A quick look at vocabulary

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A QUICK LOOK AT VOCABULARY To: Conrad From: Angela

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A quick look at vocabulary. To: Conrad From: Angela. How do we answer vocabulary questions?. Read the question carefully Make out the meaning of the sentence before deciding on which word Look at the choices given to you Identify those words which you know See if any fits into the blank - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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A QUICKLOOK AT

VOCABULARYTo: Conrad

From: Angela

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HOW DO WE ANSWER VOCABULARY QUESTIONS? Read the question carefully Make out the meaning of the sentence

before deciding on which word Look at the choices given to you Identify those words which you know See if any fits into the blank If none of the known words fit Look at unknown words Try to guess their meanings

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HOW DO WE ANSWER VOCABULARY QUESTIONS?Example:

Jane was ________ when her mother gave her

a puppy(a)Exhilarated(b)Rejected(c) Elated(d)Depressed

What is your answer?

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HOW DO WE ANSWER VOCABULARY QUESTIONS?Using the method,

Jane was ________ when her mother gave her

a puppy(a)Exhilarated = ???(b)Rejected = unwanted; turned away(c) Deceived = cheated(d)Depresses = unhappy; miserable

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HOW DO WE ANSWER VOCABULARY QUESTIONS?(a)Exhilarated = ???(b)Rejected = unwanted; turned

away(c)Deceived = cheated(d)Depresses = unhappy; miserable

I believe you know the meaning of the last 3 words The only one left is (a), which you may not know So we shall guess its meaning…

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HOW DO WE ANSWER VOCABULARY QUESTIONS?

Exhilarated- We are familiar with words starting with ‘EX’- They usually mean something EXTREME- Extreme = VERY, VERY, VERY / To the

fullest extent / The maximum you can do- Eg. Extremely angry, Expel, Extinct- So we can roughly guess that ‘Exhilarated’

tells us about an EXTREME FEELING / ACTION

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HOW DO WE ANSWER VOCABULARY QUESTIONS?

Exhilarated- ‘Hilarated’ may have came from the word

‘Hilarious’- Hilarious = very funny- So if ‘Hilarated’ came from ‘Hilarious’, it

must have meant happiness, something joyful

- Because you laugh only when you are happy right?

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HOW DO WE ANSWER VOCABULARY QUESTIONS?

ExhilaratedVery + Happy

Putting together the meanings, exhilarated must have meant ‘VERY HAPPY’

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HOW DO WE ANSWER VOCABULARY QUESTIONS?Jane was ________ when her mother gave

hera puppy

(a)Exhilarated = very happy(b)Rejected = unwanted; turned

away(c)Deceived = cheated(d)Depresses = unhappy; miserable

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HOW DO WE ANSWER VOCABULARY QUESTIONS?

Do you think the last 3 words:

Rejected, Deceived &

Depressed fit

into the blank?

Can she be

feeling any of

these 3 when

she receives a

puppy from

her mother?

Since weknow themeaning of ‘Exhilarated’…

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HOW DO WE ANSWER VOCABULARY QUESTIONS?

The answer is NOSo the only likely answer

is ‘Exhilarated’She must have been

overjoyed to receive the puppy

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