ข่าว รูปแบบที่1 Subject + present simple Thai stocks open up 3.22 pt, 0.30 pct. =The thai stocked open up 3.22pt, 0.30 pct.
รูปแบบที่2 Subject + past participle Six killed in double insurgency Narathiwat attacks. = Six people were killed in double insurgency Narathiwat attacks.
รูปแบบที่1 Subject + present simple Thailand's second quarter growth slows to 2.6 per cent. = Thailand's second quarter growth slowed to 2.6 per cent.
รูปแบบที่ 3 Subject + present participle Suchart denies promising Bt1 million for just red-shirt villages =Suchart denies are promising Bt1 million for just red-shirt villages.
รูปแบบที่1 Subject + present simplePrem asks defence minister to protect monarchy =Prem asked defence minister to protect monarchy.
ชื่อย่อข่าว MPC = Monetary policy committee SBPAC = Southern border provinces administration centre PACC= Public sector anti-corruption commission ISS= Inter national space station FTI = Federation of thai industries
Learning how to guess words you don't know is an important skill. Nobody wants to look every word up in a dictionary! If you learn how to guess the unfamiliar words in sentences, then you won't have to read with your dictionary open all the time!
HOW TO GUESS WORDS IN CONTEXT
Example sentence: The snake slithered through the grass. He was hunting.
You must discover what slithered means by using logic. Here are your choices, and the analysis:
A) stopped moving INCORRECT: the sentence above says THROUGH the grass. 'Through' means there is some movement.
B) slept in the grass INCORRECT: the sentence above says he is hunting. Snakes don't sleep when they hunt.
C) ate something INCORRECT: the sentence above says he is hunting. Snakes don't eat when they are hunting. They eat AFTER they hunt.
D) moved or traveled CORRECT ANSWER: the sentence above says THROUGH the grass. 'Through' means that there is movement.
READ the sentence, CHOOSE the answer, and get your score instantly!
1) The tiger's roar could be heard in villages far away.
What does roar probably mean?
A) food a tiger eats
B) a tiger's dream
C) a tiger's ear
D) a sound a tiger makes
2) The thought of eating a rat is abhorrent to most people.
What does abhorrent probably mean?
A) fun, lively
B) horrible, repugnant
C) delicious, tasty
D) sweet, sugary
3) My absent-minded teacher loses his keys, his book and his chalk almost every day!
What does it mean to be absent-minded?
A) be hateful
B) not pay attention
C) be intelligent
D) not like someone
4) You can trust the salesmen at that store because they always conduct business in an aboveboard manner.
What does aboveboard probably mean?
A) honestly, openly
B) sneaky, dishonest
C) horrible, repugnant
D) strange, unusual
5) Petra has so many friends because she is a gregarious person.
What does gregarious probably mean?
A) introverted, self-contained
B) shy, quiet
C) friendly, outgoing
D) rude, hostile
6) The lovely egret is in danger of extinction because clothing manufacturers use their long, beautiful tail feathers to make ladies' hats.
What is an egret?
A) a small child
B) a type of food
C) a sound a tiger makes
D) a type of bird
7) I can't believe it! Right in the middle of our conversation, Peter turned around abruptly and walked out of the room!
What does abruptly probably mean?
A) formally
B) slowly, in no hurry
C) suddenly, without notice
D) quietly, in an unusual manner
8) After the harvest, we had an abundant amount of apples. We made apple pie, apple sauce, and apple juice because we had so many apples!
What does abundant probably mean?
A) a shortage
B) not enough
C) very red
D) plentiful
9) When Sara was sick, her voice was almost inaudible. We couldn't hear what she was trying to say clearly.
What does inaudible probably mean?
A) very loud, easy to hear
B) very soft, hard to hear
C) very strange, uncommon
D) very shy, introverted
10) The hill was too arduous for us to climb. We had to walk our bicycles up the hill.
What does arduous probably mean?
A) tall, sharp
B) fun, exciting
C) easy, not challenging
D) difficult, steep
1.Headword is the first word of an entry in a dictionary . It is listed alphabetically. Headword คือ คำที่เราต้องการค้นหาหรือคำแรกที่ขึ้นต้นในหน้าที่เรากำลังค้นหานั้นเอง 2. Part of speech deseribes the function of the word, for example; noun, verb, adjective of adverb.Part of speech คือ ส่วนประกอบของคำในภาษาอังกฤษ เช่น คำนาม คำสรรพนามกริยา กริยาวิเศษ ถ้าเราเปิดดูคำศัพท์เราก็จะรู้ว่าคำนั้น เป็นคำอะไรแล้วส่วนประกอบของคำเป็นอย่างไร 3. Pronunciation describes the way in which a word is pronounced.Pronunciation ก็คือการออกเสียงเวลาเราดู Dictionary เราสามารถดูได้ว่าคำนี้สามารถออกเสียงได้อย่างไร 4. Meaning informs a word or words mean including American and British English.Meaning informs คือ ความหมายของคำศัพท์ ว่าความหมายคืออะไร มีกี่ความหมาย คำศัพท์บางตัวมีหลายความหมายนะคะ นักศึกษาควรจำไว้ 5. Sample sentence shows how to use a word in a sentence.Sample sentence คือตัวอย่างประโยคที่แสดงให้ดู 6. Idiom describes an expression whose meaning is different from the meaning of the individual words.Idiom describes คือสำนวนที่แสดงให้ดูว่าคำศัพท์นั้นสามารถนำมาสร้างเป็นสำนวนได้หรือไม่ 7. Phrasal verb describes a verb that is formed from two or more words: a verb and a preposition such as go on, sit up, take off. Phrasal verb คือ วลีที่สามารถนำมาสร้างเป็นคำได้ เช่น sit up, take off.