Question

Fill in the blanks with each of these commonly used homographs:

10M

{ down / wound / wind / wave /bat / second / fine }

1. He hit the ball so hard that the _______ broke.

2. You have cut your thumb. Wash the _______’ put some medicine

and bandage it.

3. A gigantic _______flooded the tiny boat with water.

4. The little boy fell ________.

5. I’ll _______ my hand when I’m ready to go.

6. _________ this bandage around your hurt thumb.

7. Dad ________ the old grandfather clock every day so that it

would keep working.

8. In a _________ the magician made the coin disappear from his

hand.

9. If you lose the library book, You’ll have to pay a ______.

10.

We have got seats in the ______ row​

Answer 1

Fill in the blanks with each of these commonly used homographs.

(down / wound / wind / wave / bat / second / fine)

Answers:

1. He hit the ball so hard that the bat broke.

2. You have cut your thumb. Wash the wound put some medicine and bandage it.

3. A gigantic wave flooded the tiny boat with water.

4. The little boy fell down.

5. I’ll wave my hand when I’m ready to go.

6. Wind this bandage around your hurt thumb.

7. Dad wind the old grandfather clock every day so that it would keep working.

8. In a second, the magician made the coin disappear from his hand.

9. If you lose the library book, You’ll have to pay a fine.

10. We have got seats in the second row.

HOMOGRAPHS:

Homographs are the words whose meanings are different, though the spellings are same and may/may not have same pronounciation.

Examples: Wind, Lead, Bat, Tear, etc.

Answer 2

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✯ Given hints :-

➣ [down/ wound/ wind/ wave/ bat/ second/ fine]

✯ Solution :-

1) He hit the ball so hard that the bat broke.

2) You have cut your thumb. Wash the wound and put some medicine and bandage it.

3) A gigantic wave flooded the tiny boat with water.

4) The little boy fell down.

5) I'll wave my hand when I am ready to go.

6) Wind this bandage around your hurt thumb.

7) Dad wind the old grandfather clock everyday so that it would keep working.

8) In a second the magician made the coin disappear from his hand.

9) If you lose the library book, You'll have to pay a fine.

10) We have got seats in the second row.

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❖ Extra Information ❖

Homographs :-

• In English, homographs are words with the same spelling but having more than one meaning.
• Example :- Bear, Lean, Close, Bow, Skip, Fair.

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