VOCABULARY (2) BUILDING SUPPORTING SKILLS CAMBRIDGE PREPARATION FOR THE TOEFL® IBT TEST

 

CAMBRIDGE PREPARATION FOR THE TOEFL® IBT TEST BUILDING SUPPORTING SKILLS VOCABULARY (2)

 

Exercise V1-V10 Use Exercises V1-V10 to practice skills that will help you develop your vocabulary. EXERCISE V1 Identifying words to learn Read the following passage. Cross out any words you don’t know that are specific to the fields of biology or biochemistry and that you will probably not have to understand for the test. Circle the words that you think would be useful to learn or to build on. Let me reiterate. There are animal cells and plant cells. Both have a cell surface membrane, but the plant cell also has a cell wall. The plant cell has a vacuole in the EXERCISE V2 Learning new words Choose some words from the above passage to add your vocabulary. If you already know all the words in the passage, choose words from different passage you have read. Write each word on a different note card, and then look it up in a dictionary. On the back of the note card, write down the meaning. EXERCISE V3 Adding details On your note card, write how the new word is pronounced. Underline the stressed syllable and add the different forms of the word. EXERCISE V4 Adding related words On your note card, write synonyms and if possible, antonyms. EXERCISE V5 Adding information about the prefixes and roots On your note card, write the meanings of the prefix and root, if there are any. In the case of reiterate, the prefix re means again and the root iterate means say again. This helps you to remember that reiterate means to repeat several times.

ANSWER KEYS AND EXPLANATION

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