What are homophones? Which pair are homophones: sun/son or cat/dog? Give one pair of homophones. Do homophones sound the same? Do homophones have the same spelling?

Here are the answers to your questions:

Homophones

1. Homophones are words that sound the same but have different meanings and often different spellings.
2. The pair sun/son are homophones.
3. One pair of homophones is to/too/two.
4. Yes, homophones sound the same.
5. No, homophones do not have the same spelling.

Homonyms

1. Homonyms are words that are spelled the same and sound the same but have different meanings.
2. One example of a homonym is bank (river bank vs. financial institution).
3. Yes, homonyms have different meanings.
4. Yes, homonyms can be spelled the same.
5. Yes, "bat" is a homonym (the animal vs. a baseball bat).

Polysemes

1. A polyseme is a word that has multiple related meanings.
2. One example of a polyseme is foot (part of the body, base of a mountain, unit of measurement).
3. Yes, a polyseme has related meanings.
4. Yes, "head" is a polyseme (part of the body, leader, top of a nail).
5. Yes, one word can have many related meanings.