Effective way to learn and remember new English words.

1. 6 Step New
Word
Acquisition
Method

2. If you follow
these steps...
1. You will remember the word
permanently .
2. You will learn extra related words at
the same time.
3. You will better understand what the
word means and how and when to use it.
4. You have an easy way to increase your
vocabulary.
…and most importantly
5. You can memorize important words

3. 6 steps to acquire
new words
• You are going to look up the word you want to
learn on ‘wordhippo.com’ and write/do the
following
• 1. Type of Word
• 2. Pronunciation of Word
• 3.Meaning of Word
• 4. Make sentences with the Word
• 5. Word Family list
• 6. Synonyms and antonyms of Word

5. Relevant
sections are
indicated by
arrows

6. Step 1- Type of word
Go to
https://www.wordhippo.com
type in your word.
• Example= Tricky
• Click on ‘definitions’ it will list either: verb,
adverb, noun or adjective
• That is your word type. Write it down.
Example- Adjective

7. Here’s the word type
This is your word type

8. Step 2- Pronunciation
At https://www.wordhippo.com
Click on ‘pronunciation’
It will display the Phonetic pronunciation:
Example- ˈtrɪki
AND
Give you the option to play an audio clip of the word
Write it down, and practice saying the word a loud. (say it
at least 5 times)

9. Phonetic
Pronunciation
Phonetic
Pronunciation

10. Step 3- Meaning
At https://www.wordhippo.com it will also
display the meaning or meanings of the word.
Under definitions
Example-
1. adept at using deception
2. hard to deal with, complicated

11. https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionarie
s.com
Definition #1
Definition #2

12. Step 4- Make sentences
At https://www.wordhippo.com under ‘definition’
they have some great example sentences. Scroll
down to read them. Then change 1 word in 1 of the
sentences to “personalize it.”
Ex- Some of it is tricky to navigate but I think it's
worth a bit of your time.
Changed =
1.Some of the software is tricky to navigate
but I think it's worth a bit of your time.
2.He’s a tricky guy, I don’t trust him.

13. Note
You should try to make
2-3 personalized
sentences. If you can
use different meanings
for your 2-3
personalized sentences
that would be ideal!

14. https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionarie
s.com
3 sentence
examples
Scroll down!

16. Step 5- Word Family
-Now it’s time to find out about words with the
same ‘root’ or ‘base’. Go to ‘Word Hippo’
https://www.wordhippo.com/
Select ‘word forms’
Scroll to the bottom of the page
You can also search for plurals, singular,
adjectives, adverbs etc.

17. Here’s the adverb for ‘Tricky’
Here!

18. • Now you know some similar words.
• Write down the versions of the word for noun,
verb, adjective and adverb (if they exist!)
• Example-
• trickster -noun
• trick -verb
• tricky -adjective
• Adverb- Trickily

19. Step 6- Synonyms and
Antonyms
• At WordHippo under synonyms and antonyms
• https://www.wordhippo.com
you can find some words that mean similar
(synonyms) or the opposite (antonyms)
• Read and write down some of the synonyms +
antonyms.

20. • SYNONYMS
• difficult, awkward, problematic,
delicate, ticklish, sensitive, touchy,
risky, uncertain, precarious, touch-
and-go
• ANTONYMS
• straightforward, uncomplicated

22. When your done—Your ‘6 step
word acquisition’ entry
should look like this:
Tricky
1.Type- Noun
2.Pronunciation- ˈtrɪki
3.Meaning-1. difficult to do or deal with.
2. (of people) clever but likely to trick
you.
4.Make sentences-
The software can be tricky to install.
He’s a tricky guy, I don’t trust him.

23. 5. Word Family-
• trickery -noun trick -verb
• tricky -adjective No- Adverb
6. Synonyms and antonyms-
SYNONYMS
difficult, awkward, problematic, delicate, ticklish,
sensitive, touchy, risky, uncertain, precarious,
touch-and-go
ANTONYMS
straightforward, uncomplicated

24. You’re
finished!