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2 Keeping a vocabulary notebook

A Organising your notebook
Give each page or double page a title, e.g. sport, education, phrasal verbs, etc. Then, as you
learn new words, record each one on a suitable page. You could also have a general index
in the back of your book, with a space for each letter Then, as you learn new words, you
enter them alphabetically with the title of the topic in brackets.

- _B What do! need to record?
These things are important but you won’t need to record all of them for every word.
What? How? Example
Meaning a translation lembrar = to remember (Portuguese)
b definition/explanation A pond is an area of water smaller than a
lake.
¢ synonym or opposite awful (= terrible); ugly (# beautiful)
cif
d picture saucepan sa

e example sentences My hands were cold so I put on my gloves.
Pronunciation phonetic symbols ache /e1k/
or your Own system ache (like ‘make’)
Part of speech (n), (v), (adj), ete. gloves (n); remember (v); careful (adj),
ache (n, v)
Grammar make a note + enjoy + -ing form; I enjoy going to parties.
example sentence weather (U); We had lovely weather in Italy.
Common partners phrase or sentence make a mistake; make a decision; make a mess
Special style make a note purchase (fml); kids (infml)
Note: You won’t learn everything about a word when you first record it, so always leave
space in your notebook, then you can come back and add more information later.

C Organising words on the page
Certain words often appear together (common partners), so it is a good idea to record them
together, and not just write lists of words on their own. You can do this in different ways:

3 smile (v, n)
og. She smiled at me yesterday.
hand He gave me a big Smile.
dont pronounce the ‘w’ in Shes get a lovely smile,
wrist or the ‘b> in thumb

4 —_——" J oo
rise Slowly rise sharply — fall slowly —_— fall sharply
Note both verbs are irregular: rise[rose/risen; fall/fell/fallen

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