Select the sentence containing the homonym of the highlighted word: The…
2025
Select the sentence containing the homonym of the highlighted word:
The children rested on the grassy river bank.
Answer: A. She deposited her salary in the new bank. — Concept: A homonym is a word that has the same written or spoken form as another word but a different meaning. To identify a homonym in context, first infer…
- A.
She deposited her salary in the new bank.
- B.
The boat was tied securely to the muddy bank.
- C.
Floods washed away the steep bank of the stream.
- D.
We sat on the bank and watched the ducks swim by.
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Correct answer: A
Concept: A homonym is a word that has the same written or spoken form as another word but a different meaning.
To identify a homonym in context, first infer the intended sense of the repeated word, then compare that sense across the sentences.
Application: In the stem, ‘bank’ means the grassy land beside a river. In ‘She deposited her salary in the new bank,’ the same form ‘bank’ means a financial institution, so its meaning changes.
Contrast:
‘The boat was tied securely to the muddy bank’ uses ‘bank’ for land beside water.
‘Floods washed away the steep bank of the stream’ uses ‘bank’ for land beside a stream.
‘We sat on the bank and watched the ducks swim by’ also uses ‘bank’ for land beside water.
Cross-check: The financial-institution sense differs from the river-edge sense, whereas the other three sentences retain the river-edge sense.
Result: The sentence about depositing a salary contains the homonym.