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Vocabulary Article Directory

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Move from knowing a word to using it

The Vocabulary Article Directory is the deep index for vocabulary teaching, word knowledge, morphology, reading, writing, oral use, retention and transfer. Vocabulary is more than a count of words: learners need accurate meaning, boundaries between near words, natural collocations, retrieval after delay and the ability to use a word in a new context.

Verified core snapshot — 27 September 2026: the fourteen classified shelves below contain 564 routes, and newer specialist additions are linked in separate live catchment sections as the estate grows. This directory is deliberately separate from the curated Vocabulary Guide, the canonical word-list library and the eduKate Vocabulary Learning System so each route keeps one clear job.

Start with the canonical route

Use the Vocabulary Guide when you need a curated stage or paper route. Use the Lists route when the immediate job is choosing a word set. Use the Learning System when the learner recognises words but cannot retrieve, select or transfer them. Use this Directory when you need to search the wider vocabulary estate. Vocabulary mechanism remains owned here; when the question expands into the whole English-language system—sound, grammar, meaning, reading, writing, speaking and performance—continue to Singapore English Tuition Centre · How English Works.

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Early childhood and Kindergarten (27)

Primary 1 vocabulary (38)

Primary 2 vocabulary (21)

Primary 3 vocabulary (20)

Primary 4 vocabulary (14)

Primary 5 vocabulary (16)

Primary 6 and PSLE vocabulary (115)

Secondary and GCE O-Level vocabulary (59)

IGCSE, Junior College, adult and professional vocabulary (1)

Word lists, themes and word knowledge (58)

Reading, comprehension, writing and oral transfer (32)

Teaching, practice, retention and transfer methods (64)

Parents, children and home learning (29)

Additional guides (70)

How this directory is maintained

The core shelves list published vocabulary routes after ownership review. Commercial tuition pages and cross-owner Science or World pages remain with their canonical owners; archive-only and duplicate-risk items are not promoted as primary study routes here.

Return to the eduKateSingapore Hub for the wider education ecosystem.

Kindergarten oral vocabulary collection

Use the Kindergarten Oral Language Vocabulary flagship for 100 words covering belonging, conversation, actions, feelings, position, time, comparison, discovery and simple reasoning.

For classroom participation, use Classroom Words for Following Instructions and Asking for Help: 100 words for attention, movement, materials, sequence, clarification, help-seeking, turn-taking, routines and self-correction.

Latest vocabulary additions

These newly published vocabulary routes are linked here immediately so the deep directory stays current between full inventory refreshes.

Primary 6 Advanced Vocabulary Collection

Volume 1: Advanced Literary Analysis, Tone and Subtext for Grade 6 develops 100 vocabulary entries through meaning boundaries, natural sentence patterns, five original reading laboratories and worked answers. Choose this extension when a learner can identify a device but needs more precise language for explaining its effect, interpreting mixed feelings and supporting a qualified reading.

Volume 2: Advanced Argument, Evidence and Critical Reading for Grade 6 develops 100 entries for nonfiction claims, source credibility, evidence, comparisons and reasoned recommendations. Six original fictional source dossiers include 30 questions with worked answers, followed by response revision, word-family practice and a six-session teaching sequence. Choose this volume when a learner needs to distinguish what a source says from what its evidence establishes.

Volume 3: Advanced Explanatory Writing, Processes and Systems for Grade 6 develops 100 words for explaining components, sequences, conditions, changing quantities, feedback and recovery. Four original fictional laboratories provide 20 questions with worked answers, followed by a writing clinic, twelve precision repairs and a six-session teaching sequence. Choose this volume when a learner can name the parts but needs to explain how they work together and where an explanation stops applying.

For the broader level-by-level collections, return to English Vocabulary Lists.

Volume 4: Reading Historical Timelines, Continuity and Change for Grade 6 develops 100 entries for chronology, duration, dating evidence and historical comparison. Four original fictional documentary laboratories provide 20 questions with worked answers, followed by twelve precision repairs and a six-session teaching sequence. Choose this route when the learner needs to distinguish a recorded event from a later account, explain change without erasing continuity or give an uncertain date only the precision its evidence supports.

