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Guessing Meaning from Context

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  • 1. Multiple Choice
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    The best strategy for dealing with an unknown Word is

    Look it up in a bilingual dictionary

    Ask your teacher

    Ask another person, a friend or your parents

    Try to guess what it means

  • 2. Multiple Choice
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    Some reasons for guessing meaning from context are:

    It helps your concentration because you stay focused on the general sense.

    It helps build vocabulary because you propably remember the words.

    It demands you to know a lot of vocabulary.

    It requires a good usage of dictionary.

  • 3. Multiple Choice
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    A good way to make good guesses about unknown words is

    Read the first paragraph to identify the topic sentence.

    Read the first lines of a paragraph to locate specific information.

    Examine the context of the word.

    Preview and predict the topic of the text.

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