Five ways, eight words
Five ways to practice. Each one is a different grip on a word.
The words from this unit
projectioninjectionprojectinjectprojectedpivotalinadvertentlyostensibly
Wonderful Words · The Mayor on the floor
Practice: Thrown Into Motion
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Way 1 of 5
Smile or Frown
Every word keeps company. Its Smiles mean the same thing, and its Frowns mean the opposite.
Runs on: pivotalprojectprojectedinadvertentlyostensibly
Is the pair a Smile (same meaning) or a Frown (opposite meaning)?
Every one sorted. That's Smile or Frown, run on this unit's words.
Way 2 of 5
Word Family
Learn the part a word is built from, and the whole family comes with it.
Runs on: inject
Match each word part to what it means, then see the family it builds.
Word part
What it means
Learn one root, and you meet a whole family for free. Once ject is yours, project throws forward, inject throws in, and reject throws back, all from a single idea: to throw.
Both pairs matched, and a whole family lit. That's Word Family.
Way 3 of 5
Word Detective
No dictionary needed. The sentence around a word gives its meaning away.
Runs on: injectioninjectpivotal
The sentence around the blank supplies the meaning. No glossary, just the clues.
Every case closed on the evidence alone. That's Word Detective.
Way 4 of 5
Many Hats
Some words work more than one job. The job decides which character owns the word.
Runs on: project
Sort each sentence by which character owns the word doing its job there.
Sort by the job, not the spelling. The same word can throw an image as a verb in one sentence and sit on a shelf as a noun in the next.
Every hat on the right head. That's Many Hats.
Way 5 of 5
Two Ways to Say It
The Mayor and Slang can mean the same thing. The moment picks the word.
The Mayor and Slang mean the same thing. Match his formal word to Slang's streetwise one.
The Mayor says
Slang says
Same meanings, two wardrobes. That's Two Ways to Say It.
Five ways, run across these eight words.
The words from this lesson
projectioninjectionprojectinjectprojectedpivotalinadvertentlyostensibly
Every way you played with a word is another way you get to keep it. When you're ready, make one of them yours for good.