
Handout 50.1
Reproduced from 50 Activities for Interpersonal Skills Training
Sue Bishop and David Taylor, HRD Press, Inc., 1991
Out!
Consider the simple word out. We all use this word, probably several
times a day, but have you ever thought of the number of meanings and
usages some words have, and how difficult it must be for people who do
not have English as a first language, for example, to understand the
language?
“I’m going out.”
“I’ve got to have my tooth out.”
“The fall put her shoulder out.”
Below are listed just some of the meanings and usages of OUT:
Meaning… For example…
not in not at home
extracted tooth
dislocated limb ...