U1 W1 Words of the week

Words of the week

Unit 1 Week 1

Suffixes -er, -ed, -ing, -est

Unit 1 Vocabulary

Contribute

To give
something,
especially money,
in order to
provide or
achieve
something
together with
other people

Exposed
to remove what is
covering something so
that it can be seen

Habit
something that you do
often and regularly

Severe
causing very great pain,
difficulty, worry, damage,
etc.

Significant
important or noticeable:

Reading vocabulary
Unit 1 Week 1

determination

The will to achieve
a difficult task

independence

Freedom from
being controlled or
needing help for
others

specialized

gained specific
knowledge.

struggled

Made a great and
difficult effort

confidence

A feeling that a
person can
succeed or do well.

Spelling Vocabulary
Unit 1 Week 1
Suffixes -er, -ed, -ing, -est

crying

expression of
distress, pain, or
sorrow.

Present participle of
cry

shipping

the transport of
goods by sea or
some other means.

Present participle
of ship

sadder

Not happy-
Comparative of
SAD

lazier

not willing to work or
use any effort-
comparative of lazy

tying

hold together with a
long, thin piece of
string, material, etc

Present participle of TIE

cried

To produce tears as the
result of a strong
emotion, such as
unhappiness or pain:

Past of Cry

tagged

a small piece of paper,
cloth, or metal with
information on it, tied or
stuck onto something,
or worn by a person or
an animal

Past of tag

saddest

Not happy-
Superlative of SAD

laziest

not willing to work or
use any effort-

Superlative of lazy

prettier

pleasant to look at,
or (especially of
girls or women or
things relating to
them) attractive or
pleasant in a
delicate way

Comparative of
pretty

cries

to produce tears as the result of
a strong emotion, such as
unhappiness or pain:

Third person in singular

scarier

making you feel
frightened: afraid of

Comparative of scary

earlier

near the
beginning of a
period of time

Comparative of
early

supplies

to provide
something that is
wanted or needed

Third person in
singular

prettiest

pleasant to look at,
or (especially of
girls or women or
things relating to
them) attractive or
pleasant in a
delicate way

Superlative of
pretty

shipped

to send goods by
air, train, or road,
or to be sent in
this way

Past of ship

scariest

making you feel
frightened: afraid of

Superlative of scary

earliest

happening or done before the usual or expected time.

denied

to say that
something is not
true or to say NO
to a request

past of deny

huger

the transport of
goods by sea or
some other means.