TESTS4U
Email: farouk@tests4u.co.za
To be highly proficient in English is of pivotal importance in the educational sphere, and in the workplace as well. There are four levels being offered: A (Easy) – D (Difficult). Try out the following tests for free. Cost of 100 tests over a year: just one payment of ZAR50.00 or $10.00. That’s almost for free!
To fall in love with words is to fall in love with life.
Experience the power of words through having the words at one’s command that make reading, speaking, writing and thinking, easy and enjoyable.
English is a quirky, often exasperating language to learn. It has borrowed words from many languages. Misty Davidson in her essay Borrowed Words – How English Borrows from other languages gives the borrowing ratio as follows: –
Latin–29%,
French–29%,
Greek–6%,
Other languages–6%, and
Proper names–4%.
That leaves only 26% of English words that are actually English!
The largest dictionary of the English-language is the Oxford English Dictionary. The 1989 printed version contains 21,543 pages in 20 volumes, comprising over 231,000 main entries.
This same dictionary gives 430 senses for the verb ‘set’. Just imagine that.
ONLINE TESTING
VOCABULARY TESTS
- Half hour tests every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 18H00. (Suggested)
- Required for preparation: a dictionary and a thesaurus. The graded tests will progress alphabetically over the course of a year.
- There are many online resources. Here are two examples: https://www.thefreedictionary.com/ and https://www.thesaurus.com/
- Wrong answers will be highlighted at the point of entry. These errors should be jotted down.
- Pricing: less than R2.00 per test. R20.00 per month for 12 X half hour tests.
- Testing at school will be by arrangement.
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To get intimately acquainted with a dictionary and a thesaurus is to experience liberation.
Vocabulary Expansion: A dictionary provides definitions, pronunciation, and usage examples for words. It allows for precision and freedom in expressing one’s ideas, thoughts and feelings.
Word Choice: A thesaurus suggests synonyms and antonyms, helping one to choose the most fitting words. It prevents repetition and adds variety to one’s writing or speech.
Precision: Dictionaries clarify meanings, ensuring one uses words accurately. Thesauruses, on the other hand give us a range of words to highlight subtle differences in shades of meaning and achieve the right nuance.
Language Mastery: Regularly using these books will deepen ones understanding of language and make one a more effective communicator.
Remember, intimacy with language fosters eloquence and clarity!
Regular testing
Our lives are inestimably richer for the words we have at our command.
School or home
The tests can be taken at school or at home.
Bringing technology into play
A mobile device or any other that links to the internet will work provide that there is access to data.
Vocabulary testing is only the beginning. There’s still much more to come!
We are beginning with testing English vocabulary at four levels. Other tests will follow in due course.
The whole family can be involved.
- Make vocabulary mastery a family activity.
- Organise vocabulary contests.
- Get hooked on Crosswords, Scrabbles, Anagrams, Wordle, Pictionary and cryptogram puzzles.
Hello teachers. Let’s work together.
- Critique our tests.
- Offer suggestions and ideas.
- Be a paid contributor.
“Education is built on a solid foundation of language prowess. Building vocabulary is a certain way of improving education.”
Farouk Cassim
Devoted Educator
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