3.29.1: Year 3 American English Lessons with Maestro Sersea

Welcome to Vocabulary Year 3 of American English Lessons with Maestro Sersea. In this lesson we will study American English vocabulary compliments of the VOA Wordbook, a dictionary of over 1,500 highly-used words.  Please focus and do your best so that you can learn and improve your vocabulary, which will help your comprehension and communication skills. Don’t forget to use the comments section below to share your thoughts and what you’ve learned today.

Part 1 Directions:  Listen to the audio and read along the vocabulary words and definitions 2-3 times.  If needed, use the translation feature to translate the vocabulary words and definitions in your primary language.

  • officer – a person in the military who commands others; any person who is a member of a police force
  • official – a person with power in an organization; a representative of an organization or government; of or about an office; approved by the government or someone in power
  • often – many times
  • oil – a thick liquid that does not mix with water and that burns easily; a black liquid taken from the ground and used as fuel
  • old – not young or new; having lived or existed for many years
  • on – above and held up by; touching the upper surface of (“The book is on the table.”); supported by (“He is on his feet.”); about (“The report on the meeting is ready.”); at the time of (“He left on Wednesday.”)
  • once – one time only
  • only – being the single one or ones; no more than (“We have only two dollars.”)
  • open – to start (“They opened talks.”); not closed; not secret
  • operate – to do work or a job; to cut into the body for medical reasons
  • opinion – a belief based on one’s own ideas and thinking
  • oppose – to be against; to fight against
  • opposite – different as possible; completely different from; exactly the other way (“North is the opposite direction from south.”)
  • oppress – to make others suffer; to control by the use of unjust and cruel force or power
  • or – giving another of two choices; giving the last of several choices
  • orbit – to travel in space around a planet or other object; the path or way an object travels in space around another object or planet
  • order – to give a command; to tell someone what to do; a command; the correct or normal way things are organized; a peaceful situation in which people obey laws
  • organize – to put in order; to put together into a system
  • other – different; of another kind; the remaining one or ones of two or more “>(“That man is short; the other is tall.”)
  • our – of or belonging to us
  • oust – to force to leave; to remove by force
  • out – away from the inside; opposite of in
  • over – above; covering; across, in or on every part of (“all over the world”)
  • overthrow – to remove from power; to defeat or end by force
  • owe – to pay or have to repay (usually money) in return for something received
  • own – to have or possess for oneself

Part 2 Directions:  Take out your notebook or a sheet of paper and a pen.  Watch the video below to take the vocabulary test for this lesson and check your level of understanding of this vocabulary lesson.

Part 3 Directions: Now that you’ve completed this vocabulary lesson, use the comments section below to share your thoughts about what you’ve learned.

5 thoughts on “3.29.1: Year 3 American English Lessons with Maestro Sersea

  1. Thank you so much for this wonderful lesson. I am happy to know this vocabularies and its use.
    Once again thank you

  2. Thank you so much for the vocabularies posted before and I hope so they enables us to construct the senteneses and develops what we are understands. Regards.

  3. Lesson 3.29.1 :year 3
    VOA vocabulary Lesson :29
    The new words in this lesson as follows.
    1) Oppose: Definition of oppose is disapprove of and attempt to prevent, especially by argument,.Example sentence is, ”Those of you who Oppose the capital punishment. A candidate to oppose the leader in the Presidential contest.
    2) Oppress: Keep someone in subservience and hardship, rule with an iron hand or rule with a rod of iron.
    3) Orbit: Path , track. The earth orbit around the sun.

    1. Good job, Humera. Many people oppose war. Some people think that others oppress them when they dislike their behavior. The moon is in constant orbit around the earth. Keep coming up with sentences for new words you learn. That’s how you know that you actually learned new vocabulary.

  4. Dear teacher,
    Lesson 3.29.1 :year 3
    VOA vocabulary Lesson :29
    The new words in this lesson American Eglish vocabulary.
    I had learnt vocabulary lesson few times.
    I learnt new words for using and practicing its pronunciation follow audio reading.
    – oppose – to be against; to fight against
    – opposite – different as possible; completely different from; exactly the other way (“North is the opposite direction from south.”)
    – oppress – to make others suffer; to control by the use of unjust and cruel force or power.
    – overthrow – to remove from power; to defeat or end by force.
    Thank you for lesson.

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