Vocabulary Building Practice
| Site: | Saylor Academy |
| Course: | ESL001: Elementary English as a Second Language |
| Book: | Vocabulary Building Practice |
| Printed by: | Guest user |
| Date: | Saturday, May 18, 2024, 8:20 AM |
Description
The activities below give you the opportunity to find out how well you understand vocabulary-building strategies. If you have a difficult time recognizing these strategies, you may return to review the information in the Let's Study section and then try these practice activities again.
Activity 1
Check your understanding
Source: Lumen Learning, https://courses.lumenlearning.com/basicreadingandwriting/chapter/outcome-vocabulary/
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Activity 2
This activity will measure your knowledge of vocabulary-building strategies.
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Activity 3
Use the context to figure out the meaning of the underlined word.
Directions
When you come across a word you don't know, don’t stop reading. You can often figure out the meaning of an unfamiliar word by using the words around it. The surrounding sentence or paragraph is known as the context.Here's an example: Sue's boss was a callous man. He did not react to her tears and apologies.
From the context you know that a callous man does not react to tears and apologies. Callous means "hard-hearted" or "insensitive to emotion".
Source: TV411, http://www.tv411.org/reading/understanding-what-you-read/using-context-clues/activity/1/1 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License.
Activity 4
Pick the best definition for these words using context clues.
Directions
Sometimes the meaning of a word is explained in a nearby phrase. Phrases that begin "for example," "including," and "such as" tell you that the writer is clarifying, or explaining, a word by giving examples. Use the examples as context clues.Example: The school prepares its students for a variety of professions, such as auto repair and plumbing.
Auto repair and plumbing are examples of jobs, right? So "profession" must mean job or career.
Pick the best definition for these words.
Source: TV411, http://www.tv411.org/reading/understanding-what-you-read/using-context-clues/activity/2/1 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License.
Activity 5
Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the word
Source: Timothy Main, https://h5pstudio.ecampusontario.ca/content/3153 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License.
Activity 6
Source: Pedram Lalbakhsh, https://h5pstudio.ecampusontario.ca/content/27704 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License.