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Working in small groups, the students find out and note down as
many as they know of the different meanings: they can do this by
definition, as in the examples above, or by translation into the
mother tongue. If they have dictionaries readily available, you
might wish to let them use them. Alternatively, they can simply
share what they already know.
You can also use words whose spelling (but not sound)
changes with the meaning, for example, two and too. Then check
answers.
Note that words that sound and look the same but have
different meanings are homonyms; if the spelling and meaning
are different, but they sound the same, then they are
homophones.

The BOX provides examples of both homonyms and
homophones, at various levels.

BOX: word, different meanings
Same
Homonyms: elementary
can like fire
light ring match
room stick kind
left rest iron
pipe bank lie
Homonyms: intermediate
type capital case
grave order general
wave cool bright
cry miss land
mind well party
beat mean patient
box bear
Homonym: advanced

cell spring figure

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