Question

Arrange the following pairs of partial homonyms according to the traditional classification into: A (homographs), B (homophones), C (homoforms). Fill in the blanks with your answers. NOTE: Every group may contain different number of homonyms. 1. pray (v.) – prey (v.) 6. wind (n.) – wind (v.) 2. found (v) – found (Part. II of find) 7. be (v.) – bee (n.) 3. heal (v.) – heel (n.) 8. lead (v.) – lead [led] (n.) 4. bow (v.) – bow (n.) 9. saw (n.) – saw (Past Ind. of see) 5. four (num.) – for (prep.) 10. dear (adj.) – deer (n.)

Answer 1

Ответ:

A (homographs) bow (v.) – bow (n.), wind (n.) – wind (v.), lead (v.) – lead [led] (n.)

B (homophones) pray (v.) – prey (v.), heal (v.) – heel (n.), four (num.) – for (prep.), be (v.) – bee (n.), dear (adj.) – deer (n.)

C (homoforms) found (v) – found (Part. II of find), saw (n.) – saw (Past Ind. of see)

Объяснение:

Homographs - words that are written alike.

Homophones - words that are pronounced alike.

Homoforms - words that are pronounced alike only in certain forms.

Answer 2

A (homographs): 1. pray (v.) – prey (v.) 2. found (v) – found (Part. II of find) 3. heal (v.) – heel (n.) 4. bow (v.) – bow (n.) 5. four (num.) – for (prep.) 6. wind (n.) – wind (v.)

B (homophones): 7. be (v.) – bee (n.) 8. lead (v.) – lead [led] (n.)

C (homoforms): 9. saw (n.) – saw (Past Ind. of see) 10. dear (adj.) – deer (n.)

Note: A homograph is a word that is spelled the same as another word but has a different meaning, while a homophone is a word that sounds the same as another word but has a different meaning. Homoforms are words that have the same spelling and pronunciation but have different meanings.