Understanding Vocabulary In Context
Muhtasari
Two of the surest marks on the Reading paper come from a single skill: working out what a word means from the company it keeps. You are not allowed a dictionary, and you do not need one. The sentence around a word, the situation it describes and the feeling it carries all point you to its meaning. The trick is to explain the word as the writer is using it, here, in this context, not the safe definition you half remember from somewhere else.
This lesson shows you how. You will learn to read the clues around an unfamiliar word, to give a contextual meaning rather than a generic one, and to notice the connotation a word choice carries. We model the two real question types, set a weak answer against a strong one, annotate a model response, and finish with an exam-style task marked the way an examiner marks it.
Malengo
- Work out the meaning of unfamiliar words and phrases from their context.
- Explain the meaning of words and phrases as the writer uses them, not just a dictionary definition.
- Recognise connotation and shades of meaning in a writer's word choices.
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- A text reads: 'She gave a curt reply and walked off.' What does 'curt' most likely mean here? A. Long and detailed B. Short and rudely brief C. Polite and warm D. Curved or bent Answer: B
- Which approach best answers a 'using your own words, explain what the writer means by ...' question? A. Give any dictionary meaning of the word B. Copy the writer's phrase back unchanged C. Reword the meaning so it fits how the word is used in the sentence D. Comment on whether the word is effective Answer: C
- 'Slender', 'slim' and 'skinny' all describe a thin person. The difference between them is mainly one of: A. Denotation B. Spelling C. Connotation D. Length Answer: C
- A Question 3 find-the-word question asks you to 'identify a single word from the text which suggests the same idea as ...'. The best response is to: A. Write out the whole sentence and underline your choice B. Give the one exact word, spelled correctly C. Explain the meaning of the word in your own words D. Choose a similar word from your own vocabulary Answer: B
- In 'the path was so treacherous that two walkers had already slipped', which clue best helps you work out 'treacherous'? A. 'the path' B. 'two walkers' C. 'had already slipped' D. 'so' Answer: C
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Pakua programu ya Green Bridge CBT kwenye simu yako au kompyuta yako ili kupata maelezo kamili ya masomo, maswali ya mazoezi, na mengi zaidi.
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Pakua programu ya Green Bridge CBT kwenye simu yako au kompyuta yako ili kupata maelezo kamili ya masomo, maswali ya mazoezi, na mengi zaidi.
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