Listening, Speaking and Word Power: Unit Review

Example: "How did you make the inside hollow?" or "How long did it take to build?" It uses their words and can't be answered with yes or no.

Name the idea you heard, link to it (agree or disagree), add your own thinking.

Example: "Can we get back to our question about the class trip?"

To instruct.

Example: skating party – Sat Jan 17 – outdoor rink behind community centre.

A clarifying question fixes something you missed or didn't understand. A follow-up question asks the speaker to say more.

Example: "To catch fish, loons go under the water, sometimes for around a minute." Same meaning, own words.

A quote (exact words).

Listeners can't reread a talk, so restating helps them remember the main idea.

First: I (not someone else) made it. Second: I made dinner (not lunch or dessert).

Words and body don't match. Example: saying "I'm happy for you" in a flat voice while looking away.

Example: holding hands far apart for a huge fish shows the size without extra words. Gestures can show size, shape, direction or number.

often (how often), outside (where).

Example: "At sunrise, a chickadee sang cheerfully in the spruce tree."

Pause quietly for a second.

trans + form + ation → transformation.

A bound base (not a word by itself). Examples: erupt, interrupt, disruption.

Same base, sign: a signature is your name signed in your own handwriting. The spelling keeps the base visible even though the sound changes.

Any three: reform, inform, reformed, informed, information, formation.

Octagon: 8. Pentagon: 5.

2 × 1000 = 2000 metres (kilo- = thousand).

To move to a later time (post- = after).

Con- is a chameleon prefix: it changes to com- before b, m or p, because that is easier to say.

-ify = to make. Simplify = to make simple.

importance.

friend + ly + ness (y changes to i).

The state of being free (-dom = the state of).

Hydr = water. Much of Ontario's early electricity came from water power (hydroelectric stations), so electricity came to be called hydro.

Rule by the people (dem = people, cracy = rule).

trans- (across) + mit (send): to send across.

A word from a person's name, like sandwich, braille, Celsius, watt.

An acronym (said as a word).

Our land.

Tell how things are different.

Math: the answer to a multiplication. Everyday: something made, often to sell.

Example: ice melting (or cutting paper). Non-example: burning wood (or baking a cake).

Definition, facts/features, examples, non-examples.

aroma (positive), smell (neutral), stench (negative).

Example: "Our coach is so determined."

REC-ord (a noun: a best result).

112 − 6 = 106. Self-corrected words count as correct.

Slowly and steadily, because every detail matters.

Any one: look for bold words, long words, names or numbers, and practise saying them.

It usually rises (a yes/no question).

Loudly and urgently, following the dialogue tag shouted.

Clear, steady and interested, emphasizing key facts and pausing between ideas.