Splinter Sprinter Spinster Speedster...
What do they mean? Have you tried saying these words quickly? Difficult, right?
Splinter; (noun) that tiny little piece of wood that gets stuck in your hand, finger, foot or toe...
Jack: "Ouch! I have a splinter in my finger and I can't get it out!"
Jill: "How did you manage that?"
Jack: "I was lifting up that wooden table, when I felt something sharp go into my middle finger,"
Sprinter; (noun) someone who runs really fast. Sprinting; (verb) Running really fast.
Jack: "I wanna be a 100 m sprinter when I grow up".
Jill: "You know you have to train really hard to be a sprinter!"
Jack: "Yeah, I know... It'll be a piece of cake."
Spinster; (noun) an unmarried woman, who lives on her own nor has a partner.
Jack: "If you don't go out with me, you're gonna end up an old Spinster!"
Jill: "So be it... I'd rather be a spinster than put up with you!"
Jack: "How rude!"
Speedster; (noun) a person or a thing that operates well at high speed, for example a fast car!
Jill: "Please don't speed in the car Jack! It's dangerous!"
Jack: "No need to worry Jill! I'm a speedster!"
Speedster; (noun) a person or a thing that operates well at high speed, for example a fast car!
Jill: "Please don't speed in the car Jack! It's dangerous!"
Jack: "No need to worry Jill! I'm a speedster!"
B2 - Write your own sentences with the above words.
C1 - Find 3 or 4 words in English which sound similar and explain the words by giving examples as above.
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