 Vocabulary and Reading, Exercise 1 Vocabulary study through context. These lessons are designed to teach you vocabulary in context through exercises. Each lesson consists of a short reading about a U.S. state and provides 10 common words at the intermediate level. American Art in Delaware Part 1 Pre-Reading What do you know about art in general? How do people preserve art for the future? What kinds of people like to collect art? What types of things do you like to collect? If you had some valuable artwork, what would you do with it? This article is about preserving art and history from early American culture. Part 2 Here are the words you will see in this article. Read them for pronunciation. Antique Assemble Century Decorative Estate Fortune Air Inferior Patriotic Textile Do you know any of these words already? Part 3 Mash the words on the left with the definitions on the right. Come together Meat Fabric Cloth Woven material Good or bad luck Fate Having feelings of devotion toward one's country Object priced for its age Of lower or lesser quality One who inherits from a parent Ornamental With artistic design Period of 100 years Property, land, and possessions Take time to read the article American Art in Delaware For the reading, pause the video and click on the link in the description below. You may wish to read it out loud for pronunciation. How was your reading? Talk about what you learned with your partner or teacher. Use some of the vocabulary words from Part 2. Want to try the quiz again? Pause the video. Here are the answers to today's vocabulary exercise. Antique Object priced for its age Century Period of 100 years Decorative Ornamental With artistic design Estate Property, land, possessions Fortune Good or bad luck Fate Air One who inherits from a parent Inferior Of lower or lesser quality Patriotic Having feelings of devotion toward one's country Textile Fabric, cloth, woven material Assemble Come together Or meet Come back and review these words often. And remember to check out our other videos for reading and vocabulary practice. Thanks for watching. Our websites will help you even more with English language study.