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3rd - 8th Grade Multiple-Meaning Words Resources

These vocabulary worksheets will introduce kids to the wide world of words and get them excited about learning new skills through reading.

Vocabulary Expanders

This multiple meaning words worksheet uses context clues to help kids make sense of homonyms, or words with multiple meanings.

Multiple Meaning Words Worksheet

Your students will practice using sentence clues to identify the meaning of homographs.

Multiple Meaning Words: Multiple Choice

Descriptive language and metaphoric phrases take the spotlight in this workbook. Kids use new vocabulary and common phrases to tackle writing skills.

Figurative Language

Building a good vocabulary is an important step in becoming a great writer. Here are 17 awesome vocabulary and spelling lists that can help your child grow into a well-spoken scholar.

Voracious Vocabulary

In this three-part series, a child anticipates a family getaway. Practice summarizing works of fiction, identifying chronology, interpreting pictures, and identifying homophones and homographs through this series of reading and comprehension activities.

My Vacation

In this fun worksheet, children learn the meanings of nine homographs, then combine them to write their own creative sentences.

Double Meaning Words

Kids use context to figure out the meaning of words.

Using Context: Multiple Meaning Words

Multiple Meaning Words: Matching

Help your students understand figurative language as they practice identifying homonyms!

Fun with Puns

Homonyms are words that are spelled and pronounced the same but have different meanings. Give your child some homonym practice with this fun activity in which they&#39;ll seek to match the correct word meanings to homonyms being used in context.

Seasonal Homonyms

Use this multiple-meaning words worksheet to support middle school students as they explore a word with more than one meaning.&nbsp;

Vocabulary Toolkit: Multiple-Meaning Words Graphic Organizer

In this fun worksheet, students will get to practice using both homophones and homonyms as they identify and write puns!

Puzzling Puns

Words are the wondrous building blocks in language. This unit increases students’ word knowledge by introducing more challenging vocabulary and exploring how words are related. Learners will also discover some of the ways words are constructed using derivational root words, prefixes, suffixes, and compound words. Students will get to explore and create fun literary devices such as similes, idioms and metaphors.

Word Meaning 2

Challenge your students to find the definitions of each homograph that give these puns their double meaning.

Puns with Homographs

This year, third graders will be taking their vocabulary to new heights and exploring such concepts as metaphor, simile, hyperbole, and personification. This guided lesson in vocabulary and figurative language offers clear and practical definitions of new words and expressions, along with plenty of practice opportunities. Understanding vocabulary and figurative language deepens reading comprehension skills and enriches the writing process.

Word Meaning 1

Students will define eight pairs of homographs, then select two additional homograph pairs of and use them in a sentence.

Double Meaning: Practicing Homographs

Get ready for some wordplay! This homographs worksheet will help your child sort out those words that look alike but sound different and mean different things.

Homographs

On this third grade reading worksheet, kids write sentences for homographs, which are words that are spelled the same but have different meanings.

Homographs: Double Meanings 2

In this vocabulary-building worksheet, children will look at seven homographs, then write two sentences that reflect each of each word's meaning and part of speech.

Words With Double Meanings

This unit not only builds students' vocabulary, it also enables students to explore how words are related, in meaning, sound and construction. Learners will also discover some of the ways words are constructed using derivational root words, prefixes, suffixes, and compound words. Students will also learn strategies we use to shorten words and phrases like acronyms and abbreviations.

Vocabulary 2

Here's a fun and challenging way to learn about wordplay! Find the homograph that goes with each picture and written clue.

Examples of Homographs

Students will get even better at creating punny sentences as they use homonyms!

More Fun with Puns

In this fun worksheet, learners will look at seven words that are both nouns and verbs, then write a sentence for each each part of speech.

Words That Are Nouns and Verbs

Find some words from My Vacation (Part Three) that have more than one meaning. Look at the way the word is used to figure out what it means.

Learn Vocabulary Words with Multiple Meanings

This is a hilarious worksheet for students to dive into as they hone their figurative language skills! Young wordsmiths will practice identifying the differences between homonyms and homophones as they analyze puns.

What's so Punny?

With a dictionary, kids will use the different definitions of "right" in sentences of their own and illustrate its different meanings by drawing pictures.

Words With Multiple Meanings

Help your students use homonyms to write their own puns as they practice using figurative language with this fun activity!

Create a Pun

Expand your child's vocabulary with this creative exercise using the same word, two meanings.

Same Word, Two Meanings

This worksheet will help strengthen your students' word definition skills.

Multiple Meaning Words: Definition Search

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