A brief explanation about words that look the same but have different meanings and pronunciations; some example sentences and fun illustrations with the Simpsons' characters.

1. Realizadores:
Cedillo Bahena José Rodrigo
José Alberto Hernández
Xiangzi Chiu
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moment… !
PLAY ¡¡¡

2. Heteronyms

3. Words that are spelled the
same but have different
pronunciation and meaning.
What are heteronyms ?

4. For example:
WIND = VIENTO - La vocal « i » es corta.
WIND = ENROLLAR - La vocal « i » es larga.

5. WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO TO NOT FALL INTO THE TRAP:
1 -. Familiarize yourself with the words.
5 - Look at the context when reading.
2. - READ ALL THE MEANINGS IN THE DICTIONARY.
3 - Do not choose the first word you see, remember that there's more.
4 - Try to memorize the pronunciation of each meaning.
6 -. If you have questions, read it again.

6. Some advice
For example the following sentence:
° The camel walked slowly through the hot, dry desert.
The sentence containing the word will give clues to the
real meaning and therefore the correct pronunciation.
El camello caminó lentamente por el desierto caliente y seco
When you translate this phrase into Spanish, it should read as
follows:

7. That goes for not
knowing more meanings
of the same word
° The camel walked slowly through the hot, dry desert.
Fair and necessary!
FOOL !
is read as
follows
If you are not familar with the words you could read something else like:
El camello caminó lentamente en el calor seco y se rindió
El camello caminó lentamente por el desierto caliente y seco

8. ° The camel walked slowly through the hot, dry desert.
will help you to know that the word "DESERT" should be
pronounced with an 'e' short, because in this case
refers to the DESERT REGION.
In this case, the words:
hot, dry
El camello caminó lentamente por el desierto caliente y seco
Some advice
con el acento en la última <<e>> la palabra significa:
ABANDONAR, DESERTAR O RENDIRSE.

9. THINK
AND
REMEMBER

10. ENGLISH SIGNIFICADO EN ESPAÑOL
WORD TYPE WORD MÁS FRECUENTE 2° OPCIÓN 3° OPCIÓN
FAIR
NOUN feria exposición verbena
ADJETIVE razonable equitativo limpio
PLAY
VERB jugar actuar tocar
NOUN juego obra jugada
BACK
NOUN espalda respaldo parte trasera
VERB regresar respaldar apoyar
MISS
NOUN señorita error fracaso
VERB perder extrañar fallar
POINT
NOUN punto lugar
VERB apuntar señalar
DRAW
VERB dibujar trazar
NOUN empate sorteo
PRESENT
ADJETIVE tiempo presente actual
NOUN regalo presente
STAND
VERB estar de pie colocar
NOUN posición postura

12. -Did you
understand ?

14. -I guess
that's a YES ¡

15. -THEN.
- LET’s have
an ACTIVITY ¡

16. GAME
RULES

17. The wedding _______
WORD
WORD
WORD WORD
WORD WORD
The phone _______s
Bart _______s football
Homer ________s guitar
A teddy bear as a ________
The ________ is todayWORD
WORD WORD WORD
WORD WORD

18. Can you
under
stand ?

20. READY…

21. WORK

22. BACK

23. BODY

24. PLAY

25. HEAVY

26. GLASS

27. LIKE

28. MISS

29. GLASSES

30. WORK

31. PRINT

32. RING

33. BODY

34. FAIR

35. HEAVY

36. PLAY

37. POINT

38. NICE

39. RING

40. FAIR

41. LAST

42. GLASSES

43. GLASS

44. TODAY ¡¡¡¡
PRESENT

45. I miss you ¡¡¡
MISS

46. LATE

47. PLAY

48. INVALID

49. BACK

50. NICE

51. LIKE

52. PLAY

53. LAST

54. STAND

55. DRAW

56. LATE

57. PRESENT

58. PRINT

59. INVALID

60. DRAW

61. POINT

62. STAND