100 Homographs Examples with Sentences Pdf!
What are Homographs?
Homographs are words that share the same spellings but are different in meaning. Homographs are a type of homonyms but homographs can be or cannot be of the same pronunciation.
Also check: Homophones Examples
Homographs Examples with Sentences
Fall
Fall |
A mango fell from the basket.
Night fell before we got to market. |
Bat Bat |
Bat used to live in a nest.
A cricket bat is made up of wood. |
Bear
Bear |
Bear attacked him tomorrow.
He can beat a lot. |
Drop
Drop |
Dewdrops are falling onto the grass. Her grade gradually dropped after the death of her father. |
Duck
Duck |
Ducks can swim in the river.
He will not duck the issue anymore. |
Fly
Fly |
Fly is an insect with six legs
I love to fly in the sky. |
Can Can |
He can play cricket very well.
He wants a Sprite can. |
Scale
Scale |
He draws a line with his scale.
This pipe is full of scale. |
Rose
Rose |
He rose his hand for an answer. Rose flower is very beautiful. |
Tie
Tie |
He used to wear a black tie along with a white shirt.
This match will tie. |
Ruler
Ruler |
He was the great ruler of his time.
Please give me your ruler. |
Stalk Stalk |
He would pollinate a wheat stalk.
Ghosts are said to stalk the castle walls. |
Nail
Nail |
Her nails are very beautiful.
I’ll bet I hit the nail on the head. |
Saw
Saw |
I saw his coming towards me. He was cutting wood with a saw. |
Ship
Ship |
I used to travel by ship.
He is shipping his parcel to England. |
Cool
Cool |
It’s a nice cool morning.
How cool and delicious it was! |
File File |
My file was blue in color.
Carpenter is filing the door. |
Clip
Clip |
My hair clip is of red color.
Her video clips were leaked last month. |
Point
Point |
My point is totally different, you are talking wrong. This is the center point of the circle. |
Park
Park |
National Park is very beautiful.
Please park your car outside. |
Palm
Palm |
Palm trees are very long.
He hit him with the palm of his hand. |
Book Book |
Please book a cab for me.
I like poetry books. |
Put
Put |
Please put the shoes on the floor.
He is putting me forward. |
Watch
Watch |
She is watching me from behind. He likes to wear a gold watch. |
Bank
Bank |
She sat on the riverbank
He is going to the bank for a loan. |
Arm
Arm |
She was attached to the arm of good-looking
My arm is painting. |
Wave Wave |
She waves her hand and goes away.
Waves of electrons are not dangerous. |
Sink
Sink |
The sink is in the kitchen.
The plane sank into the river. |
Band
Band |
The band was playing old Beatles songs. Her hairband is very beautiful. |
Letter
Letter |
There are 26 letters in English
I had posted the letter yesterday. |
Left
Left |
There is a cat on your left side.
He left his phone in the car. |
Match Match |
There is a match between Australia and India.
He has no match with me. |
Ring
Ring |
They were fighting in the ring.
He gifted me a ring. |
Spring
Spring |
This spring is very hard. I love the spring season. |
Well
Well |
Well done! You passed the exam.
This well has no water. |
Date
Date Date |
What is the date today? I like to eat dates in the morning. He is on a date with his girlfriend. |
Address
Address |
What is your home address?
Please address all letters to this office. |
Common Homographs List
Here is the list of homographs in english:
- Match – Match
- Current – Current
- Ship – Ship
- Put – Put
- Arm – Arm
- Fall – Fall
- Jag – Jag
- Right – Right
- Bright – Bright
- Lie – Lie
- Pound – Pound
- Stalk – Stalk
- Bear – Bear
- Bat – Bat
- Saw – Saw
- Rose – Rose
- Express – Express
- Nail – Nail
- Drop – Drop
- Left – Left
- Book – Book
- Address – Address
- Band – Band
- Duck- Duck
- Can – Can
- Bow –Bow
- Ring – Ring
- Sink – Sink
- Spring – Spring
- Letter – Letter
- Pole – Pole
- Gift – Gift
- Lead–Lead
- Tie – Tie
- Rock – Rock
- Trip – Trip
- Date – Date
- Mean – Mean
- Bear –Bear
- Bark – Bark
- Kind – Kind
- Rose- Rose
- Tender – Tender
- Bar –Bar
- Tear –Tear
- Air – Air
- Scale – Scale
- Die – Die
- Well – Well
- Band – Band
- Park – Park
- Point- Point
- Clips – Clips
- Live –Live
- Quarry – Quarry
- Left –Left
- Well – Well
- Fly – Fly
- Back –Back
- Stalk – Stalk
- Palm – Palm
- Tire – Tire
- Ruler – Ruler
- Right –Right
- Ream – Ream
- Match – Match
- File – File
- Wave – Wave
- Circular – CircularÂ
- Cool – Cool
- Bank – Bank
- Spring – Spring
- Watch – Watch
- Minute–Minute
- Fair – Fair
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Last updated on March 20th, 2022 at 07:52 pm