PRAGATII EXAM 2023

Homophones
and
Homonyms
 ICEBREAKER
 Rules for the game

1. Each participant have to write down a adjective to there name.

2. Raise you're hand if you find any unique adjective
3. Let us discuss about few adjective
4. Everyone has to participate
 MEANING
Homophones Homonyms

 Each of two or more words having  Each of two or more words having
the same pronunciation but the same spelling or pronunciation
different meanings, origins, or but different meanings and origins
spelling
EXAMPLES FOR HOMOPHONES

Sea and See

EXAMPLES FOR HOMOPHONES

Son and Sun

EXAMPLES FOR HOMOPHONES
 Weather/whether: I don’t know whether to bring a
jacket or not. The weather looks unpredictable today.
 Sole/soul: I need to get a new sole put on my favorite
pair of running shoes. Jogging is good for my soul
 Right/write: There is no right way to write a great
novel
 Steal/steel: Someone who decides to steal a car has
committed a crime, but auto parts are made of steel
 Knight/night: The knight is on his way to the castle,
but traveling at night is very dangerous
EXAMPLES FOR HOMOPHONES

 Tail/tale: My cat was crazily chasing his tail while I read a

fair tale to my children.
 Waist/waste: Digging a hole with a toothpick is a waste of
time. These shorts fit perfectly around my waist.
 Break/brake : Did you just break the glass? You have to
apply brake to stop the bicycle.
 Flu/flew: Richa is absent today cause he caught flu. The
project team flew to Denver to meet the company’s board.
 Duel/dual: He challenged his opponent to a duel in a sports
event. He had a dual citizenship.
 Fare/fair : He did not play a fair game at the family friendly
fare
EXAMPLES FOR HOMOPHONES
 Foreword/forward : I hope I am not being to forward by asking you to write the foreword for my upcoming
book
 Feet/feat : I managed to get out of bed and on my own feet – that, in itself, was quite a feat!
 Census/sense : We have census in our country every ten years. She immediately sensed my dislike.
 Lays/laze : The quail lays 15 – 20 eggs and its white. She is been lazing in the sun all afternoon.
 Faze/phase : It could faze your family if your princess phase lasts well into your college years.
 Niece/nice : The presents that I gave to my niece was nice according to her.
 Discreet/discrete : And we’re not going to discreet about it, these 2 can be confusing so, lets try to keep them
discrete.
TELL FEW EXAMPLES FOR HOMOPHONES
ACTIVITY

 I need volunteer for this activity

 Here you need to make a story using homophones and homonyms.
EXAMPLES FOR HOMONYMS

WATCH
EXAMPLES FOR HOMONYMS
Ruler
EXAMPLES FOR HOMONYMS

 Address – I can give you the address of a good attorney. That letter was addressed to me.
 Band –The band was playing old Beatles songs. She always ties her hair back in a band.
 Bat –I am afraid of bats. It’s his first time at bat in the major leagues.
 Match – If you suspect a gas leak do not strike a match or use electricity. Her fingerprints match those found at
the scene of the crime.
 Mean – What does this sentence mean? He needed to find a mean between frankness and rudeness.
EXAMPLES FOR HOMONYMS

 Ship – There are two restaurants on board ship. A new engine was shipped over from the US.
 Wave – Huge waves were breaking on the shore. The people on the bus waved and we waved back.
 Cool – She swam out into the cool water. When tempers had cooled, he apologized.
 Point – He’s just saying that to prove a point. Everything seemed to point in one direction.
 Palm –He held the bird gently in the palm of his hand. The coconut palm is a native of Malaysia.
EXAMPLES FOR HOMONYMS

 Fall – September had come and the leaves were starting to fall. The area is beautiful in the fall.
 File – Every file on the same disk must have a different name. We began to file out into the car park.
 Duck –Every afternoon they went to the park to feed the duck. He had to duck as he came through the door.
 Sink –The ships sink to the bottom of the sea. I felt chained to the kitchen sink.
 Scale – They entertain on a large scale. He somehow managed to scale the sheer outside wall of the tower.
TELL FEW EXAMPLES FOR HOMONYMS
ACTIVITY

 I need 2 volunteer for this activity.

 One need to learn few things (name, their favorite sport, siblings etc) about the other person and introduce them as
friend