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Homographs

This section provides 15 examples of sentences containing homographs. For each sentence, it gives the two different meanings that the homograph could have in the context. This demonstrates how ambiguity can arise due to homographs and emphasizes the importance of context clues to determine the intended
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Homographs

This section provides 15 examples of sentences containing homographs. For each sentence, it gives the two different meanings that the homograph could have in the context. This demonstrates how ambiguity can arise due to homographs and emphasizes the importance of context clues to determine the intended
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homographs

1. bass - a deep voice or tone


a kind of fish

2. bat - a piece of sporting equipment used in baseball


a winged animal which are active at night

3. bow - to bend at the waist


the front of a boat

4. fine - very good


a sum of money paid to settle a matter

5. content- happy or satisfied


 all that is contained inside something

6. minute - 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour


extremely small

7. refuse - waste or garbage


to reject or decline to accept

8. row - a fight
to propel a boat forward using oars

9. second - 1/60th of a minute


after the first

10. subject - a topic


the noun in a sentence

11. tear - to rip


a drop of water from the eye

12. wind - to turn something around


moving air

14. wave – move the hand in greeting


sea water coming into shore

1. Rita was too close to the door to close it.

i. _______________________________________________________________________________
ii. _______________________________________________________________________________

2. Dan’s wife said he should polish the Polish furniture on a regular basis.

i. _______________________________________________________________________________
ii. _______________________________________________________________________________

3. I did not object to the object in question.

i. _______________________________________________________________________________
ii. _______________________________________________________________________________

4. There is no time like the present to present a friend with a present.

i. _______________________________________________________________________________
ii. _______________________________________________________________________________

5. The vegetable farm was asked to produce organic produce for local community.

i. _______________________________________________________________________________
ii. _______________________________________________________________________________

6. Unfortunately, the insurance was invalid for the invalid.

i. _______________________________________________________________________________
ii. _______________________________________________________________________________

7. The dog lead was dangerous because it was made of lead.

i. _______________________________________________________________________________
ii. _______________________________________________________________________________

8. I had to hide the animal hide before my vegetarian friend came to dinner.

i. _______________________________________________________________________________
ii. _______________________________________________________________________________

9. A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer pipeline.

i. _______________________________________________________________________________
ii. _______________________________________________________________________________
10. There was a row between the oarsmen about how to row properly.

i. _______________________________________________________________________________
ii. _______________________________________________________________________________

11. The wind was too strong to wind the sail.

i. _______________________________________________________________________________
ii. _______________________________________________________________________________

12. She shed a tear upon seeing the tear in the painting.

i. _______________________________________________________________________________
ii. _______________________________________________________________________________

13. The soldier had to desert his platoon in the desert.

i. _______________________________________________________________________________
ii. _______________________________________________________________________________

14. I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.

i. _______________________________________________________________________________
ii. _______________________________________________________________________________

15. The buck does get rather excited when the does are around.

i. _______________________________________________________________________________
ii. _______________________________________________________________________________

16. It took me a minute to locate the minute hole in the fence.

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