

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 What’s More

Pick two (2) pictures that correspond to the word listed on the table below.
The first one was done for you.

1 2 3 4

5 6 7 8

9 10 11 12

1. Pin 5 10

2. Chest

3. Bat

4. Ring

5. Trunk

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 What I Have Learned
A. Direction: Read the pairs of meanings, and choose a correct homograph for
them from the homograph box. Write your answer on a piece of paper.
Example:
a stone rock a type of music

to create fresh fruits and

1.
something vegetables

2. object
correct opposite of left

pin
the grounds of a
3. a unit of length building (as the
grassy area produce
around a house)

right
A small pointed
a target in a
4. metal used for
bowling game
fastening cloth yard

5. a thing to oppose

B. If you understand our lesson, try to answer the following questions and
write the answers on a piece of paper.
1. What are homographs?
2. Can you give at least five examples?

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 What I Can Do

Direction: Identify the meaning of the underlined homographs using context

clues and write your answer on a piece of paper.

1. Tony’s bike has a flat tire.

a. to become weary b. a rubber cushion that
fits around the wheel

2. Our school will be conducting a Science fair next week.

a. an exhibition b. fine

3. The postman left this letter for you.

a. a written or typed communication b. a character representing one or
more of the sounds used in
speech

4. The ceiling was so low I had to duck.

a. a kind of swimming bird b. to lower the head or body

5. The weather is cool today.

a. moderately cold b. fashionable

Assessment
Direction: Copy the sentences and underline the homograph that matches the
meaning provided in italics after the sentences. Write your answer on a piece
of paper.

1 My foot is over a foot long. (body part)

2. The girl sitting to the right of me got the right answer. (correct)
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3. The boy spun his top on top of the dining room table.
(the uppermost surface)
4. Tim was standing too close to allow Jenny to close the door safely.
(near to each other)
5. When a bat got in the house, my father used a bat to try to get it out.
(a small, nocturnal rodent.)

Additional Activities

Identify the correct homograph based on the pictures and write your answer
on a piece of paper.

1. ____________

2. ____________

3. ____________

4____________

5____________

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Assessment
Additional Activities
1. foot
1. letter
2. right
2. bank
3. top
3. scale
4. close
4. palm
5. bat
5. top
What I Have Learned
What I Can Do
1. produce What’s More
1. b
2. right
2. a 1. 5, 10
3. yard
3. a 2. 1,7
4. pin
4. b 3. 3,12
5. oppose 4. 2,9
5. a
5. 8,11
What’s New What’s In: What I Know:
1. desert 1. sun 1. close
2. mouse 2. ate 2. letter
3. bear 3. knew 3. park
4. live 4. whole 4. pen
5. record 5. bury 5. tear
Answer Key
References
"Homograph Riddle Cards | Homographs, Riddles, Guess The Word". Pinterest,
2020. https://www.pinterest.ph/pin/249738741812731584/.
Templates, Lesson, Graphic Aids, and Book Lists. "Homographs Worksheets".
Reading Worksheets, Spelling, Grammar, Comprehension, Lesson Plans,
2020. https://www.k12reader.com/subject/vocabulary/homograph-
worksheets/.
"Homograph Worksheets". Mathworksheets4kids.Com, 2020.
https://www.mathworksheets4kids.com/homograph.php.
"Homographs". En.Islcollective.Com, 2020.
https://en.islcollective.com/english-esl-worksheets/grammar/homonyms-
homophones-homographs/homographs/71417.

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