Building English Skills, Green Level
Publisher: McDougal, Littell & Company
Published: 1978
Place of publication: Evanston, Illinois
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 118
ISBN-13: 9780883434543
Subjects: English
Genres: Textbook
First sentence: Chapter 1.    DEVELOPING YOUR VOCABULARY
Learning Word Meaning  from Context
Many words have more than one meaning. The meaning of a word depends on its context, the words that come before or after it. Often the context makes the meaning clear, as it does in the following sentences:
The barge, loaded with cargo, was stuck in the icy channel. No one may barge into the office without knocking.
The context helps you see that in the first sentence, barge refers to a boat. In the second sentence, it refers to the action of "forcing oneself rudely."
Context can tell you which meaning of a word fits what you are reading. It can also help you decide the meaning of a word you do not know.
Description: Special Features of This Skills Practice Book
•  It contains thousands of skill-building exercises in composition, vocabulary, grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and good manuscript form.
•   Each page is a self-contained unit. It contains a brief explanation, followed by an average of twenty reinforcing exercises.
•  Each page focuses on one—and only one—topic or skill.
•   Key words and phrases are printed in color for greater clarity and ease of use.
•  A comprehensive review lesson follows each major section of the text.