Selecting and Grading vocabulary

Selecting and Grading vocabulary

Postby Diana Vázquez » Thu Oct 26, 2017 4:04 pm

1.Look again at the three lists of "house and garden" vocabulary in exercise 1. Do you agree with the way they are graded? What five other words would you include at each level?

I completely agree and I think that according to age is the difficulty degree.
Beginners Intermediate Advanced
Living room Hall Lawnmower
Dining room Wardrobe Sprinkler
Study Bookshelf Wheelbarrow
Mirror Watering Can Hedge Clippers
Towel Cake Pan Rake

2. List some english false friends for speakers of another language. What do they mean in English? What does equivalent word mean in the other language?

False friends Definition Spanish false friend
achieve accomplish lograr (y no archivar)
advertise promote anunciar ( y no advertir)
apologise forgiveness pedir disculpas (y no apologia)
argument quarrel discusión, pelea (y no argumento de un libro
o de una pelicula)
assist help ayudar (y no asistir)
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