2 Vocabulary Preview. Sometimes a colon (:) helps us to understand new words. Knowing the words in other side of the colon will give us the meaning of the word/words written opposite to it.
Examples
1. When my mother was still young, she loved to play different ball games: badminton,
table tennis, and volleyball.
What are the different ball games? badminton, table tennis, and volleyball.
2. She loved to dance ballroom: boogie, waltz, and jazz.
What are boogie, waltz, and jazz? ballroom dances.
Study the words before and after the colon in each sentence. Then answer the questions that follow.
1. Volunteers help sick ocean mammals: seals, sea otters, and sea lions.
What are sea otters, sea lions, and seals? ____________________
2. She cooked some wonderful foods: chopsuey, beef steaks, and mechado.
What are chopsuey, beef steaks, and mechado? _______________
3. There are some terrible diseases: TB, cancer, and AIDS.
What are some examples of diseases? ______________________
2 Vocabulary Preview. Sometimes a colon (:) helps us to understand new words. Knowing the words in other side of the colon will give us the meaning of the word/words written opposite to it. Examples1. When my mother was still young, she loved to play different ball games: badminton, table tennis, and volleyball. What are the different ball games? badminton, table tennis, and volleyball. 2. She loved to dance ballroom: boogie, waltz, and jazz. What are boogie, waltz, and jazz? ballroom dances. Study the words before and after the colon in each sentence. Then answer the questions that follow.1. Volunteers help sick ocean mammals: seals, sea otters, and sea lions.What are sea otters, sea lions, and seals? ____________________2. She cooked some wonderful foods: chopsuey, beef steaks, and mechado.What are chopsuey, beef steaks, and mechado? _______________3. There are some terrible diseases: TB, cancer, and AIDS. What are some examples of diseases? ______________________
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