One fun game I play with my kids is that we try to think of words that are homographs. That is a word that when it pronounced one way it means one thing and when pronounced another way, it means something different. A couple of quick examples:
lead - if the vowels are long in means to show the way by going in advance. If the vowels is a short e, ten it is a metallic element (and in this case a second meaning, being the past tense of the long lead.
polish - to make something shine (short o) or a person from Poland (long o).
Here is a list we have created (I'd be interested in additional ones my readers can think of):
| Word |
| abuse |
| alternate |
| appropriate |
| bass |
| bow |
| buffet |
| compress |
| console |
| content |
| contest |
| convert |
| convict |
| direct |
| does |
| dove |
| drawer |
| duplicate |
| entrance |
| excuse |
| expose |
| graduate |
| intimate |
| lead |
| learned |
| lives |
| minute |
| moped |
| number |
| offense |
| perfect |
| permit |
| polish |
| present |
| produce |
| progress |
| project |
| putting |
| read |
| rebel |
| record |
| refuse |
| resent |
| resume |
| row |
| separate |
| sewer |
| shower |
| sow |
| subject |
| tear |
| tearing |
| use |
| wind |
| wound |
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