ELT Lexical Syllabus/simple English/Categories
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Categories in the Simple English word list
Let's organise the 290 words in our list into these groups...
use a vocabulary notebook
- PEOPLE, TITLES
- BODY
- ACTIVITY
- ANIMALS/NATURE
- THINGS
- CLOTHES
- BUILDINGS
- POLITICAL / HIERARCHY
- BUSINESS
- RELIGION, MIND
- COMMUNICATION
- GAMES
- MEASUREMENTS
- VEHICLES
- TIME, SEQUENCE
- MATERIALS
- FOODS
- I know this word but can't say the category
- I don't know this word.
What to do
- Take a notebook and write one of the categories at the top of each page.
- Go through the list of Simple English words and try to decide which category each should be in
- how many of the words do you already know?
- see if you agree with my list of categories (I have three words where I can't say the category)
