Social Situations Unit 12 - Homographs
These are words which are written the same but have a different meaning. Some of them are pronounced differently according to the meaning.
Here are some examples used in the activity you are doing.
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Social Situations Unit 12 - Homographs These are words which are written the same but have a different meaning. Some of them are pronounced differently according to the meaning. Here are some examples used in the activity you are doing. |
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| When you open a bottle of fizzy drink the gas separates from the liquid making bubbles. |
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| North Macedonia and the Greek province of Macedonia are quite separate. |
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| We're having perfect weather. |
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| We need to perfect the manufacturing process before we put the medecine on the market. |
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| That's not a dead leaf. It's a live butterfly - see, now it's flying! |
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| The grouse is a bird which lives only in the British Isles. |
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| Mary is in tears because she has torn her new dress. |
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| It's fashionable to tear your jeans before you wear them. |
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To tear (usually followed by " into" or another preposition) , by extension can mean to attack or run quickly. When the doors opened the waiting crowd tore into the shop. Johnny! Don't tear about the house like that! The Light Brigade - tearing into battle. |
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| If I were you I should ask for a transfer to another department. |
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| Can I transfer my investment from one fund to another? |
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