WORKSHOP 5 Avtosokhranenny
WORKSHOP 5
Homonyms: Words of the Same Form
Exercises
I. Find the homonyms in the following extracts. Classify them into homonyms proper, homographs and homophones.
1. tale – tail (homophones)
2. row – row (Homonyms proper)
3. match – match (Homonyms proper)
4. made – maid (homophones)
5. right – right (Homonyms proper)
6. wind – wind (Homographs)
7. night – knight (homophones)
8. face – face (Homonyms proper)
9. see – sea (homophones)
10. bread – bred (homophones)
11. left – left (Homonyms proper)
12. lead – lead (homographs)
13. drink – drink (Homonyms proper)
II. On what linguistic phenomenon is the joke in the following extracts based? What causes the misunderstanding?
1. Grammar – grandmom (homophones)
2.
3. too – two (homographs)
4.
5. Berne – burn/froze (homographs)
6. Fine – fine (homograps proper)
2. "Yes, Miss Janes, it's true my husband has left his job. He thought it was better for him to enlist rather than to be called up. Anyway, he has burned his bridges behind him."
"Oh, well, I shouldn't worry about that. They'll provide him with a uniform in the Army," commented the neighbour.
4. Husband and wife were enjoying a quiet evening by their fireside, he deep in a book and she in a cross word puzzle. Suddenly she questioned him:
"Darling, what is a female sheep?"
"Ewe [ju:]," he replied. His further explanation hardly soothed her.
III. a. Find the homonyms proper for the following words; give their Russian equivalents.
1. band — a company of musicians - лента. 2. seal — a warm-blooded, fish-eating sea-animal, found chiefly in cold regions – печать/клеймо 3. ear — the grain-bearing spike of a cereal plant, as in corn - ухо. 4. cut — the result of cutting - разрывать 5. to bore — to make a long round hole, esp. with a pointed tool that is turned round - скука. 6. corn— a hard, horny thickening of the skin, esp. on the foot - зерно 7. fall — the act of falling, dropping or coming down – склон/обрыв. 8. to hail — to greet, salute, shout an
Homonyms: Words of the Same Form
Exercises
I. Find the homonyms in the following extracts. Classify them into homonyms proper, homographs and homophones.
1. tale – tail (homophones)
2. row – row (Homonyms proper)
3. match – match (Homonyms proper)
4. made – maid (homophones)
5. right – right (Homonyms proper)
6. wind – wind (Homographs)
7. night – knight (homophones)
8. face – face (Homonyms proper)
9. see – sea (homophones)
10. bread – bred (homophones)
11. left – left (Homonyms proper)
12. lead – lead (homographs)
13. drink – drink (Homonyms proper)
II. On what linguistic phenomenon is the joke in the following extracts based? What causes the misunderstanding?
1. Grammar – grandmom (homophones)
2.
3. too – two (homographs)
4.
5. Berne – burn/froze (homographs)
6. Fine – fine (homograps proper)
2. "Yes, Miss Janes, it's true my husband has left his job. He thought it was better for him to enlist rather than to be called up. Anyway, he has burned his bridges behind him."
"Oh, well, I shouldn't worry about that. They'll provide him with a uniform in the Army," commented the neighbour.
4. Husband and wife were enjoying a quiet evening by their fireside, he deep in a book and she in a cross word puzzle. Suddenly she questioned him:
"Darling, what is a female sheep?"
"Ewe [ju:]," he replied. His further explanation hardly soothed her.
III. a. Find the homonyms proper for the following words; give their Russian equivalents.
1. band — a company of musicians - лента. 2. seal — a warm-blooded, fish-eating sea-animal, found chiefly in cold regions – печать/клеймо 3. ear — the grain-bearing spike of a cereal plant, as in corn - ухо. 4. cut — the result of cutting - разрывать 5. to bore — to make a long round hole, esp. with a pointed tool that is turned round - скука. 6. corn— a hard, horny thickening of the skin, esp. on the foot - зерно 7. fall — the act of falling, dropping or coming down – склон/обрыв. 8. to hail — to greet, salute, shout an