初三年級的同學們已經進入了初中知識總復習階段,準備參加中考。此時同學們既想對平時掌握的單詞知識做個歸納、總結,以便掌握得更系統、更牢靠;又想在短時間內對尚未能正確熟練掌握的單詞知識(拼寫、用法等)給以彌補。怎么辦?如何歸納、總結,又如何在短時間內彌補過去三年學習中的欠缺?現在向同學們介紹一些復習單詞的方法。
一、將單詞按讀音規則分類,關鍵是抓住單詞之間的異、同點,這樣便于掌握拼寫形式和記憶
1.利用字母組合,音形結合,分組歸類,發現并記憶特殊詞。如:
(1)ea發/ e /音: bread, sweater, weather,特殊詞讀/ ei / great
(2)al發/?蘅:/ 音: talk, wall, small,特殊詞讀/?琢:/half
(3)augh發/?蘅: /音: taught, daughter, caught,特殊詞讀/?琢:f/laugh
2.利用詞尾同音同形,分組歸類記憶,區分詞首不同。如:
(1) would, could, should(2)kind, mind, find, behind(3)light, right, bright, fight, flight (4)other, another, mother, brother
3.歸納同音同形異義詞。如:
left (左邊) — left ( leave的過去式); may (可以) — May (五月); miss (想念) — Miss (小姐); China (中國) — china (瓷器); found (成立) — found ( find 的過去式和過去分詞)
4.歸納同音異形異義詞。如:
new — knew; weather — whether; nose — knows; pair — pear; father — farther; blue — blew; I — eye; here — hear; hour — our; past — passed; see — sea; right — write; whole — hole; won — one; meet — meat; week — weak; would — wood; aren’t — aunt; son — sun; know — no; to — too — two; buy — by — bye
二、把單詞按語義范疇歸類,便于聯想,成串記憶
如: 1.文化用品:bag, ink, pencil, pencil-box, book, ruler, eraser
2.人體名稱:head, hair, eye, nose, mouth, neck, arm, hand, leg, foot
3.服裝:coat, sweater, dress, suit, trousers, shirt, skirt, blouse
4.顏色:red, orange, yellow, green, blue, black, white, brown, pink, purple, light green, dark blue
三、利用構詞法歸納分類記憶單詞,可取得事半功倍的效果
運用所學構詞知識與詞義和詞性結合起來記憶單詞,可以節省單純背記單詞的時間,少走彎路。初中三年學習的構詞法主要有以下幾種:
1.合成法(即由兩個或兩個以上的詞合成新詞的方法)。如:
合成名詞:shop + keeper → shopkeeper; moon + cake → mooncake; class
+ room → classroom; black + board → blackboard
合成代詞:everyone; something; anybody; nothing ... etc.
2.派生法(即通過給一個單詞加前綴或后綴構成新詞的方法)。如:
(1)加前綴的情況:
mid+名詞,表示“中”、“中間”。如:mid-autumn
mis+動詞,表示相反的意思。如:mistake
re+動詞,表示動作的重復。如:retell;return
un+介詞或形容詞,構成反義詞。如:unhappy;unlike;unusual
a+動詞,表示狀態。如:asleep;alive
(2)加后綴的情況:
動詞→名詞:invent → inventor, invention; operate → operator, operation; drive → driver; read → reader; teach → teacher; travel → traveller; visit → visitor
形容詞→副詞: careful → carefully; loud → loudly; true → truly
名詞→形容詞: sun → sunny; rain → rainy; noise → noisy; friend → friendly; Canada → Canadian; wool → woolen; danger → dangerous
動詞→形容詞: help → helpful; use → useful; enjoy → enjoyable; worry → worried; interest → interested
形容詞→名詞: different → difference; good → goodness; foreign → foreigner
3.轉化法(即由一種詞類轉化成另一種詞類,詞形不變)。如:
water(水,名詞)→water(澆水,動詞);plant(植物,名詞)→plant(種植,動詞);orange(橙子,名詞)→orange(橙色的,形容詞);mind(思想,名詞)→mind(介意,動詞)
4.縮略法(即由多個字母縮略成少數的幾個字母,詞義不變)。如:
television → TV; telephone → phone; bicycle → bike; physical education → PE
四、按“形、義、用”歸類對比的方法復習相應單詞
初中三年的學習中同學們接觸了不少在“形、義、用”上有關聯的單詞,將它們按相同、相似或相反等功能分別加以歸類對比,可以增強復習的趣味性,印象深刻,有助于保持長久記憶。
1.同義或近義詞。如:
begin — start; learn — study; almost — nearly; perhaps — maybe; hard — difficult; fast — quickly; borrow — lend; can — be able to; say — speak — talk — tell; see — look at — watch; hear — listen to; many — much — a lot of — lots of; reach — get to — arrive at / in; look after— take care of; enjoy oneself — have a good time; be good at — do well in; at last — in the end— finally
2.反義詞。如:
free — busy; long — short; young — old; early — late; empty — full; go — come; love — hate; ask — answer; remember — forget; up — down; inside — outside
3.對應詞。如:
man — woman; father — mother; boy — girl; borrow — lend
4.形近詞。如:
lift — left; heart — heard; quiet — quite; feel — fell — fall
5.用法易混的詞。如:
take — bring; take — spend — pay — cost; say — speak — talk; see — look; listen — hear; too — either; many — much
五、掌握各種詞形變化規則,記住有規則可循的詞
英語各類詞性的單詞變化中,規則詞占大多數,因此同學們要學會運用單詞的變化規則舉一反三,巧記單詞,提高學習效率。但是在運用變化規則時仍不可忽視那些不規則變化的單詞。單詞變化的規則主要有:
1.名詞復數的變化。
2.單音節形容詞、副詞比較級、最高級規則和不規則變化。
3.雙音節以上形容詞、副詞比較級、最高級規則和不規則變化。
4.動詞單數第三人稱的變化。
5.動詞現在分詞的變化規則。
6.動詞過去式、過去分詞的變化規則。
六、歸納識記各類詞組是掌握和運用單詞的有效方法
英語單詞中有一些積極單詞,非常活躍,它們可以組成許多詞組,表達不同的含義,但是所涉及到的知識點和用法又比較復雜,同學們在復習中決不可忽視這些單詞,可采取以下兩種方法復習。
1.圍繞一個積極單詞展開聯想記憶,這樣就可以記憶許多固定搭配的詞組和常用短語。如:
有關come的詞組:come in, come up, come on, come from, come back, come to school, come with…,come over to my house, come here等等。
有關get的詞組:get on, get lost, get home, get off, get up, get back, get down, get dressed, get late, get to school, get ready for, get the message, get wanner等等。
2.由一個單詞為切入點,以由其組成的詞組為主干,進行發散思維,輻射出若干個相聯詞組,綜合記憶。如:有關take的詞組及相關詞組:
take — bring; take — spend — pay — cost; take a bus — catch a bus — by bus; take a rest— have a rest; take a walk — have a walk — go for a walk; take a look(at) — have a look(at) — look at;take a photo — take a picture;take one’s time — no hurry;take care of — look after;take exercise — get exercise — do sport;take part in — join;take place — happen;take turns — it’s one’s turn to...;take one’s temperature — take medicine — see a doctor;take off — put on
在運用上述幾種方法進行復習的同時,同學們不要忘記學習語言的基本規律,要主動通過組詞造句、背誦默寫短文故事(包括課文)、課外閱讀、看圖寫話及與他人對話練習等形式,眼、耳、腦、手、口并用,做到“詞不離句,句不離文”,由淺入深,由表及里,加深理解,增強記憶,取得最佳復習效果。