TOEIC Reading - Vocabulary in Context

Warm Up - Talking about Easter

Take 7 minutes to discuss the questions below with your partners. Click play on the video to start the timer.

• What are two things you plan to do during your Holy Week vacation?
• What is the typical weather of Holy Week in your area?
• Do you like the Holy Week traditions, why or why not?
• What is some typical food to eat during Holy Week? Do you like it?
• Can you swim on Thursday and Friday of Holy Week?
• What is a procession? What happens during a procession?
• What movies do people watch during Holy Week? Do you like them?
• Do people celebrate Holy Week more now than in the past?

Task 2: Work with your partners to complete the task below. In each reading you will find one or more vocabulary words. Read the words in the context of the sentence and make a guess about what they mean. How could you state these terms in other words?

Text 1: Restate the highlighted term in your own words.

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Text 2: Restate the highlighted terms in your own words.

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Text 3: Restate the highlighted terms in your own words.

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Now CLICK HERE to see your answer choices for each of the items above. Work with your partners to decide which option has the closest meaning to the highlighted words.