Homonyms
- crane: That bird is a crane./They had to use a crane to lift the object./She had to crane her neck to see the movie.
- date: Her favorite fruit to eat is a date./Joe took Alexandria out on a date.
- engaged: They got engaged on March 7th./The students were very engaged in the presentation.
- foil: Please wrap the sandwich in foil./They learned about the role of a dramatic foil in English class.
- leaves: The children love to play in the leaves./They do not like when their father leaves for work.
- net: What was your net gain for the year?/Crabbing is easier if you bring a net along.
- point: The pencil has a sharp point./It is not polite to point at people.
- right: You were right./Make a right turn at the light.
- rose: My favorite flower is a rose./He quickly rose from his seat.
- type: He can type over 100 words per minute./That dress is really not her type.
Homophones
- pale/pail
- ate/eight
- alter/altar
- band/banned
- buy/bye/by
- red/read
- blew/blue
- boar/bore
- canon/cannon
- coarse/course
- fair/fare
- genes/jeans
- foul/fowl
- grate/great
- in/inn
- hour/our
- knight/night
- no/know
- nose/knows
- maize/maze
- meddle/metal
- rain/reign
- sea/see
- role/roll
- their/there/theyre
- veil/vale
Homographs
- read: She is going to read the book later./He read the book last night.
- bass: They caught a bass./His voice belongs in the bass section.
- bow: She put a bow in her daughter's hair./Please bow down to the emperor.
- minute: That is only a minute problem./Wait a minute!
- learned: The class learned that information last week./He is a very learned individual.
- sewer: The rats crept through the sewer./She is a fine sewer.
- wound: They wound up the toy as soon as they got it./She received a wound from the punch.
- does: He does his homework every night./There were many does in the forest.
- wind: The wind swept up the leaves./Wind the clock up before you go to bed.
- sow: A sow is a female pig./We'll sow the seeds in springtime.
