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powerful
vocabulary
means more
than learning
new words.
It means
learning new
ways to
think about
words.
Well learn to
guess the
meaning of
unknown words.
And we will
learn how to
use synonyms
and pronouns to
help us
understand
what we read.
What will we
learn in
Building a
powerful
vocabulary?
huff
Building
a Powerful
Vocabulary
Using the
context
Guessing
unknown
words from
the context
Guessing word
meanings from
the context
Using
pronouns
and
synonyms
Pronouns
Synonyms :
general
and
Example
Youve gone diet after diet yet still havent
. those unwanted pounds or worse your
weight it actually going up!
Only one answer
a. taken in
will makes sense
when you
b. taken of
substitute it in the
c. put on
sentence
d. put
You will choose
ways or
more to
guess the
meaning of
new word
from the
context to
find clues
Definition
Restatement
Punctuation marks
Contrast
Similarity
You can guess the meaning of new words by using
signal words of similarity. (key words: same, as,
etc.)
Surrounding Words
If you cannot find any signal words or key words as
stated before, look around new words may help you
to understand the new words.
Example
Although Daniel and Sue are very close friends but
they are very diferent. Daniel spends a lot of
money to buy things while Sue loves to
economize.
Economize is save money
In Bangkok on Monday morning, most streets are
very crowded, so Willy came to school late
because she was trapped in traffic
You may try to
use many
Trapped is Caught.
strategies as
stated
previously
words.
Pronouns
Pronouns can be used instead of nouns.
Pronouns are small worlds, but they are
very important when we are reading cause
these small words tie ideas to each other
in a passage.
Sometimes a pronoun can take the piece
of several words or phrases, or even a
sentence.
Some Pronouns
No
Subject
Object
Possessive
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
I
we
you
he
she
they
it
me
us
you
him
her
them
it
mine
ours
yours
his
hers
theirs
its
EExxaam
mpple
le
The referent
is The
winners
The
referent is
tornadoes
.
By:
Meriskal Abi
Husin Iriwandi
Muzami Ansori
Arbayani
Rizky Tiara Ayu
Yulita Sari
See You
in the
next
meeting