My child will be taking the SAT soon, and I would like help him increase his vocabulary to improve his score. - Help
Answer: The larger his vocabulary, the better he will read and even score on the SAT. Here are some entertaining ways to build your child's vocabulary.
-Have your child type a paragraph from a story or the newspaper on the computer. Then he should use the word processor thesaurus function to change as many words as he can while keeping the original meaning.
-The British and Americans use different words for the same object. Can your child find the American equivalent for these words: draughts, lorry, dummy, biscuit, chips, bonnet, nappy, queue, jumper, lift, hoover, anorak, bobby, cot, boot, wardrobe and sweets? He can search online for a Web site that provides this information or use a dictionary.