Volume 5: Map Descriptions, Scale and Spatial Relationships for Grade 6 develops 100 entries for direction, coordinates, scale, routes, elevation and spatial patterns. Five original fictional map-data laboratories provide 25 questions with worked answers, supported by twelve precision repairs and a six-session teaching sequence. Choose this route when the learner needs to keep reference points, units, map conventions and survey limits attached to a clear spatial description.

Find these volumes alongside the earlier Primary 6 extensions in English Vocabulary Lists.

Volume 6: Charts, Tables and Data Interpretation for Grade 6 develops 100 vocabulary entries for reading numerical evidence and writing precise comparisons. Six original fictional laboratories provide 30 questions with worked answers on people and transactions, chart scales, averages, percentage changes, missing observations and survey responses. The original story The Missing Word in the Headline, five reading questions, twelve precision repairs and a six-session teaching sequence connect those distinctions with English comprehension and writing.

Choose this volume when a learner can calculate but needs to explain what the result measures and how far the conclusion applies. It complements Volume 5’s map-reading focus and the broader foundations in English Vocabulary Lists.

Volume 7: Experimental Design, Fair Tests and Scientific Conclusions for Grade 6 develops 100 advanced terms for scientific inquiry, fair testing, variables, reliability, uncertainty, causation, model evaluation and evidence-based conclusion writing. Six original fictional investigations provide 30 questions with worked answers, followed by an original story, twelve precision repairs and a six-session teaching sequence.

Choose this route when a learner can follow a science result but needs to explain why one comparison is fair, why another is confounded and how far a causal conclusion can reasonably extend. Return to English Vocabulary Lists for the complete Primary 6 advanced collection.

Volume 8: Probability, Uncertainty, Risk and Decision-Making for Grade 6 develops 100 advanced terms for chance models, likelihood, experimental probability, combined events, forecasts, risk and decision-making. Six original probability laboratories with worked answers, The Good Decision That Lost, twelve precision repairs, a decision-matrix laboratory and an independent transfer brief move the vocabulary from definition to reasoning.

Use this route when a learner needs to distinguish possible from probable, short-run variation from long-run probability, risk from likelihood, or decision quality from the luck of one realised outcome. Return to English Vocabulary Lists for the complete advanced collection.

VOCABULARY FOUNDATIONS · RECOGNITION / RECALL / EXPRESSION

Receptive and Productive Vocabulary | Why Recognition Comes First

The canonical owner for the complete handoff from incoming word recognition to independent productive use. It distinguishes receptive vocabulary, recognition, meaning recall, form recall, controlled production, expressive vocabulary, modality, speed, assessment support and transfer-stable use.

Use the separate child-specific diagnostic when a parent needs the shorter explanation and BRIDGE routine.

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Vocabulary guides and learning resources

Language varieties and vocabulary

Vocabulary learning and teaching

Vocabulary in composition

Primary vocabulary by level

Secondary vocabulary lists and themes

More articles in this collection

Cambridge IGCSE vocabulary systems

Idioms and language in context

Meaning, idioms, register and context

Primary and PSLE vocabulary practice

Primary vocabulary resources

Vocabulary learning at home

Vocabulary learning methods and activities

Vocabulary lists with meanings and examples

Vocabulary systems and resources

Vocabulary teaching, word learning and context clues

Word learning, recognition and semantic connections

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Descriptive vocabulary and idioms for writing

Early vocabulary and language development

Early-childhood vocabulary development

Grade-based vocabulary lists and practice

Historical school-paper vocabulary archives

Idioms and contextual vocabulary use

Primary and PSLE vocabulary learning

Primary and PSLE vocabulary practice and worksheets

Primary vocabulary collections and learning routes

Primary vocabulary resources

Primary vocabulary themes and word lists

Secondary 1 vocabulary

Secondary vocabulary for communication and personal development

Secondary vocabulary lists and practice

Vocabulary development, learning methods and readiness

Vocabulary for actions, emotions and creative writing

Vocabulary instruction and development

Vocabulary retrieval and use

Vocabulary retrieval, morphology and use

Vocabulary, meaning and transfer

World-place vocabulary and cultural word lists

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Adult vocabulary lists and practice

