Dòng họ Homo: homonyms, homophones or homographs.

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1. Holmes broke a window pane and now has a pain in his shoulder.

Pane means “a sheet of glass”.

Pain means “an unpleasant feeling caused by illness or injury”.

→Homophony

2. The soldier received a wound in the battle and had a cloth wound around his ankle.

Wound 1

Wound 2

→Homography

3. Please close the door and sit close to me.  

Close (v) means OPP open

Close (adverb) means very near to something or someone.

→ Homonym

4. I’ve got to set my watch alarm to be able to wake up and watch the match on TV tonight.

Watch (n) means a small timepiece worn typically on s strap on one’s wrist.

Watch (v) means look at or observe attentively over a period of time.

→Homonym

5. He will ask his family doctor to heal his injured heel.

Heal (v) means to become healthy again

Heel (n) means the back part of the foot below the ankle.

→Homophone

6. They are neither there nor in their garden.

There (adv) means position

Their (determiner) means belonging to

→ Homophone

7. Unfortunately, Michael Jackson did not live to give his scheduled live show.

live 1 (verb) remain alive

live 2 (adjective) relating to a musical performance given in concert, not on a recording

→Homography