Confusing and Misused Words - Access v Assess

Access 

(noun) - getting near to a person or place.

• The only access to the island is by boat.
• The main access to (= entrance to) the museum is at the side.

(noun) - opportunity to use or look at sth.

• The hackers had complete access to the company's confidential files for more than 24 hours. 

(verb) - enter a place.

• It is definitely a challenge for anyone on a wheelchair to access this building.
• You need a card to access the lab.

Assess

(noun) - to judge or decide on the value, quality or importance of sth.

• Insurance companies are assessing the flood damage.
• Exams are not the only means of assessing a student's intellect.

(verb) - to judge

• Our lecturer is going to assess us based on our project grades.
• Insurance companies assessed the flood damage in the millions of dollars.

Homonyms - Group (As a Noun and Verb)

1. (noun) - a number of people of things put together.
- A small group of people were waiting outside the bank when I got there this morning.
- All the house chores were completed quickly because we worked as a group.


2. (verb) -  to put people or things together.
- All the children grouped together around the birthday boy for a photo.
- All the books at the book fair are grouped by price.