Vocabulary has always been a problem of English language learners. To really understand English words, students have to be furnished with the meaning of words, what other words they are used with, which situations they are used in and what the social consequences of their use can be. If the situation is clear, the meaning and the use of the vocabulary item also become clear.
Word building
This activity builds upon a common base of letters to create new words. Each answer to the clues below ends in the letters-art.
Answer
1. A portion of the whole part
2. A navigator's map chart
3. To make a beginning start
4. Clever, intelligent smart
5. Seat of the emotions; part of the body heart
6. To leave; go away depart
7. A two-wheeled horse drawn vehicle cart
8. To pass on information; communicate knowledge impart
9. A fruit-filled pastry tart
10. To frustrate; oppose and defeat a plan thwart
exercise A - The "ANT" family
This activity also builds upon a common base of letters to create new words. Each answer to the clues below ends in the letters -ant. How many can you get?
Answer
1. Lives in the jungle? ___________________
2. Is far away? ___________________
3. Is extraordinary large? ___________________
4. Works for a master? ___________________
5. Is good-natured? ___________________
6. Is unchanging? ___________________
7. Is luxurious? ___________________
8. Is one who takes part? ___________________
9. Is a very small child? ___________________
10. Is sleeping? ___________________
11. Is very bright? ___________________
12. Is empty? ___________________
13. Is immediate? ___________________
14. Is plentiful? ___________________
Four letters in Common (Word Within word)
How many words can you make from the word MAINE.
Answer
1. Nickname for Mother ___________________
2. principal; chief ___________________
3. Belonging to me ___________________
4. male person ___________________
5. cruel; average; signify ___________________
6. grown-up boys ___________________
7. myself (object) ___________________
8. indefinite article ___________________
9. purpose; objective ___________________
10. preposition ___________________
Word Shapes
Each word in the pyramid is formed by adding a letter to the word above it, and rearranging the letters if necessary. In the twin pyramids, the words opposite each other are formed from the same letters. In the bottom half of the diamond, each word is formed by subtracting a letter from the word above it (and rearranging the letters if necessary).
Simple pyramid twin pyramid
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1. Article 1. 1st person 1. Roman numeral for 1
2. Bear; by 2. 3rd person (thing) 2. Note of scale between la and do
3. Rested on chair 3. Rest on chair 3. Contraction of it is
4. Heavenly body 4. Bonds; unites 4. Place; location
5. Paper or plastic tube 5. Inflatable coverings 5. Attempts
for drinking for wheels 6. One who doesn't 6. Withstand; exert 6. Female relative
conserve oneself again 7. Pullover; article of 7. Fights or defends 7. Women having the
clothing himself against same parents
Homonyms
Directions: Fill in the blanks in each sentence with two or three words that have the same sound but different spelling and different meanings. The number of the blanks equals the number of the letters in the missing word.
1. Our team _ _ _ _ _ _ game lost three games.
2. They agreed _ _ play _ _ _ more games next week, _ _ _.
3. The _ _ _ _ golfers watched _ _ _ the ball when they heard someone shout "_ _ _ _!"
4. The four of us were so hungry that we _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ hamburgers.
5. Each player _ _ _ _ _ the ball _ _ _ _ _ _ _ the hoop at least once.
6. As we approached the coast we could _ _ _ the _ _ _.
7. Anna had _ _ many things to _ _ _ any seeds in the garden.
8. At the airport the guide said, "Come this _ _ _ so they can _ _ _ _ _ _ your luggage."
9. We had to _ _ _ _ in line until they determined the _ _ _ _ _ _ of our bags.
10. we _ _ _ _ the boat to the dock so it wouldn't go out when the _ _ _ _ came in.
Palindrome
A palindrome may be defined as a word, phrase, sentence, verse, or (sometimes) number that reads the same backwards as forwards.
Some examples are:
POP, SEES, EVE,DID, ROTATOR
MADAM, STEPS ON NO PETS
WAS IT A CAR OR A CAT I SAW?
Directions: Such pairs of words provide the solutions to the following puzzles:
1. I'm on the high point. Reverse me and I'm something to cook in.
Answer: ______________________________________________
2. I'm uncooked. Reverse me and I'm armed conflict.
Answer: ______________________________________________
3. I'm a portion of the whole. Reverse me and I'm something to catch (ensnare) something in.
Answer: ______________________________________________
4. I perceive with the eyes. Reverse me and I existed.
Answer: ______________________________________________
5. I'm a heavy weight. Reverse me and I'm a negative.
Answer: ______________________________________________
6. I'm a wild animal. Reverse me and I move like water.
Answer: ______________________________________________
7. I'm a number. Reverse me and I'm an open-meshed fabric used for catching fish.
Answer: ______________________________________________
8. I'm an obstruction used to hold back water. Reverse me and I'm crazy.
Answer: ______________________________________________
9. I was victorious. Reverse me and I'm the present time.
Answer: ______________________________________________
10. I dug materials out of the ground. Reverse me and I'm a coarse cloth that jeans are made of.
Answer: ______________________________________________
Word Associations
There are many words in the English language which mean the same things or different for you. This depends on the actual word and the experiences you have been through and your imagination.
What is the first thing that comes into your mind when you hear...?
> The word "Friday" (I got: Fun, Nightlife, Friends, Partying)
> The word "Africa" (I got: Tarzan, Poverty, Heat, Safari, Pyramids, Colours, Tribal dancing)
> The word "Hippie" (I got: Peace, song, Long hair, Dirty, Hash, Flowers, Herbs)
> The word "Beauty" (I got: Scenery, Ladies, Flowers, Faces)
> The word "Hero" (I got: Spider-Man, Rambo, Lady Di, Manny Pacquiao, Ninoy Aquino)
> Money
> Politicians
> Holidays
> School
> Friend
Reference
English, Communication Arts I (Conversational Approach) pp. 31-45
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