W7 Vocab blog

In reading 1 we learned “karma” is the accumulated record of many lives. Let’s learn more about this word.

1. What does “accumulate” mean based on the article?

       to collect a large number of things over a long period of time

2. Find a synonym and antonym of “accumulate”.

      synonym-store, gather, pile up

      antonym-disperse, scatter

3. Compare “accumulate” and “increase”:

The table below shows the nouns following “accumulate” and “increase”, respectively.

(3.1) Can you find the features of the nouns following these two words, respectively?

       I think nouns following the word accumulate are more likely to be countable. In contrast, nouns following the word increase tend to be uncountable.

       

(3.2) What is the relationship of “accumulate” and “increase”? (e.g. Do they share the same meaning? Or what else can you find?)

      The word increase simply means to become larger in amount or size, while the word accumulate means to collect a large number of something. Therefore, two words share the meaning of having large number or amount of something.

 

4. Read the sentences below and choose the word, accumulate or increase, that best fits in the context.

(4.1) Dr. Day has found that under increased UV exposure, these plants produce smaller, thicker leaves and stock them with extra photosynthetic pigments and other chemicals. For every unit of surface area, says Day, " your construction costs are higher, " and these costs may increase over time.

(4.2) The recipe of the soup is to add green beans and crushed red pepper and stir in crumbled bacon, black pepper, and salt. Snap (or string) beans may be substituted. Accumulate cook time in all the steps to 5 minutes.
5. Make a sentence of "accumulate"

    My father acuumulated old newspapers.