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2 Learning vocabulary - aids to learning

Help yourself to learn by learning associated words together

Learn words with associated meanings together.
Learning words together that are associated in meaning is a popular and useful way of
organising your vocabulary study.
1 Complete this network for the word CAT. Add as many other bubbles as you like.

If possible, compare your network with those done by other students. Add any of their
ideas that you like to your network.
Learn words with a grammatical association together.
2 Here are some groups of words, each of which has a grammatical connection. Can you
see what the connection is? What other words could you add to these groups?
a) child tooth ox b) cut split burst c) information furniture food
Learn together words based on the same root.
3 Can you add any words or expressions to these two groups?
a) price priceless overpriced
b) handy single-handed give me a hand

Pictures and diagrams can help you learn
Here are some ways in which pictures might help you to remember vocabulary.

Can you draw any pictures that would help you remember the following vocabulary?
a circle to look a gift horse in the mouth screwdriver

English Vocabulary in Use