Vocabulary Building Practice
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Course: | ESL002: Intermediate English as a Second Language |
Book: | Vocabulary Building Practice |
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Date: | Tuesday, October 22, 2024, 3:30 AM |
Description
Now that we remember how to use a dictionary and suffixes to improve vocabulary skills, let's put this knowledge into practice.
Building Vocabulary: Let's Practice
The activities below give you the chance to see how well you understand the usefulness of dictionaries and thesauri for building vocabulary. You'll also have a chance to practice working with suffixes. If you have a difficult time working with a dictionary/thesaurus and suffixes, you may return to review the information presented in the Let's Study section and then try these practice activities again.
Activity 1
Think of three words that you have heard or read but don't know what they mean. Try to look them up in a dictionary or thesaurus. Come up with a synonym (a word that means the same) and an antonym (a word that means the opposite). Fill in the chart below. We've done one to get you started.
New Word | Synonym | Antonym |
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extraordinary | unusual | ordinary |
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Source: TV411, https://www.tv411.org/sites/default/files/Vocab05_New-Words.pdf
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Activity 2
Read the sentences below and label the bolded "-er" and "-or" words with NOUN or VERB.
- Juan Carlos is a construction worker. His employer is 5th Street Construction. The company employs 60 people. They offer great wages and benefits to all their employees.
- Stephanie is Luna's teacher. Stephanie advised Luna to try and make some good friends among her classmates. Luna took Stephanie's advice and considers Violeta to be a good friend now.
- Baby Nathan caught a cold. He isn't improving, so Molly wants to take him to the doctor. She really hopes that he recovers soon.
- Violeta volunteers at an elementary school twice a week. She teaches a short Spanish lesson to the students. She is a valuable volunteer, and everyone really appreciates her.
- Since Nathan was sick, Molly called a coworker to cover for her. She stayed home with her son until he felt better.
- Luna and Violeta didn't bother to look up their assignment on the class website. They remembered what they were supposed to do.
- It doesn't matter if you are a student or an instructor, there is always too much work.
Source: Amber Bliss Calderón, https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1012&context=pdxopen
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Activity 3
Source: Hansba, https://app.lumi.education/content/63a15d710cb38aa4770db3b5
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