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How good is your English?
• Many people feel the harder words are the longer ones:
effervescent, uninhabitable, disenfranchisement.
• However, in my opinion the little ones are trickier! Big words
usually very specific, whereas small words have many
meanings.
• To show my point, all of these slides show three pictures.
Each of the pictures represents ONE word.
• See if you can figure out what the pictures have in common.
What word fits all these
pictures?
Play a video, Play a
game, See a Play
What word fits all these
pictures?
Take an eye test, Take a bath,
Your take of the
cash
What word fits all these
pictures?
Break a glass, Breaking
News, Coffee Break
What word fits all these
pictures?
A rich cup of coffee, A rich girl,
Rich soil (to make a pumpkin that big!)
What word fits all these
pictures?
Take Turns, No U-turns,
Turn down the bed
What word
fits all these
pictures?
Print a page,
Print letters,
A handprint
What word
fits all these
pictures?
Run a company,
Run a Bath, Runny
nose
Small words