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Week 1Ubec Aymat – Diaz
The_english_dept.tripod.com
This vocabulary exercise required you to read the passage (right). Then match the words in the text with their correct definition
30 – 40 minutes
Funbrain.com
ACTIVITY SCORE
Funbrain.com allows you to do many vocabulary exercises, such as word confusion. This activity (above) gives a sentence and you have to choose between two words that sound alike, but are spell differently and have a different meaning.
30 – 40 minutes
Webenglishteacher.com
ACTIVITY RESULTS
In this website a word was given with four different definitions to pick from in thirty seconds.
30 – 40 minutes
Englisch-hilfen.deThis website allows you to choose from several different categories. Each category contains ten words that correspond to that particular category. The category I pick was “Where do animals live?” (left). I had to match words such as palace, monastery, kennel, etc. with their correct definition.
This was a proverb exercise (right). You had to complete the saying. For example, barking dogs…never bite.
30 – 40 minutes
Englishlab.net
This vocabulary exercise was a crossword. Definitions were given and one had to type in the correct word.
30 – 40 minutes
Englishpage.comThis website lets you pick from different categories. “Unique Personalities” was the one I chose. It gives you the list of words with the definition (left) and then you can do the vocabulary in…
…conversation or vocabulary follow-up (right). This activities has you use the previous words and match them with the opposite meaning.
30 – 40 minutes
Vocabulary.com
This vocabulary exercise (left) is a simple matching game. I could get the score because your supposed to do it first then check your answers.
This activity (right) is true or false. A sentence is given with a bold word. If the word in bold is correctly used in the sentence the sentence is true if it’s incorrect then the answer is false.
30 – 40 minutes
Master Spell
Spell Master allows you to better your spelling skills. Better spelling skills better vocabulary. The program would verbally say a word that one would have to spell. Once done with the exercise you can retry the words you got incorrect for half credit.
30 – 40 minutes
Vocabulary Journal• http://www.webenglishteacher.com/vocab2.html• ABANDON – forsake• ABASE – degrade • ABASHED – embarrassed • ABATE – make less• ABDICATE – to give up• ABERRANT – departing from the norm• ABERRATION – deviation from correct way• ABET – encourage • BABBEL – idle talk• BACKING – support • BADGER – pester • BAFFLE – confuse • BALDERDASH – nonsense • BALEFUL – malignant • BALK – hesitate • BALLED – sentimental song • CABINET – group of advisors to the leader of the
country• CACOPHONY – harsh sound• CADENCE – rhythmical movement• CAITIFF – cowardly • CAJOLE – to fool someone with flattering speech• CAJOLERY – deceptive speech• CALCULABLE – can be estimated• CALLOW – unsophisticated
• http://www.englishpage.com/vocabulary/vocabulary.html
• CYNICAL - seeing little or no good in other people, believing that people do good things for bad reasons
• ECCENTRIC - having strange, unusual or abnormal habits or tastes
• EGOTISTICAL - thinking too highly of oneself, considering oneself better than others
• IMAGINATIVE - creative, having much imagination
• INDECISIVE - unable to decide quickly, not knowing what choice to make
• PICKY - hard to please, too careful in choosing something
• SENSIBLE - practical, reasonable, something that makes sense
• SENSITIVE - easily feels emotion, easily hurt emotionally can be positive or negative
• SOPHISTICATED - representing high culture, very experienced in life
• THOUGHTFUL - often doing things to make other people feel good