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Vocabulary revision

Dance

A Work in teams. In five minutes, how many words connected with dancing can you name in English?
Start by unscrambling these kinds of dance:

talble

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lybel gdniacn

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naccna

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B Check your list of words against the list on the CD-ROM, using the Subject search.
Search for 'ARTS' + 'Performing' + 'Dance'.

C Find these three words in the list and click on them to open their dictionary entries:

jitterbug

minuet

quadrille

Put them in order from the oldest to the most recent kind of dance.

D Now click on other words in the list and find answers to the following:

1 Which three dances come from Brazil?

2 Which of these words are both a noun and a verb?

bop

footwork

jive

salsa

waltz

3 Which of these are not dances?

tarantella

warm-up

twist

studio

cancan

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Colours

E Work in teams again. This time, in five minutes, list as many English words for colours as
you can. Then check your list of words against the list on the CD-ROM.

F Click on the colours beginning with 'a' to call up their definitions and answer the following
questions.

1 Which can be used to describe hair colour?

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2 Which three words are also used for kinds of jewel?

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_______________

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3 Which word is also a fruit?

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4 Which word could describe the colour of the sky?

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How many other things?

G Work in your teams and take five minutes to write lists of things in the following categories.

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words for utensils connected with food and cooking

•

words connected with banks and banking

Check them against the CD ROM by clicking on Search / Subject search and then:

DAILY LIFE + food + utensils

BUSINESS + finance + banking

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Teacher’s notes

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Level:

Intermediate or advanced

Aim:

To expand vocabulary

To give students practice in using the Subject search on the CD-ROM

Timing: 30 minutes

Procedure:

A answers: ballet, belly dancing, can can. Other answers will vary

B Click on the search button and choose
‘Subject search’ from the menu.
The subject search box will appear.

In the Theme set, choose 'ARTS'. Choose 'Performing'
from the Heading set. Finally, choose 'Dance' from
the Subject area.

C Click on the words in the list to open their dictionary entries.

answers: 1 minuet

2 quadrille

3 jitterbug

D answers:

1 bossanova, lambada, samba

2 bop, jive, waltz

3 warm-up studio

E Click on the search button and choose Subject search from the menu. Choose ‘COLOURS + SOUNDS’,
then ‘colours’.

answers: Answers will vary.

F answers:

1 auburn

2 amber, amethyst, aquamarine

3 apricot

4 azure

G answers: Answers will vary.

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