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WRITTEN EXERCISES | Barriers

1 :: Complete with examples.

 
 
NATURAL BARRIER
ARCHITECTURAL BARRIER
   
   
   
   
   
   

2 :: Where can you find the above barriers in your town? Make sentences.

We can find a narrow pavement at Carrer de la Creu.
1.
2.
3.
4.
 

3 :: Compare your results in Exercises 1:: and 2::

REMEMBER:

WHEN YOU WRITE A DEFINITION…

:: use the verb to be.
:: use the simple present tense in the affirmative form.

 

WHEN YOU WRITE A DEFINITION YOU MAY GIVE ...

:: a synonym
:: an antonym
:: a description

 

Examples:
A pavement is the same as a sidewalk. (synonym)
Entrance is the opposite of exit. (antonym)
A kerb is the raised edge between a pavement and a road. (description)
 

4 :: Use a monolingual dictionary to look up a definition for these words:

1. A wheelchair is ...

 

2. A pedestrian crossing is ...

 

3. A crutch is ...

 

4. A car park is ...

 

5. High is the opposite of ...

 

6. Ill is the same as ...

 

7. Blind is the opposite of ...

 

8. Main is the same as ...

 

 

5 :: Look at the accessibility symbol (Appendix A).

:: Now remember: where can you find one like this (or a very similar one)?

Example :: There is an accessibility symbol at the school car park.

1. There is an accessibility symbol ...

2. There is an accessibility symbol ...

3. There is an accessibility symbol ...

 

6 :: Classify the following architectural barriers according to the place you can find them (sometimes both possibilities are acceptable):

high step | high kerb | slippery floor | narrow lift | steep ramp | high counter | revolving doors | uneven floor | high fire extinguisher | smooth gradient | acoustic street-lights

outdoors

indoors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7 :: Use a bilingual dictionary or the glossary (Appendix D) to translate the words from Exercise 6:: into your language, but:

REMEMBER: the first word is an adjective and the second is a noun. You should translate first the noun and then the adjective.

 

English

Catalan or Spanish

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8 :: Look at Exercises 6:: and 7:: and compare the position of the adjectives in English and in Catalan or Spanish. Then, complete the following sentence:

Adjectives come …………......….. (before/after) the noun in English, while in Catalan adjectives usually come ............………… (before/after) the noun.
 

9 :: Using a monolingual dictionary, find a synonym for environment:

Synonym:

and an antonym for accessible:

Antonym:
 

10 :: Compare your results with the other students in the class.

 

11 :: Classify the following words:

the deaf | people in wheelchairs | the blind | people using crutches | people with an amputated hand | the deaf-mute

sensory
manipulatory

locomotor

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12 :: Find a definition of disability, write it below and translate it into your language.

C:: A disability is ...

T::

 

13 :: Look up in your dictionary synonyms and antonyms for disability:

REMEMBER: The prefix dis- added to certain words in English changes the meaning of that word to describe the opposite:

ability --> disability | agree -->disagree | appear -->disappear

 

Synonyms:
Antonyms:
 

14 :: Complete the sentences and translate them into your language.

C:: Blindness is a disability because the person cannot ...

 

T::

 

C:: Deafness is a disability because the person cannot ...

 

T::

 

 

 
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