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06. Blue Wednesday

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Chapter: 06. Blue Wednesday

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Word Wonder: Self-Learning Explanation

Welcome to Word Wonder! This section is all about discovering interesting ways words work together and how they can have special hidden meanings. Let’s explore two cool language tricks: word pairs and colour idioms.

1. Word Pairs: Words that Love to Stick Together!

Have you ever noticed how some words just seem to go together perfectly, like two best friends? These are called word pairs. They are groups of two words that are almost always used together in a specific order.

What they are: They’re like a team! When you say one word, your brain almost automatically thinks of the other. For example, when you hear “cup,” you often think “saucer.”

Why they’re important: Using word pairs makes your English sound very natural and fluent, just like a native speaker. If you said “saucer and cup,” it would sound a bit odd, even though both words are correct. The common way is “cup and saucer.”

How to learn them: The best way to learn word pairs is to read and listen a lot! When you read books or hear people talk, pay attention to which words often appear together. You can even try to make a list of new word pairs you discover.

Let’s try one: Think about “black and white.” It’s not “white and black,” is it? This shows how the order is fixed!

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2. Colour Idioms: When Colours Tell a Story!

Idioms are super fun because they are phrases where the meaning isn’t what you’d expect from the individual words. Imagine if someone said, “It’s raining cats and dogs!” They don’t mean real animals are falling from the sky, right? It means it’s raining very heavily.

Colour idioms are a special type of idiom where a colour is part of the phrase, but the colour itself doesn’t mean its usual colour. Instead, the whole phrase has a special, different meaning.

What they are: They use colours like ‘blue’, ‘green’, ‘red’, or ‘gold’ to describe feelings, situations, or qualities in a vivid way.

Why they’re important: Idioms make your language richer and more expressive. They’re like secret codes in language that once you learn, you unlock a deeper understanding!

How to learn them:

Read the idiom carefully.

Guess the meaning: Sometimes, the colour might give you a small hint (like “blue” often meaning sad).

Look up the real meaning: Always check to be sure!

Use it in a sentence: This is the best way to remember. Try to make up your own sentence that clearly shows you understand the idiom’s meaning.

Draw a picture: For visual learners, drawing a silly picture of the literal meaning (like a “white elephant” actually being a big white elephant) and then writing the real meaning next to it can be very helpful!

Example: If you’re “green with envy,” it means you’re very jealous. Your skin doesn’t actually turn green!

Now, let’s practice what you’ve learned!

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Word Wonder Exercises: Answers

A. Now, match the words correctly and write the word pairs using ‘and’ in the last column.

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B. Work in pairs. Guess the meanings of these colour idioms and use them in sentences.

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