Vocab-ability–180 (phon, phono = sound, speech) – A More Powerful Vocabulary (earn UpVotes with “Vocab Practice” exercise)

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By spending 5 minutes reviewing today’s “Vocab-ability” entry (below), you can learn the vocab roots and many high-level English words.    

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“MY VOCAB PRACTICE.”

  1. I don’t have any mobile phone with me right now, so the best way to reach me is through the office TELEPHONE.

  2. The SYMPHONY of these musicians playing together is just surreal.

  3. I don’t know how to play the XYLOPHONE, but my friend does!

  4. I guess the easiest lesson we had in school was about PHONETICS.

P.S. About your update: Please don’t apologize, @majes.tytyty! ☺️ With the growth opportunity you offer us, minnows, through this Vocab Practice, we are even thankful to you and for your efforts. Cheers!

Thanks for your vote of confidence. I will do my best provide you and all others with the opportunity to grow and learn. Cheers!!

MY VOCAB PRACTICE

  1. Telephone makes long distance communication possible.

  2. The chour groups that performed at the music concert all sang in symphony.

  3. Xylophone is an African musical instrument.

  4. Native English speakers don't need to study phonetics


Good work!

My Vocab Practice

  1. complains gets to the marketing department through the office Telephone
  2. The Choral community choir delights its audience with such melodious symphony
  3. To play the Xylophone requires continuous practice and dedication
  4. Phonetics can also be used in our local languages


Good work!

MY VOCAB PRACTICE
1-Telephone
The telephone is the best and most reliable means of communication.
2-Symphony
Symphony produces good sound.
3-xylophone
I have loved xylophone from day one and never know how to play it.
4-phonetics
It seem phonetics is a branch of psychology.


Good work!

MY VOCAB PRACTICE:

  1. Stationary telephones are a thing of the past, and the next generation will only ever see them on video and in museum.
  2. There are very few pieces of modern music that one would call a symphony.
  3. The xylophone is one of the underutilized instruments in musical arsenal.
  4. Schools often forget about teaching phonetics crippling the students ability to learn foreign languages efficiently.


Good work!

MY VOCAB PRACTICE

  1. The telephone rang. Catherine hesitated, debating whether to answer it.
  2. They play over the whole symphony.
  3. They will never recede like a xylophone.
  4. She's an authority on phonetics.


Good work!

MY VOCAB PRACTICE

  1. Remember back when telephones didn't have screens?
  2. We went out last night to hear the symphony play with Metallica.
  3. My son plays the xylophone in the school concert band.
  4. Phonetics is a fascinating branch of study.


Good work!

MY VOCAB PRACTICE:

  1. Telephone.
    Alexander Graham Bell was among the inventors of the telephone and although it was reported that Antonio Meucci made the first design, it was Bell’s design that received the first patent at the U.S. Patent Office, making Bell to be the first inventor of the telephone.

  2. Symphony.
    There are large numbers of symphony orchestra that performs concerts all year round and their performances are very much admired by those who attend them.

  3. Xylophone.
    My new found friend is musically incline and is currently enrolled at the University of Music learning how to play the xylophone among other musical instruments.

  4. Phonetics.
    Deaf people can learn phonetics by going to school to study and learn to use visual signs in order to communicate with others.


Good work!

MY VOCAB PRACTICE

  1. Telephone companies in my country charge very high data fees.

  2. The group that won the match pass matched in symphony.

  3. A xylophone is very easy to play.

  4. The phonetics of some English words are different from their spellings.


Good work!

MY VOCAB PRACTICE

  1. I don't have telephones.
  2. I sing in a symphony.
  3. I have seen xylophone.
  4. I learn phonetics.


Good work!

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