Harsh Words: English Words for Chinese Learners

Answer Key

Answer Key Chapter 1 How many words do you know by sight'? Here ar e som e examples . I f you hav e note d a word tha t i s not include d i n this list, please chec k it in th e dictionary . Eight,฀light,฀might,฀night,฀fight,฀right,฀tight,฀sight,฀flight,฀height,฀weight,฀freight,฀sleight,฀ plight,฀blight.฀ How many words do you know by sound? Here ar e som e examples . Ther e ma y be mor e tha t ar e no t include d i n thi s list, but the y will all contain a n /ei / an d en d with a /t/ sound . Ate,฀date,฀fate,฀gate,฀hate,฀late,฀mate,฀rate,฀sate,฀wait,฀weight,฀crate,฀plate,฀bait,฀ freight,฀sleight,฀trait,฀great.฀ Chapter 2 How many uses and meanings o/sav e can you think of? Some example s ar e give n below . save฀ time฀ money฀ someone's฀lif e฀ someone's฀sou l฀ a฀goal฀in฀football฀ a฀file฀on฀disk฀ yourself฀a฀journey฀ energy/water/electricity฀ your฀breat h฀ 1 4 8฀HARS H฀WORDS !฀ENGLIS H฀WORD S฀FO R฀CHINES E฀LEARNER S฀ Which of the words can be used with both waste an d lose ? What is the difference in฀meaning;฀ money฀ life฀ water฀ electricity฀ face฀ —฀waste฀and฀lose฀ —฀waste฀and฀lose฀ —฀waste฀and฀lose฀ —฀waste฀ —฀los e฀ You can waste money by spending it unwisely or you can lose money on a bet or on th e stock market. Yo u can also lose money in the street, or on th e bus. You can waste your life by taking drugs, or lose your life i n a n accident . You can waste water by leaving tap s on unnecessarily , o r a container ca n lose water if it is leaking. You can waste electricity by leaving lights turned o n a room when you are out, but you can't lose electricity. Yo u can lose face, bu t you can't waste it. Collocations slow฀ leisurely฀ unhurried฀ pace฀ V฀ V฀ V฀ progress฀ V฀ A฀ learner฀ V฀ journey฀ V฀ V฀ motion฀ V฀ coach฀ V฀ Chapter 3 Sound and stress patterns sustainable฀ explosion฀ inaccurate฀ susceptible,฀ expression,฀ extraction,฀ inadequate,฀ incriminate,฀ surmountable,฀ expulsion,฀ exhaustion,฀ inanimate,฀ infatuate,฀ suppressible,฀ extension,฀ exertion,฀ incorporate,฀ ingratiate,฀ submersible฀ extinction,฀ exemption฀ incinerate,฀ infuriate฀ ANSWER฀KE Y฀ 1 4 9฀ Chapter 4 Graphic Images — Describing trends s฀ nouns฀ verbs฀ past฀participles฀ adjectives฀ adverbs฀ increase,฀acceleration ,฀escalation ,฀rise ,฀ surge,฀gain,฀improvement฀ Increase,฀rise ,฀accelerate,฀escalate ,฀climb,฀ strengthen,฀rocket,฀surge,฀gain,฀improve฀ increased,฀risen ,฀accelerated ,฀escalated ,฀ climbed,฀strengthened ,฀rocketed ,฀surged ,฀ gained,฀improve d฀ increasing,฀rising ,฀accelerating,฀escalating ,฀ climbing,฀strengthening,฀rocketing ,฀surging,฀ gaining,฀improvin g฀ upward,฀sharply฀ 2.฀ nouns฀ verbs฀ past฀participle s฀ adjectives฀ adverbs฀ slide,฀decline,฀weakening,฀fall,฀decrease,฀slip,฀ contraction,฀loss,฀drop,฀dip฀ slide,฀decline ,฀weaken,฀fall,฀decrease ,฀slip ,฀ contract,฀shed,฀lose,฀drop,฀dip฀ slid,฀declined ,฀weakened ,฀fell ,฀decreased ,฀ slipped,฀contracted ,฀shed ,฀lost ,฀dropped ,฀ dipped฀ weak,฀falling,฀slow,฀gradual,฀slight,฀moderate,฀ sluggish฀ slowly,฀gradually,฀slightly,฀moderatel y฀ 3฀ y฀ nouns฀ verbs฀ past฀participles฀ adjectives฀ adverbs฀ plateau฀ stabilise,฀remain฀steady,฀level฀off,฀flatten฀out,฀ stagnate฀ stabilized,฀remained ,฀leveled ,฀flattened ,฀ stagnated฀ stable,฀level ,฀steady,฀constant ,฀prolonged ,฀ unchanged,฀flat฀ steadily,฀constantly,฀continuously,฀evenl y฀ 1 5 0฀HARS H฀WORDS :฀ENGLIS H฀WORD S฀FO R฀CHINES E฀LEARNER S฀ 4.฀ A฀ nouns฀ verbs฀ past฀participle s฀ adjectives฀ adverbs฀ peak,฀crash,฀collapse,฀slump,฀plunge฀ peak,฀reac h฀a ฀peak ;฀crash ,฀collapse ,฀ plummet,฀slump,฀tumble,฀plunge฀ peaked,฀reached฀a฀peak;฀crashed,฀collapsed,฀ plummeted,฀slumped,฀tumbled,฀plunged฀ sharp,฀sudden,฀unexpected฀ sharply,฀suddenly,฀unexpectedl y฀ 5฀ ^ ^ /฀ nouns฀ verbs฀ past฀participle s฀ adjectives฀ adverbs฀ bottom,฀recovery,฀rally ,฀rebound,฀emerge฀ bottom฀out,฀recover,฀rally ,฀rebound฀ bottomed฀out,฀recovered,฀rallied,฀rebounded฀ emerging,฀recovering,฀rallying,฀rebounding฀ upwards,฀steeply฀ 6฀ nouns฀ verbs฀ past฀participle s฀ adjectives฀ adverbs฀ fluctuation฀ fluctuate,฀vary,฀swing฀ fluctuated฀ fluctuating,฀volatile,฀mixed฀ unpredictably,฀changeably ,฀arbitrarily ,฀ randomly,฀erratically,฀indiscriminatel y฀ Crosswords COMPLIMENTARY C K E T S E N T R A N ACCESS E C O M P L COMPLEMENTARY A T K E E ASSESS U M U P ANSWER฀KE Y฀ 1 5 1฀ Homophones flower฀ male฀ way฀ whole฀ bored฀ sew฀ here฀ aloud฀ tale฀ flour฀ mall฀ weigh฀ hole฀ bored฀ so,฀sow฀ hear฀ allowed฀ tail฀ piece฀ stair฀ die฀ rain฀ through฀ pair฀ hire฀ fair฀ break฀ peace฀ stare฀ die฀ reign฀ threw฀ pear฀ higher฀ fare฀ brake฀ Avoidance of get and go...