Learning English ABC to XYZ

• bow – she has a red bow in her hair. Pronounced “B-oh”
• bow – all persons must bow before the king. Pronounced “B-ow” the same as ‘how’.
• lead – he had to lead the group to safety. Pronounced “l-ee-d”.
• lead – Lead is a common metal. Pronounced “l-e-d”.
• wind – the wind was blowing through the trees. Pronounced “w-i-nd”.
• wind – the road began to wind up the hill. Pronounced “w-I-nd”.

These words are known as homographs, and they appear regularly in the English language. If you are not sure how a word is pronounced, place it in a sentence, ask your teacher, or put it into a pronunciation app to produce the correct sound.