Emotion vocabulary and descriptive words

Primary 6 vocabulary practice

Vocabulary practice and application

Vocabulary: word form, meaning and intensity

Secondary 2 advanced technical vocabulary

Move beyond definitions into investigations and evidence-based explanations. Use 100 advanced media literacy terms for source evaluation and critical writing, 100 advanced food science terms for experiments and product evaluation, 100 Secondary 2 engineering design terms for technical problem-solving, 100 advanced entrepreneurship terms for customer discovery, unit economics and market research, or 100 advanced AI and computer science terms for algorithms, data, models and responsible computing.

Browse the Secondary 2 Advanced Vocabulary Collection. These extension manuals complement the existing grade word lists; each develops a distinct technical application through worked examples, calculations, investigations and independent tasks.

Secondary 2 technical route: Top 100 Secondary 2 Vocabulary List | Science Vocabulary Words with Meanings, Examples and Data Analysis — scientific reasoning, data analysis and academic writing.

Using vocabulary lists: Secondary 3 practice

Already have a vocabulary list? Use How to use Vocabulary Lists | Academic Vocabulary Exercises for Reading and Writing for worked reading tasks, sentence repairs, writing practice and independent checks. This worldwide Secondary 3 application manual complements the existing lists and learning-system guides; it does not replace them.

New vocabulary collections — 20–21 September 2026

New advanced vocabulary routes are collected here so readers can move directly into the latest Primary, PSLE and Secondary practice without changing the existing directory structure.

Primary 3: Build precise explanation language with advanced abstract nouns for feelings, decisions and clear explanations.

Primary 2 technical vocabulary: Top 100 Primary 2 Vocabulary List | STEM Vocabulary for Kids: Paper Engineering, Meanings and Examples develops technical words through paper engineering, design, testing, measurement, explanation and revision.

Primary 2 engineering design route: Top 100 Primary 2 Vocabulary List | Engineering Design Process, STEM Problem-Solving Words, Meanings and Examples — problems, criteria, constraints, models, testing, evidence, iteration and explanation.

Primary 2 coding vocabulary: Top 100 Primary 2 Vocabulary List | Coding, Algorithms, Debugging and Computational Thinking Words for Grade 2 — sequence, loops, events, inputs, outputs, debugging and computational thinking.

Secondary 3 retrieval and retention: How to use Vocabulary Lists | Spaced Repetition and Active Recall for Long-Term Vocabulary Retention — active recall, retrieval practice, delayed review and transfer into reading and writing.

Primary 2 machines and mechanisms: Top 100 Primary 2 Vocabulary List | Simple Machines, Gears, Levers, Forces and Mechanisms for Grade 2 — physical machines, movement, simple machines, rotating parts, testing and explanation.

Secondary 1 technical reading: Top 100 Secondary 1 Vocabulary List | Multiple-Meaning Academic Words, Context Clues and Technical Reading — practise familiar academic words that change meaning across English, Mathematics, Science, Geography, Humanities and technical nonfiction.

Primary 2 data and measurement: Top 100 Primary 2 Vocabulary List | Data, Measurement, Tables, Charts and Graphs for Grade 2 — quantities, units, tallies, tables, pictographs, bar graphs, comparisons and evidence.

Secondary 3 context and word choice: How to use Vocabulary Lists | Context Clues, Multiple-Meaning Words, Collocations and Precise Word Choice — contextual meaning, polysemy, collocation, connotation, synonym boundaries and transfer into reading and writing.

Year 5 vocabulary teaching: How to Teach Year 5 Vocabulary | Reading, Academic Language, Writing, Morphology and Retrieval.

Grade 6 vocabulary teaching: How to Teach Grade 6 Vocabulary | Academic Words, Context, Roots, Reading and Writing.

Cambridge Primary vocabulary teaching: How to Teach Cambridge Primary Vocabulary | Stages 1–6 Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening.

IB MYP vocabulary teaching: How to Teach IB MYP Vocabulary | Language and Literature, Inquiry, Analysis, Writing and Transfer.

