a vehicle to a place (usually a car park) The park which was destroyed during the floods has been restored. Don’t park your vehicles in the no parking area. ii) crane: a bird crane: a machine used at construction sites The crane flew against the wind and escaped from the hunter. The fire fighter brought a crane to rescue the people stranded in the tenth floor.
iii) block. block: A large solid piece of hard material with flat surface on each side block: A large single building subdivided into separate flats or offices block: An obstacle to the smooth or normal progress or functioning of something The children are building a house with wooden blocks . The Dentist lives in the next block . Don’t block the view!
Choose any FIVE words from the box and write two sentences each to bring out the different meanings of the word. One has been done for you. Homonyms Word Mat different meaning same pronunciation same spelling bow bat fair digest row pen bank match fit club may safe change content ball bank bore watch ground tip toast fire sole band Unit- - - Critical - - Example i. He bought a pen from the nearby shop.
ii. Raj loves to pen poems for the school magazine. d. Homographs.
Homographs are words which have similar spelling, but different pronunciation and meaning. Read the following examples. i) object (noun): article, physical object ii) object (verb): to express an objection or protest A strange object was washed ashore in the Marina beach by the Tsunami waves. The soldiers do not object to working in harsh conditions.
e. Antigrams Antigrams are a pair of anagrams with opposite meanings. (An anagram is a word or phrase spelled by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase). Read the following example.
united (adj): joined into a single entity untied (adj): not tied, unfastened Hurricane Katrina devastated the United States of America. He untied the