Tham khảo tài liệu 'bdl-09-words (1593394268)', tài liệu phổ thông, tiếng anh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | About the pagination of this eBook Due to the unique page numbering scheme of this book, the electronic pagination of the eBook does not match the pagination of the printed version. To navigate the text, please use the electronic Table of Contents that appears alongside the eBook or the Search function. For citation purposes, use the page numbers that appear in the text. BRITANNICA DI SC OV ER Y LIBRARY 99 WOR DS In this book, you will: learn about different kinds of words. discover how to make letters using your hands. answer fun questions. find lots of word activities at the back of the book. CHICAGO LONDON NEW DELHI PARIS SEOUL SYDNEY TAIPEI TOKYO How do you talk to a friend? With words! These grapes are good. Do you want some? I’m hungry! I like cookies! His name is Bobo. Sit up, Bobo! What is Everyone uses words. We use words to tell others your what we think and how we feel. We use words to dog’s ask questions and to answer questions too. name? 2 3 If you didn’t have words, how would you ever read a book? With words you can talk about your brand new bike. And how could you talk about a trip you took? You can ask for any ice cream flavor you like. Without words, you couldn’t answer a question at school You can tell your friends what you did today. or shout to your friend at the swimming pool. Words are important in so many ways! 4 5 Think of when you were a very little baby. You didn’t know any words. You only made sounds. You cried when you were hungry or tired. You pointed at things you wanted, or you tried to reach for them. You made all kinds of silly sounds that did not make sense. All babies do this before they learn to talk. 6 7 But how did you learn to talk? As babies become toddlers, they learn many words very Most babies learn to talk by hearing others speaking. fast. They learn to put words together to ask for what they First, they start to understand the words they hear. want. They understand what others are saying to them. Then they try to make .