English word memory method skills Green's Law

(1) Letter combination change memory method

In English words, based on a certain word, addition, subtraction, Change or adjust one letter and it becomes another new word. The specific method is as follows:

Add letters in front

For example:

is-his (his)

ear (ear)-near (near) / hear (listen)

read (read)-bread (bread)

Add letters after it

For example:

hear(hear)-heart(heart)

you(you)-your(your)

plane(plane)-planet(planet)

Add letters in the middle

For example:

though (despite)-through (through)

tree (tree)-three (three)

Minus letters

For example:

She (her)-he (him)

close (close)-lose (lost)

start (start)-star (star)

Change letters

For example:

book (book)-look (read) / cook (cook)

cake (cake)-lake (lake) / wake (wake up) / make (make) / take (take away)

Adjust the letters (change the alphabetical order)

For example:

blow (blow)-bowl (bowl)

sing (singing)-sign (signature)

from (from)- form

(2) Comparative memory method

What is introduced here is the comparative analysis of similar but different words to clarify their differences and similarities. , as a method of memorization.

For example:

Changing a vowel in a word can create different words:

ball (ball), bell (ringtone), bill (account) Single)

You can change a word by changing a consonant into different words:

fight (fight), light (light), might (may), night (night), right (Correct)

The sounds and shapes are the same but the meanings are different: light (light) and light (light)

The shapes are similar: want (want) → wait (wait), read ( read) → ready (ready).

Same meaning: study/learn, big/large/great, look/see/watch, etc.;

Opposite meaning: big ) → small (small), dear (expensive) → cheap (cheap), hot (hot) → cold (cold), etc.

(3). Associative memory method

Make the English words to be memorized vivid, vivid and systematic, and create an absurd, exaggerated, strange and weird relationship between the new words and the old words. , unreasonable connections, which are unforgettable for life, thus achieving the purpose of bringing the old with the new and quickly remembering.

For example:

When playing ball, think of: ball, (play) basketball, (play) football, playground, etc.;

When eating, think of: dining-room (restaurant), (have) breakfast (eat breakfast), (have) lunch (eat lunch), etc.

In this way, if you accumulate over time and persevere, you can accumulate less and make more, so that you can achieve a small accumulation but a thick development.

(4) Classification memory method

English vocabulary is extremely rich, and it would be of great benefit to memorize words by categories.

The classification method varies from person to person, from hobby to hobby, and is flexible and diverse. Classify them according to their nature, use, etc., and make them organized and systematic, so that they can be easily consolidated and remembered, such as by color, school supplies, transportation, daily necessities, etc.

It can also be classified according to subject names, time, numbers, seasons, animals and plants, names of places, pictures, etc. Using the classification method, when learning a new word, you can also learn similar words related to it.

For example, the classification of time is as follows:

Time (time): century (century), year (year), season (season), month (month), week (week) , day (day), night (night), hour (hour), quarter (quarter of an hour), minute (minute), second (second)

Seasons (season): spring (spring), summer( summer), autumn (autumn), winter (winter)

Week (week): Sunday (Sunday), Monday (Monday), Tuesday (Tuesday), Wednesday (Wednesday), Thursday (Thursday), Friday (Friday), Saturday (Saturday)

(五) Pictographic memory method

Pictographic words are the pictographic (shape), characteristics, and actions that people use the overall or partial structure of the word And created.

Try to use intuitive images and visual thinking in the memory process to improve the memory effect. There are many pictographic words in English, but they are rarely discovered.

For example:

eye (eye) see (see) meet (encounter)

sleep (sleep) (e, e represents two eyes)