an
extensive list of homonyms here. You may refer the pupils to the
lists of homonyms which occur in the regular spelling lessons of
the first five grades. For example, the following lists are among
those which contain homonyms:--16 in grade I; 18, 19, 20, in
grade II; 12 words in 28 of grade III; 32 in grade IV; etc.

=Word= | =Definition= | =Sentence=
| |
1. flour |a fine meal of ground wheat |
| or other grain |Mother uses flour in baking
| | bread.
| |
flower|a blossom |The rose is a beautiful
| | flower.
| |
2. no |not, not any |I have no work to do.
| |
know |to understand |Do you know your lesson?
| |
3. son |a male child; the male offspring|
| of a parent, father or mother |John is my son.
| |
sun |the heavenly body which produces|The sun rises in the east.
| the light of day |

SYNONYMS

Synonyms are words that have almost the same meaning. If you were to
look up the simple words "cut" and "ask" you would find the following
synonyms:

For "cut"--carve, lance, bite, dissect, snip, saw, slice, slit, slash,
etc.

For "ask"--beg, crave, entreat, beseech, implore, move, plead,
solicit, etc. No two of these synonyms mean exactly the same thing,
but they express different shades of the same meaning.

Practice Exercises: Find as many synonyms as you can for the following
words:

best
decide
effort
deceive
imagine
dark
time
form
pleasure
public

Any lesson in the book may be used for an exercise in discovering
synonyms.

ANTONYMS

Words of opposite meaning are called antonyms. For example,
black--white; big--little; and open--closed, are so named.

Practice Exercises: Try to think of antonyms for the following words:

cold
come
dull
inside
fat
front
good
high
in
large
up
long
new
poor
slow
spring
sweet
tall
wet
winter

THE HYPHEN

Authorities differ in regard to the use