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Read and Select: real English words versus pseudowords

Reading: Read and Complete, Read and Select, Fill in the Blanks and Interactive Reading · Lesson 2 of 5

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Read and Select: real English words versus pseudowords

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By the end you’ll be able to

Decide within 5 seconds whether a written string is a real English word
Recognise genuine but lower-frequency words (for example wharf, gauge, brevity, thwart) as real
Reject plausible pseudowords that combine real-looking stems, prefixes and suffixes in combinations English does not use

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Build a strategy for uncertainty: answer every word and avoid systematically clicking yes on anything that merely looks English

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