Practical work no.11

Identification of homonyms (homonyms proper, homographs, homophones).

Objectives: to distinguish between homonyms proper, homographs, homophones.

Ex.1. Pick out homophones in the following sentences and analyse them.

1. The pale moon gave him a view of a tower. In another moment he was flying down the street with his pail.

2. I should think over, upon the whole, an improvement in your accommodation. The two little candles pierced a hole in the darkness.

3. The rabbits scudded away with their white tails in the air. She was like the girl in the fairy-tale.

4. Colonel Ashton in his father's absence acted as principal mourner. He does everything on principle.

Ex. 2. Of the two homophones given in brackets choose the correct one.

1) I bring fresh showers (fore, four, for) the thirsting (flours, flowers),

From the (seas, seize) and the streams,

I (bare, bear) light shade for leaves when (laid, lade)

In their noonday dreams.

2) A wind came out of the (sea, see)

And said, "O mists, make room for me,"

It (haled, hailed) the ships, and cried;

"(Sale, sail) on,

Ye mariners, the (knight, night) is gone.

3) Oh, why don't you (pray, prey)

To the good Lord for (bred, bread)?

How can I (prey, pray)

To the God that is dead!

4) In a (weak, week) another order followed (no, know) (won, one) was (aloud, allowed) to

walk down the (main, mane) (isle, aisle) coming to and from work.

Ex. 3. Spell out the transcribed words:

1. Honey is [swJt], [bAt] the [bJ] stings.

2. [tH] heads are better than [wAn]

3. Don't [sel] the [bFqz] before [jH] have [kLt] him.

4. After [rein] comes fine weather.

5. [nqu] living man all things [kxn]

6. If the cap [fits] [wEq(r)] it.

7. Make hay while the [sAn] shines.

8. Men should be what they [si:m]

Ex. 4. Find homonyms to the underlined words.

1. Come not, when I am dead,

To drop thy foolish tears upon my grave,

To trample round my fallen head,

And vex the unhappy dust thou wouldst not save.

There let the wind sweep and the plover cry

But,thou go by.

2. Don't put your hand between the bark and the tree.

Ex. 5.

a) Find perfect homonyms in the following sentences and translate them into Russian.

b) State whether they are complete or partial, lexical or lexico-grammatical homonyms.

1. Colin managed to slighter on the bank (Lind.). He was worried by the perfect storm of wildcat 'money which was floating about and which was constantly coming to his bank (Th. Dr.).

2. They will "sack you as soon as things slacken. (Lind.). We're going to take a sack of coal (Lind.). I shall be obliged to get my breakfast and morning-draught of sack from the old Jacobine ladies (W. Sc).

3. His heart thudded so fast (Lind.). He who feasts till he is sick, must fast "till he is well.

4. They took up a lot of small fry (Lind.). It's a shame to fry an egg as fresh as that one was (id.).

5. You had to walk about fifty yards along the street in front (Lind.). They were all playing in the back yard.

6. The little boy was still out (Lind.). Still waters have deep bottoms.

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