Micro- Teaching
Shahreena Ahamadsha
B.Ed Tesl UKM
A118080
The guessing game..
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Scenario: you were reading a text and u
suddenly bump into a word you don’t even know
the meaning..what do u usually do.. Open the
dictionary??
Well it true..but there is another way..which is
GUESSING!
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Guessing Vocabulary
How to guess words in context
Example sentence: The snake slithered through the grass.
You must discover what slithered means by using logic.
Here are your choices, and the analysis:
A) Stopped moving (Incorrect: the sentence above says
THROUGH the grass. “Through” means there is some
movement.)
B) Moved or traveled (Correct: the sentence above says
THROUGH the grass. “Through” means there is some
movement.)
The tiger’s roar could be heard in villages far away.
What does roar probably mean?
A) Food a tiger eats
B) A tiger’s dream
C) A tiger’s ear
D) A sound a tiger makes
The answer: (D) the word HEARD means that a tiger is
making a sound and someone can hear it.
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2. Reni has so many friends because he is a gregarious
person.
What does gregarious probably mean?
A) Selfish
B) Quiet
C) Friendly
D) Rude
The answer: (C) logically, he has many friends meaning the
friends like him and nobody likes selfish, quiet nor rude
person.
3. When Siti was sick, her voice was almost inaudible. We
could not hear what she was trying to say.
What does inaudible probably mean?
A) Very loud, easy to hear
B) Very soft, hard to hear
C) Very strange, uncommon
D) Very shy
The answer: (B) It is obvious in the statement that they are
having difficulty hearing her.
After the harvest, we had an abundant amount of
apples. We made apple pie, apple sauce, and apple juice
because we had so many apples!
What does abundant probably mean?
A) A shortage
B) Not enough
C) Very red
D) Plentiful
The answer: (D) they mention in the sentence they make
the foods due to the many apples
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You can trust the salesmen at the store because they
always conduct business in an aboveboard manner.
What does aboveboard probably mean?
A) Honestly
B) Dishonest
C) Horrible
D) Strange
The answer: (A) the word “trust” shows that the salesman
conduct the business honestly.
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