Your vocabulary is key to your success in school. From assigned essays
to standardized tests, words help you share your thoughts and ideas
clearly and correctly. How to Build a Super Vocabulary gives you the
power to understand and use new words. You'll explore how words are put
together, where they come from, basic spelling rules, and ways to avoid
common blunders. Plus, you'll get to know 600 words that are often
found on standardized tests.
Filled with easy-to-follow
advice, this hands-on guide includes 7 Keys to Success that will help
you discover the meanings of unfamiliar words and put new words to good
use in your speaking and writing:
* Know the History of Language
* Find the Roots
* Use Context Clues
* Use Your Tools
* Tackle the Tough Ones
* Build Your Vocabulary
* Use the Best Words
Here is a unique book! It selects and shows you how to use those verbs, nouns, and adjectives which are the mainspring words of the English language. They are rightly called "power words" because they are the words which successful people know and use daily. If you learn these words, they will almost perform miracles in your speech, your writing, and your understanding.
The book starts with a 20-minute test of your present word knowledge. This will detect the weak points in your own vocabulary. After that your progress will be rapid and profitable.
A learner's thesaurus of over 15,000 words and expressions from written and spoken British and American English with CD-ROM. The learner's thesaurus helps students distinguish between similar words and use them correctly. The 2,000 entries: - include between three and ten near synonyms, showing the differences between them in terms of meaning, grammar, register, collocations, and frequency; - help students understand the differences between familiar words, such as easy and simple, while learning expressions they may not know, such as effortless, painless, and smooth sailing; - provide over 4,000 notes to enable students to distinguish between very close synonyms, choose the best word for the context, and use it correctly; and - include over 2,000 opposites.
CD-ROM of the complete Oxford Learner's Thesaurus over 200 practice exercises.
My Book of WRITING WORDS: Learning about Consonants and Vowels
This book is for children that can recognize and write short rhyming words and phrases. Words that are familiar to children are grouped by similar vowel and consonant combinations – such as blue, plane, and flag. By repeatedly saying and tracing these words, children can broaden their vocabulary and understand the connection between consonant and vowel pairings and the sounds they represent.
Ages 5-7.
