Homonyms 2

Lesson

Activity 3

This lesson continues our look at homonyms

Take for example the word fast

How many different meanings and word classes can you think of?

Look at these two sentences: 

  1. Katie works very fast
  2. Katie is a fast worker.

They have very similar meanings, but in one sentence fast is an adverb and in the other an adjective.

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