IELTS Vocabulary: How something works A. Look at these sentences and decide which object is being described in each one. Use the words in bold to help you. You will find the objects hidden in the word grid at the bottom of the page. 1. The most important part of this object is a strip of two different metals‚ one on top of the other. As they heat up‚ both metals expand‚ but one does it faster than the other. The strip bends and connects with a switch‚ which turns off the power supply. When the strip cools
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GERUND A traditional grammatical term for a verbal that ends in -ing and functions as a noun. Adjective: gerundial. A gerund (also known as an -ing form) with its objects‚complements‚ and modifiers is called a gerund phrase‚ or simply anoun phrase. EX. Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it." PARTICIPLE A verbal that functions as an adjective. Adjective: participial. Present participles end in -ing (carrying‚ sharing‚ tapping). Past participles of regular
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MUN Vocabulary 1-Abstain. During a vote on a substantive matter‚ delegates may abstain rather than vote yes or no. This generally signals that a state does not support the resolution being voted on‚ but does not oppose it enough to vote no. 2-Adjourn. All UN or Model UN sessions end with a vote to adjourn. This means that the debate is suspended until the next meeting. This can be a short time (e.g.‚ overnight) or a long time (until next year’s conference). 3-Agenda. The order in which the issues
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ESL Students and Vocabulary Problems Tutoring students this quarter has taught me many things I hadn’t previously realized. I saw students who struggled with translation problems‚ memorization‚ and even culture barriers that impacted their ability to speak and write English correctly. From personal experience with my own individual tutees‚ I found that the greatest problem among them all was their ability to remember key vocabulary words in English. Most of my students had a firm grasp on
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Vocabulary tasks: Sport Task 1: Choose the answer (A‚ B‚ C or D) that best fits each gap in the text. Someone once said that there are three kinds of people who are (1)_____ in sport: people who (2)_____ part‚ people who watch‚ and people who watch (3)_____ television. It’s very easy to make fun of stay-at-home sports (4)_____‚ but on the other hand‚ television does enable us to enjoy all kinds of (5)_____ events. We can watch a racing car (6)_____ another‚ see a cyclist (7)_____ the finishing
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English 4‚ Unit 2: Utopia and Dystopia Vocabulary: Words to Know Directions: Using context clues from the sentences provided‚ try to guess the meaning of each word. Type the guessed meanings in the appropriate spaces provided. Then‚ use dictionary.com to listen to the pronunciation and find the meanings of the words as they are used in each sentence. Type the dictionary meanings in the appropriate spaces provided. 1. When he heard the sound of the gun‚ George winced. Hazel could tell the
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Effective Vocabulary Teaching Strategies For The English For Academic Purposes Esl Classroom. ABSTRACT Vocabulary learning is an important and indispensable part of any language learning process. This study focuses on effective vocabulary teaching strategies in the English for Academic Purposes ESL classroom. Drawing on findings obtained from observing three English for Academic Purposes ESL classrooms across Bekaa‚ several current databases and my personal experience as a teacher and learner
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principles of translation which have learned through personal experience in translation and teaching translation‚ and through interaction with colleagues involved in translation projects in many universities in Central Vietnam. Since it is assumed that the students will be speakers of Vietnamese language‚ many of these exercises involve translating from or into their mother tongue. The material is presented in a way that it can be used in a self-teaching situation or in a classroom. An attempt has
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Vocabulary words and knowledge are critical in reading comprehension and vitally important that new and young readers develop a large ‘word bank’ and effective vocabulary learning strategies. That being said‚ we will have an emphasis on vocabulary words in our classroom this year. There are several effective vocabulary learning strategies that we will be using in the classroom‚ I encourage you to employ these strategies at home assisting in the reading comprehension and vocabulary development
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A STUDY OF TECHNIQUES FOR TEACHING ENGLISH VOCABULARY USED AT SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN BINHDINH PROVINCE TABLE OF CONTENT I. INTRODUCTION 1. Rationale 2. Aims of the study 3. Organization of the study II. LITERATURE REVIEW 2.1 Literature review 2.2 Theoretical backgrounds III. FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION 1. Techniques for teaching English vocabulary used at secondary schools in Binhdinh province 1.1 1.2 1.3 2. Data collected from students’ questionnaires
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