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Words with different pronunciations and meanings, but same spelling

read (In present tense pronounced as [ ríyd ]
read (In past tense pronounced as [ red ]

do (noun [music] pronounced [ dóu ]

do (verb pronounced as [ dúw ]

lead (verb pronounced as [ líyd ]
lead (noun pronounced as [ led ]

Activity 2. Identify Common Homographs

Two words are homographs if they are spelled the same way but differ in meaning.
Examples of homographs are:

1. accent - a manner of speaking or pronunciation influenced by the region in which
one lives or grew up/ stress or emphasis

2. bat - a winged animal associated with vampires /a sporting equipment used in baseball

3. buffet - a self-serve food bar/ to hit, punch or slap
4. bow - to bend at the waist/ a pair of tied loops / the front of a boat

5. content - happy or satisfied/all that is contained inside something

6. entrance - to bewitch, delight or enrapture /the place of entry

7. minute - 60th of an hour/ extremely small / 60 seconds or 1
8. tear - to rip/a drop of water from the eye

9. wind - to turn/ moving air

10. wound - an injury/ turned
11. lead - to go first with followers behind/a type of metal

12. fine - sharp or keen/very good/delicate or subtle/money paid to settle a matter

13. row - a fight/to propel a boat forward using oars/a line

14. wave - move the hand in greeting OR sea water coming into shore
15. close - nearby / to shut /

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