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The more practice children have with concepts taught in school, the more success they find. Perfect Vocabulary helps students practise word skills taught in the classroom. The words that appear in this book are standard vocabulary as well as some special and unusual words. Perfect Vocabulary helps learners:
use a dictionary to define vocabulary words
identify word meanings in context
use a thesaurus to identify synonyms and antonyms
identify and use homonyms, synonyms, and antonyms
identify root words, prefixes, and suffixes
change singular words into plurals
identify and use unusual plural words
develop everyday vocabulary
develop an ongoing interest in learning and using new words
Contents: Introduction • Learning New Words • Dictionary Skills • Alphabetizing • Using Guide Words • Finding Definitions • Homonyms, Synonyms, and Antonyms • Homophone Hunt • Heed Those Homonyms • Antonyms: Opposites Attract • Synonyms Are Similar • Antonyms, Synonyms, or Homophones? • Syllables • Dividing Words by Syllables • Test Your Skills • Plurals • Rules for Plurals • What About Y? • What Is Normal, Anyway? • Root Words and Affixes • Getting to the Root of Prefixes • Suffering Suffixes • Everyday Words • Idioms • Pictionary of Idioms • Idioms Crossword Puzzle • School Words • Computers • Parts of a Computer • Label the Computer • Social Studies • Words That Make the World Go Round • Map Match • Math • Signs and Symbols • Do You Speak Math? • Science • Science Words • Word Play • Analogies • Palindromes • Similes • Word History • What’s Your Etymology? • Unit Assessment • Answer KeyISBN - 9788130920245
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Pages : 48
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