文档介绍：Word by Word
Presented by Simon
Learning Vocabulary
General Advice
How many words are there in English? At least:
a)10,000 b)100,000
c)250,000 d)500,000
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How many words does the average native English speaker in his/her everyday speech?
a)2,500 b)5,000
c)7,000 d)10,000
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How many words make up 45% of everything written in English?
a)50 b)250
c)1,000 d)2,500
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What are the mon twenty words in English?
In written English: the, of, to, in, and, a, for, was, is, that, on , at, he, with, by, be, it, an, at, his
In spoken English: the, and, I ,to, of, a , you, that, in, it, is, yes, was, this, but, on,. Well, he, have, for
So…
What does knowing a new word mean?
You also need to know:
1, What words it is usually
associated with
2, Weather it has any particular
grammatical characteristics
3, How it is pronounced