Growing Vocabulary by the Thousand · seed 1 · A4, ink-friendly. The answer key prints on its own page for grown-ups.

Thousands of words, one smart system

Languages · Language Learning · ages 14-16
Name ______________________   Date ____________

  1. You learn the word rain. Which notebook entry follows the method?

    • rain = water from the sky
    • R-A-I-N, spelled out five times
    • heavy rain, pouring rain: we waited out the heavy rain

  2. Where should most of your new words come from?

    • Lists you cram the night before
    • Reading and listening to real material
    • One dictionary page a month

  3. Learning one stem plus its prefixes and endings can unlock many words at once.

    Circle one:   True   False

  4. Which review habit keeps words available weeks later?

    • One long cram the night before
    • Short spaced bursts across days, using each word
    • Reading the list silently once

  5. You know the stem play. Which group did you grow the smart way?

    • player, replay, playful
    • play, table, green
    • played once, then stopped

  6. Ben reads a story and logs gems with sentences. Ava rereads one list for the hour. Who gains more?

    • Ben, who met words in scenes and logged them
    • Ava, who stared at the list longer
    • Both gain exactly the same

  7. A learner keeps two languages alive with daily contact. Which routine matches the method?

    • One language per year, lists only
    • Weekend crams before trips abroad
    • A little of each language daily, with books and chats

  8. Maya uses new words in chats but forgets last month's list words. What should she change?

    • Learn fewer words each week
    • Keep a log and revisit it in spaced bursts
    • Stop using words until test day
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Answer key

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  1. heavy rain, pouring rain: we waited out the heavy rain · Record the word with its company and a real sentence it lived in.
  2. Reading and listening to real material · Volume wins. Pages and episodes teach words inside living sentences.
  3. True · That is the word-family trick: one root, many cousins.
  4. Short spaced bursts across days, using each word · Spaced bursts plus real use move words into lasting memory.
  5. player, replay, playful · All three grow from play with endings and a prefix.
  6. Ben, who met words in scenes and logged them · Reading volume plus a log beats staring at one list.
  7. A little of each language daily, with books and chats · Daily contact plus real material feeds every language each week.
  8. Keep a log and revisit it in spaced bursts · Use without review still leaks. A log plus spaced bursts closes the gap.
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