Samacheer Kalvi 9th English Vocabulary Homonyms, Homophones

Tamilnadu Samacheer Kalvi 9th English Vocabulary Homonyms, Homophones

	Sound	Spelling	Meaning	Example
Homophones	Same	Different	Different	none (not at all) nun (Reverend mother)
Homonyms	Same	Same	Different	current (up to date) current (flow to water)

Homonyms:
Homonyms are words with similar sound and spelling, but with a different meaning.

Homophones:
Homophones are words with similar sounds but with different spelling and meaning.

Exercises
Write the homophones of the following word.
1. Write the homophone for the word for ‘loan’.
Answer:
lone

2. Write the homophone for the word for ‘were’.
Answer:
wear, where

3. Write the homophone for the word for ‘die’.
Answer:
dye

4. Write the homophone for the word for ‘allowed’.
Answer:
aloud

5. Write the homophone for the word for ‘bare’.
Answer:
bear

6. Write the homophone for the word for ‘son’.
Answer:
sun

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