Recognize a studied word

Decide whether each word belonged to the original list, not just whether it looks familiar.

Keep the original list in mind

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  • dish
  • apron
  • kite
  • bench
  • moon
  • drawer
Original study list for this lesson: remember these six words.

Study the six English words in this list. Take as long as you need. In the practice, choose Ready, hide the list when you want to begin answering.

Each question then shows one word. Choose On the list if it was in the original study list, or Not on the list if it was not. A word can be familiar in everyday life without belonging to this list.

The original list stays fixed. Words in later questions do not become part of it.

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Use the original study list as your reference. Later questions do not add words to it.

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Keep the original list in mind

Study the six English words in this list. Take as long as you need. In the practice, choose Ready, hide the list when you want to begin answering.

Each question then shows one word. Choose On the list if it was in the original study list, or Not on the list if it was not. A word can be familiar in everyday life without belonging to this list.

The original list stays fixed. Words in later questions do not become part of it.

  • dish
  • apron
  • kite
  • bench
  • moon
  • drawer
Original study list for this lesson: remember these six words.

Recognize membership, not position

The word dish was in the original six-word list. Choose On the list, even though the word now appears alone rather than in its old position.

A round uses each studied word once, mixed with an equal number of words that were not studied. No word repeats among that round’s questions.

Levels 1, 2 and 3 start with six, nine and twelve words, followed by twelve, eighteen and twenty-four questions. You answer at your own pace.

dish

Worked example: this word was on the original study list.

Check one new question

Was fountain in the six words you studied at the beginning? Think back to that list, not to whether you know the word’s meaning.

The list is hidden once answering begins in the practice. In this lesson, you can return to Learn to check the original list after making your choice.

fountain

Question: was this word on the original study list?

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Was fountain on the original study list?

  1. On the list
  2. Not on the list
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Not on the list

Correct. This word was not in the original list. Words shown in later questions do not join that list, even after you have seen them.

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