Working with words

Working with words I. Notice the following uses of the word ‘tell’ in the text. Her fingers were busy telling the beads of her rosary. I would tell her English words and little things of Western science and learning.

At her age one could never tell. She told us that her end was near. Given below are four different senses of the word ‘tell’. Match the meanings to the uses listed above.

make something known to someone in spoken or written words count while reciting be sure give information to somebody II. Notice the different senses of the word ‘take’. to take to something: to begin to do something as a habit to take ill : to suddenly become ill Locate these phrases in the text and notice the way they are used. III.

The word ‘hobble’ means to walk with difficulty because the legs and feet are in bad condition. Tick the words in the box below that also refer to a manner of walking. haggle shuffle stride ride waddle wriggle paddle swagger trudge slog Working with words Highlight different uses of common words like ‘tell’ and ‘take’; words used for different ways of walking; and semantically-related word groups. You could add to the items by using the dictionary for vocabulary enrichment.