English Partner Class - Are These Words the Same?

English can be a tricky language to master, especially if you are dealing with a variety of accents, dialects and even pronunciations. One of the most common confusion that we have noticed among some of our own WOWsome people is the classic cases of “Homonym, Homophone, and Homograph”. Fortunately, our English Partner Class was able to deliver a topic just on that!

On December 19th, Rama from Marcom Division explained “Homonym, Homophone, and Homograph” to a classroom of our WOWsome people. And in case you were wondering, here is a short explanation about the topic.

A homograph is a word that has the same spelling as another word but has a different sound and a different meaning. For example: wind – to follow a course that is not straight or a gust of air. Here’s a trickier one: learned – past tense of learning or knowledgeable.

A homophone is a word that has the same sound as another word but is spelled differently and has a different meaning, for example: to or two or too. A trickier one is there or their or they’re.

Homonyms are two words that are spelled the same and sound the same but have different meanings, for example: pen – a holding area for animals or a writing instrument. Another example is the book –something to read or the act of making a reservation.

At the end of the session, Rama lightened up the atmosphere by conducting a quiz. Though the quiz was quite hard and confusing, the participants were so excited to answer the questions. In the end, there were three winners who got WOWsome prizes.