:: 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:
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 Exercises6::
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: