Arrange the following pairs of partial homonyms according to the traditional classification into: A (homographs), B (homophones), C (homoforms). Fill in the blanks with your answers. NOTE: Every group may contain different number of homonyms.
1. pray (v.) – prey (v.) 6. wind (n.) – wind (v.)
2. found (v) – found (Part. II of find) 7. be (v.) – bee (n.)
3. heal (v.) – heel (n.) 8. lead (v.) – lead [led] (n.)
4. bow (v.) – bow (n.) 9. saw (n.) – saw (Past Ind. of see)
5. four (num.) – for (prep.) 10. dear (adj.) – deer (n.)
A (homographs) bow (v.) – bow (n.), wind (n.) – wind (v.), lead (v.) – lead [led] (n.)
B (homophones) pray (v.) – prey (v.), heal (v.) – heel (n.), four (num.) – for (prep.), be (v.) – bee (n.), dear (adj.) – deer (n.)
C (homoforms) found (v) – found (Part. II of find), saw (n.) – saw (Past Ind. of see)
Объяснение:
Homographs - words that are written alike.
Homophones - words that are pronounced alike.
Homoforms - words that are pronounced alike only in certain forms.