Listen to the reading - Listen the different meanings
Discuss how you can use this Heteronym in your everyday life. Practice Using Idioms using the Heteronyms
HETERONYM 9: DESERT
The crew decided to desert the broken ship when the radio failed. Days later, rescuers found them walking across the empty desert, sand burning beneath their shoes. They built shade from wreckage and rationed water carefully. At night, the wind carried a low hum, and someone whispered that no one truly survives alone—not in an office, not in a desert, not anywhere.
Comprehension Questions
How does desert change meaning in different moments?
What imagery shows danger and survival?
How does the story link isolation and teamwork?
Thought-Provoking Question
What makes people decide when to leave something behind?
Meanings of DESERT
Desert (as in alert) – to abandon or leave behind.
Desert (as in peasant) – a dry, sandy region.

