100 Homonyms Examples with Sentences PDF!
What are Homonyms?
Homonyms are words with the same pronunciation or spelling but different meanings and origins. Homonyms are the most confusing words of English and are a very interesting topic to discuss.
In this lesson, we are going to discuss some of the useful homonyms with their example sentences. Homonym examples will help you learn how to use these homonyms and will help in clearing the difference between different homonyms.
Also Check: 100 Examples of Homographs
Common Homonyms Example List
Ship – Ship
Kind – Kind
Drop – Drop
Point- Point
Bright – Bright
Arm – Arm
Match – Match
Pound – Pound
Trip – Trip
Park – Park
Book – Book
Right – Right
Rock – Rock
Date – Date
Fall – Fall
Current – Current
Saw – Saw
Express – Express
Well – Well
Ream – Ream
Tire – Tire
Die – Die
Pole – Pole
Quarry – Quarry
Letter – Letter
Clips – Clips
Cool – Cool
Wave – Wave
Rose- Rose
Band – Band
Address – Address
Bear – Bear
Put – Put
Arm – Arm
Jag – Jag
Scale – Scale
Ring – Ring
Rose – Rose
Air – Air
Fly – Fly
Bank – Bank
Spring – Spring
Band – Band
Duck- Duck
Fair – Fair
Tender – Tender
Gift – Gift
Ruler – Ruler
Match – Match
Tie – Tie
Palm – Palm
Watch – Watch
Bark – Bark
Well – Well
Bat – Bat
Spring – Spring
Address – Address
File – File
Left – Left
Nail – Nail
Sink – Sink
Bat – Bat
Mean – Mean
Lie – Lie
Stalk – Stalk
Can – Can
Stalk – Stalk
Circular – Circular
Homonyms Examples with Sentences
Here is the list of 100 homonyms examples with sentences:
| Arm
Arm |
She was attached to the arm of good-looking
My arm is painting. |
| Address
Address |
What is your home address?
Please address all letters to this office. |
| Bear
Bear |
Bear are animals that are of black and white color.
He had not to bear that much pain before. |
| Bank
Bank |
She sat on the riverbank
He is going to the bank for a loan. |
| Band
Band |
The band was playing old Beatles songs.
Her hairband is very beautiful. |
| Book
Book |
Please book a cab for me.
I like poetry books. |
| Bat
Bat |
Bat is a bird of black color.
He is playing with a cricket bat. |
| Can
Can |
He can play the flute.
He wants a Pepsi can. |
| Cool
Cool |
It’s a nice cool morning.
How cool and delicious it was! |
| Clip
Clip |
My hair clip is of red color.
Her video clips were leaked last month. |
| Drop
Drop |
Dewdrops are falling onto the grass.
She hoped he’d drop the subject |
| Duck
Duck |
Ducks are beautiful birds.
He will not duck the issue anymore. |
| Date
Date Date |
What is the date today?
I like to eat dates in the morning. He is on a date with his girlfriend. |
| File
File |
My file was blue in color.
Carpenter is filing the door. |
| Fall
Fall |
An apple fell from the tree.
Night fell before we got home. |
| Fly
Fly |
Fly is an insect with six legs
Birds were flying in the sky. |
| Put
Put |
Please put the shoes on the floor.
He is putting me forward. |
| 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. |
| Nail
Nail |
Her nails are very beautiful.
I’ll bet I hit the nail on the head. |
| Well
Well |
Well done! You passed the exam.
This well has no water. |
| Watch
Watch |
She is watching me from behind.
He likes to wear a gold watch. |
| Wave
Wave |
She waves her hand and goes away.
Waves of electrons are not dangerous. |
| Tie
Tie |
He used to wear a black tie along with the white shirt.
This match will tie. |
| Ship
Ship |
I used to travel by ship.
He is shipping his parcel to England. |
| Sink
Sink |
The sink is in the kitchen.
The plane sank into the river. |
| Scale
Scale |
He draws a line with his scale.
This pipe is full of scale. |
| Stalk
Stalk |
He would pollinate a wheat stalk.
Ghosts are said to stalk the castle walls. |
| Saw
Saw |
I saw his coming towards me.
He was cutting wood with a saw. |
| Spring
Spring |
This spring is very hard.
I love the spring season. |
| Ring
Ring |
They were fighting in the ring.
He gifted me a ring. |
| Ruler
Ruler |
He was the great ruler of his time.
Please give me your ruler. |
| Rose
Rose |
He rose his hand for an answer.
Rose flower is very beautiful. |
| Park
Park |
National Park is very beautiful.
Please park your car outside. |
| Point
Point |
My point is totally different, you are talking wrong.
This is the center point of the circle. |
| Palm
Palm |
Palm trees are very long.
He hit him with the palm of his hand. |
Related: List of Homophones with Examples
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