Homonyms, Homophones, Words with Multiple Meanings

Fifty Words with Multiple Meanings: A History of Homonyms
This page offers an explanation of how two identical words might have different meanings. It emphasizes word histories.

Homophones
This page lists 441 British English homophones.

Multiple-Meaning Words
This activity helps prepare students for standardized testing of multiple-meaning words. Access requires Adobe Reader or compatible application.

Multiple Meaning Words
A list of 130 multiple-meaning words, emphasizing the difference between noun and verb. Click on the word to see sample sentences.

Multiple Meanings Game
In this activity each student will have a card on which a word's meaning is written. The object of the game is for each student to identify the word that goes with the meaning on his/her card; then the student must find the classmate who holds a card that has another meaning for the same word. Appropriate for grades K-8.

Why is English so hard to learn?
From the "Just for Fun" files, 21 sentences illustrating some complexities of English.

Words with Multiple Meanings
A list of more than 500 words.

Words with Multiple Meanings
In this interactive lesson, students read about words with multiple meanings and practice using them in sentences. The site provides immediate feedback.

Words with Multiple Meaning
This slide presentation asks students to match a sentence with another sentence in which the underlined word has the same meaning. Access requires MS-PowerPoint or compatible application.