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Multiple-Meaning Words

A multiple-meaning word is spelled and said the same way but means different things: a bat flies at night, and you hit a ball with a bat. Context is the only clue, which is why these words are such good reading practice.

Here are 124 multiple-meaning words from past ClueBy puzzles, each with a real example sentence for every meaning. Use them as a reference, or make a printable worksheet below.

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Students read each sentence and write the missing word. Every word appears in several sentences, each time with a different meaning.

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Multiple-Meaning Words

Name: ____________________Date: __________

Write the missing word from the word bank in each sentence. Each word is used more than once, with a different meaning each time.

Word bank: mate · content · pop · season · roll · mine · field · racket

  1. The stadium has a track around the football ________________.
  2. Grandma has made a Swiss ________________.
  3. He hit the ball with his ________________.
  4. Michael Jackson and Prince changed the history of ________________ music.
  5. We're on a ________________ here.
  6. He was blown up by a land ________________.
  7. She's sitting on a gold ________________.
  8. Vegetables are growing on this ________________.
  9. Buy me a box of chocolates and I'll be ________________.
  10. Have you found your soul ________________?
  11. Spring is a pleasant ________________.
  12. You don't need to ________________ round.
  13. The teacher called the ________________ to see who was absent.
  14. Our cat is sitting in the apple tree, and the birds are making a ________________.
  15. Excuse me, sorry ________________, you haven't got the time have you?
  16. TikTok makes it very easy to create ________________.
  17. Males and females first ________________ when two years old.
  18. Check the label for the sugar ________________.
  19. She's an expert in the ________________ of medicine.
  20. I met an old friend of ________________ the other day.
  21. Did you ________________ the meat?
  22. We're almost out of ________________.
  23. I haven't touched a tennis ________________ in years.
  24. They retained the League and Cup in his second ________________.

Sentences from ClueBy, Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR) and Common Voice (CC0). clueby.com

Answer key

  1. field — for sport
  2. roll — a cake
  3. racket — for tennis
  4. pop — music
  5. roll — on a roll
  6. mine — an explosive
  7. mine — for digging
  8. field — farmland
  9. content — happy
  10. mate — a partner
  11. season — of the year
  12. pop — to visit
  13. roll — a list
  14. racket — a loud noise
  15. mate — a friend
  16. content — videos and posts
  17. mate — to breed
  18. content — the amount
  19. field — a subject
  20. mine — belonging to me
  21. season — to add flavour
  22. pop — soda
  23. racket — for tennis
  24. season — in sport

Multiple-meaning words list

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Frequently asked questions

What are multiple-meaning words?

Words with the same spelling and pronunciation but more than one meaning, like bark (of a dog or of a tree) or bank (for money or of a river). You can only tell which meaning is meant from the rest of the sentence.

Are multiple-meaning words the same as homonyms?

Mostly, yes. Teachers often use "multiple-meaning words" and "homonyms" for the same idea. Homophones are different: they sound alike but are spelled differently, like flour and flower.

Are the worksheets free?

Yes. Make and print as many as you like for home or classroom use. Each sheet has its own link, so you can print the same one again.

Where do the words come from?

From past ClueBy puzzles, a daily game where you sort twelve sentences by their missing word. A new puzzle every day adds four more words to this list.

Sentences from ClueBy, Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR) and Common Voice (CC0). clueby.com