My Favourite Book Essay in English
How to Describe My Favourite Book in English?
The saying, “Books are our good friends.” is very true. Books always take our side.
books are a source of an endless amount of knowledge and information. It is an astonishing fact that we communicate with the dead authors of the books we read. They teach us and we learn, shoot questions at us and we answer, and entertain us and we are pleased with the entertainment.
It is books which make a person a philosopher, a doctor, an engineer, etc.
Reading books strengthens our brains, reduces our stress, improves our concentration, ameliorates our communication and maximises our knowledge.
That's why my parents and teachers have always encouraged me to read books. Though I'm not a bookworm, yet I've gone through hundreds of books. Of all, the book which instantly drew my attention is “Word Power Made Easy” written by Norman Lewis. This book deals with English vocabularies. This book is not so easy as ABC. It can be used by the learners who have a very good command of the English language.
The author of the book has an amazing method of teaching vocabularies. He has a unique way of ingraining words into our long-term memory.
He first uses an etymological approach to introduce a word. Then, he asks the readers to pronounce the words. And then, he examines your understanding of the words by asking several questions regarding the words.
Words to Learn
1. Endless →Something that has no end.
Synonym →Countless
Antonym →Few
2. Astonishing →Something that surprises you.
Synonym →Amazing
Antonym →Ordinary
3. To communicate →To speak with someone
Synonym →To chat
Antonym →To be quiet
4. To entertain →To give someone enjoyment
Synonym →To amuse someone
Antonym →To bore
5. Philosopher →A person who loves wisdom. “Philein” is to love and sophos is wisdom.
Synonym →Thinker
6. To strengthen →To make something stronger
Synonym →To harden
Antonym →To weaken
7. To reduce →To make something less
Synonym →To decrease
Antonym →To increase
8. To ameliorate →To make something better
Synonym →To improve
Antonym →To worsen
9. Concentration →Focus
Synonym →Attention
10. To maximise →To make something greater
Synonym →To increase
Antonym →To minimise
11. To encourage →To ask someone to do something
Synonym →To persuade
Antonym →To discourage
12. To ingrain →To fix something
Synonym →To instil something into someone's mind
Antonym →To uproot something
13. To examine →To Look into something
Synonym →To check out
Antonym →To overlook
Idioms and Phrases to Learn
1. Books are our good/best friends →They are our friends because they motivate us to do great things in our lives. They give us knowledge.
2. To shoot questions at someone →To ask someone questions
3. Is/Am/Are pleased with →To be happy
4. To be a bookworm →To be a person who keeps on reading and enjoys it
5. To go through some book →To read some book
6. To draw someone's attention →To cause someone to focus on something
7. To deal with something/some subject →To be about the subject
8. To be as easy as ABC →To be very easy
9. To have a very good command of some subject →To know very much about the subject
10. To use an etymological approach →To make people understand words through telling them the roots of the words
Exercise 1
Can you recall the synonyms of the following words?
1. To communicate
2. To maximise
3. To entertain
4. To ameliorate
5. To reduce
Answer keys:-
1. To chat with
2. To increase
3. To amuse
4. To improve
5. To lessen
Can you recall the antonyms of the following words?
1. To examine
2. To ingrain
3. To encourage
4. To increase
5. To strengthen
Answer keys:-
1. To neglect
2. To uproot
3. To discourage
4. To decrease
5. To weaken
Do you understand the following phrases?
1. To have a good command of some subject
2. To be as easy as ABC
3. To be a bookworm
Answer keys:-
1. To know very much about some subject
2. To be very easy
3. To be a person who loves reading and enjoys it
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