Mastering Vocabulary Through Contextual Understanding
Enhance your vocabulary skills by utilizing contextual clues while reading. Learn how to decipher unfamiliar words based on surrounding text and examples provided within the content. Context plays a crucial role in expanding your word knowledge effortlessly.
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LESSON 1 Using Context
USING CONTEXT When you are reading, it is important to use context ( the surrounding words and ideas) to guess the meaning of unfamiliar words. You might not be able to guess the exact meaning of the word but you can usually guess its general meaning.
You can often find an example in the context that explains the unfamiliar word. Some birds like to build their nests in inconspicuous spots high up in the tops of trees, well hidden by leaves.
There may also be contrasting information or an explanation in the context that helps you to understand an unfamiliar word as in the sentence below: Unlike mammals, birds incubate their eggs outside their bodies. Mammals = inside their bodies