Quick Vocabulary Lessons — age 4: Quick Vocabulary Lessons | 4-Year-Old Vocabulary.

Quick Vocabulary Lessons — age 5: Quick Vocabulary Lessons | 5-Year-Old Vocabulary.

Quick Vocabulary Lessons — preschool: Quick Vocabulary Lessons | Preschool Vocabulary.

Quick Vocabulary Lessons — kindergarten: Quick Vocabulary Lessons | Kindergarten Vocabulary — oral language, read-alouds, story comprehension, academic words, content knowledge and early print.

Common Core Grades 11–12 vocabulary: How to Teach Common Core Grades 11–12 Vocabulary | L.11–12.4–L.11–12.6 College-Ready Academic Language.

AP English Language vocabulary: How to Teach AP English Language Vocabulary | Rhetorical Situation, Claims, Evidence, Reasoning and Style.

Primary 2 weather vocabulary: Top 100 Primary 2 Vocabulary List | Weather, Seasons, Clouds, Rain, Wind and Temperature for Grade 2 — weather observations, water in the atmosphere, wind, temperature, seasons, forecasts and evidence.

Secondary 3 vocabulary into writing: How to use Vocabulary Lists | Writing Exercises, Sentence Building, Paragraphs and Precise Word Choice — sentence building, paragraph development, academic and narrative writing, editing, revision and independent transfer.

Primary 2 electricity and physical science: Top 100 Primary 2 Vocabulary List | Electricity, Circuits, Light, Sound and Energy Words for Grade 2 — circuits, components, materials, light, sound, heat, evidence and safety language.

Primary 2 magnets and magnetic force: Top 100 Primary 2 Vocabulary List | Magnets, Magnetic Force, Poles, Attraction and Repulsion for Grade 2 — poles, magnetic materials, attraction, repulsion, testing, evidence and safe investigation.

Secondary 3 vocabulary into reading: How to use Vocabulary Lists | Reading Comprehension, Context Clues, Inference and Evidence — contextual meaning, main ideas, supporting details, inference, evidence, paraphrase, summary and delayed transfer.

Late 24 September vocabulary additions

Need a curated route rather than the full inventory? Use The Singapore Vocabulary Guide to move from Kindergarten through PSLE, Secondary, General Paper and adult English by learner stage and language job. Use the Vocabulary Learning System when the question is how a word becomes usable.

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Choose the question that brought you here. Open one useful guide, try a small task, and stop when you have what you need.

Take one question further

The same learning habit can travel across subjects, while each subject keeps its own methods. These routes help you notice a difficulty, understand one part of it, and return to something you can do.

A word is familiar, but using it is difficult.

Move from recognising a word to retrieving it in a new context. Understand vocabulary plateaus.

Try it without the guide: Choose one word you already know. Close the guide and use it in a new sentence. Explain why it fits; try another context tomorrow.

A piece of writing has ideas, but the reader loses the thread.

Make the order of events and the links between sentences clear. Explore composition writing.

Try it without the guide: Choose one short paragraph. Read the relevant explanation, close it, and revise the paragraph. Ask someone to tell you what happened and why.

The Mathematics seems familiar, but marks still disappear.

Find the first point where the working stops being reliable. Find Secondary 4 A-Math mark leakage.

Try it without the guide: For a Secondary 4 A-Math question you have attempted, locate the first uncertain line. Repair that step, then try a comparable question without the worked answer.

A Science fact is remembered, but the explanation is incomplete.

Connect the evidence to a scientific idea and the resulting change. Follow the Primary Science learning route.

Try it without the guide: Choose a familiar Primary Science example. Explain the evidence, the idea and the result without notes. Then change one condition and explain your prediction.

Two accounts of the world seem to disagree.

Check the question, source, date and evidence before combining claims. Explore the World Knowledge research library.

Try it without the guide: Take one claim. Find the source best placed to support it, note its date, and state what remains uncertain. Return to your original question.

There is plenty of help, but independence is hard to see.

Check what the learner can understand and do after support is removed. Understand how education works.

Try it without the guide: Choose one small task the child has practised. Agree on a calm, brief attempt without prompts. Use what happens to choose one next step, then stop.

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