Week 8 · Review 1 (Units 1–3 and the novel so far): vocabulary and meanings, past tenses, modals and conditionals, a translation check, a reading text on a city topic, essay questions, a descriptive writing task, three questions on the story · 3 lessons
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Review 1: words and meanings
English Secondary 1 Term 1, Review 1, Vocabulary: pp. 48–50
GoalRevise words from Units 1 to 3: synonyms, antonyms, collocations and word forms.
New words
synonym · a word with nearly the same meaningantonym · a word with the opposite meaningcollocation · two or more words that are often used togetherword family · words from the same root, such as protect, protection and protectiverescue · to save someone from a bad situationreliable · able to be trusted
Explanation
Four kinds of word skills appear in a vocabulary review. A synonym has nearly the same meaning: rescue and save. An antonym has the opposite meaning: reliable and unreliable. A collocation is a pair that sounds natural: we say play a role, make a mistake, keep a promise and pay attention, not do a role or make attention. Learn collocations as whole phrases. Word forms belong to the same family: protect (verb), protection (noun), protective (adjective); inspire, inspiration, inspiring; support, support, supportive. To choose a form, look at the gap. After a, an or the, or after an adjective, you need a noun. Before a noun, you often need an adjective. After a subject you need a verb. After a verb of being, such as is, you need an adjective. Check the kind of word before the meaning, and read the whole sentence again with your answer.
Kind
Examples
Synonym
rescue = save; inspire = encourage
Antonym
reliable / unreliable; honest / dishonest
Collocation
play a role; make a mistake; keep a promise
Word family
protect – protection – protective
Worked examples
Choose the word: “The firefighter’s training helps to ___ people.” (rescue / rumour / reliable). A verb is needed after to, and the meaning is to save, so the answer is rescue.
Choose the collocation: “Everyone in a team has to play a ___ .” The collocation is play a role, not play a duty.
Choose the word form: “The ___ of the old bridge took six months.” (restore / restoration / restored). After the, we need a noun, so the answer is restoration.
Antonym: the opposite of reliable is unreliable. We add the prefix un- to many adjectives (unhappy, unfair), but not to all of them, so check each word.
Class activity
Word map. Choose five words from Units 1 to 3, for example heritage, trust, volunteer, rescue and inspire. For each, write a synonym or an antonym, a collocation and a word from the same family. Use a dictionary only to check your answers.
Practice
1
Choose the synonym of “rescue”. (save / lose / borrow)
save.
2
Choose the antonym of “reliable”. (unreliable / useful / ancient)
unreliable.
3
Complete the collocation: Please pay ___ when the teacher explains. (attention / role / promise)
attention. We say pay attention.
4
Complete with the correct form of the word: Our teacher gave us a lot of ___ . (inspire)
inspiration. After a lot of we need a noun.
5
Complete with the correct form of the word: A good friend is ___ and listens to you. (support)
