Heartland English School – Word of the Day

Theme:  The Beach

Word: suntan

Type of word: verb, noun

Meaning: after being in the sun, your skin gets darker

Example (verb): In Canada and the U.S., lots of people love to go to the beach to suntan, because they believe it makes them look healthier.

Example(noun): By the time you come back from your beach holiday, you’ll have gotten an amazing suntan.

Theme:  The Beach

Word: a sandcastle

Type of Word: noun

Meaning: a structure or sculpture made of sand

Example: People often make very large sandcastles at Grand Beach.

Theme:  The Beach

Word: a buoy

Type of Word: noun

Meaning: a floating ball or object that marks where it is dangerous to go in the water

Example: Don’t swim past the buoy!  A boat might hit you!

Theme:  The Beach

Word:  a boardwalk

Type of Word:  noun

Meaning:  a sidewalk made of wooden boards, usually built next to a beach

Example:  At Grand Beach, everyone walks up and down the boardwalk, to see and be seen.

Theme:  The Beach

Word:  the shore

Type of Word:  noun

Meaning:  the edge of the land where it touches the water of a lake or ocean

Example:  It’s fun to stand on the shore and look at the horizon.

Theme: Astronomy
Word: horizon (countable noun)
Meaning: the line at which the earth’s surface and the sky appear to meet.
Example: The star is 20 degrees above the horizon.

Theme: Astronomy
Word: aperture (noun)
Meaning: a space through which light passes in an optical or photographic instrument.
Example: Her telescope has an aperture of 50 millimeters.

Theme: Astronomy
Word: constellation (countable noun)
Meaning: a group of stars forming a recognizable pattern
Example: Arcturus is the brightest star in the constellation Bootes.

Theme: Astronomy
Word: galaxy (countable noun)
Meaning: a system of millions or billions of stars
Example: Our solar system is in the Milky Way galaxy.

Theme: Astronomy

Word: telescope (countable noun)

Meaning: an optical instrument designed to make distant objects appear nearer.

Example: She used a telescope to look at the moon.