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Vocabulary For Beauty & Health: Aloe Vera Uses And Benefits

Updated: Jul 21


Topic Vocabulary : The Benefits of Aloe Vera for skin care


PART 1 - Reading - Aloe Vera & Its Benefits


The Prefix - in-, un-, anti-, added to beginning adjective word to change meaning to opposite/negative. Examples : secure / insecure
Topic Vocabulary - Benefits of Aloe Vera. Read & learn new beauty, health related Vocabulary. These are useful words to add to your Vocabulary notebook. Remember to learn words in chunks, not just a word but a phrase and in context.

Many of us may not be aware of the benefits and importance of Aloe Vera even though it has been around for a very long time.


Historically, people have been using aloe vera gel for skin-related problems such as dryness, itchiness or rashes.


As it's so useful and beneficial you can find it world over, packed and sealed.



Vocabulary Word List:

​-benefit (noun) = a good effect

-aware (adjective)= having knowledge of

-itchiness (noun) ​= skin uncomfortable; make you want to scratch

-rash (noun) ​= small red spots on the skin

-packed (adjective) = put in a container

-sealed (adjective) = closed



There are more than 300 varieties of Aloe Vera plant with many different benefits.


With very high liquid content of nearly 96% people have long used for skin, hair, body and health problems.

Learn new words for common ailments e.g. burns, blisters, insect bites, allergic skin reactions
Topic Vocabulary - Learn names of common ailments

And so many healing properties, it would be hard to even start counting.


Aloe vera gel is typically used for minor skin irritations such as:

-burns,

-blisters,

-insect bites



Vocabulary Word List

-blister (noun) ​= painful swelling on the skin that contains liquid

-​irritation (noun) = painful /sore feeling on body

​-typically (adverb)= usually

-healing (adjective)​ = to become well again -properties (noun) = quality

-reduce (verb) = to make it less

-swelling (noun) of body (e.g. leg) = become bigger due to pain, illness

-relieve (verb) pain ​ = to make better


Learn Vocabulary words such as anti-ageing, dark circles under the eyes etc.
Topic Vocabulary - Speak Beauty & Skin Care Related Vocabulary


Aloe Vera in Beauty & Skin Care


Aloe Vera gel is widely used in skincare and sun care products due to its healing & cooling properties.


It's a common ingredient found in moisturisers and anti-ageing cream.



​Vocabulary Word List

-moisturise (verb)​ = put substance on skin to stop from drying

-inflammatory (adjective) ​= causing pain & swelling

-bacterial (adjective) ​= caused by bacteria

-viral (adjective)​ = caused by virus

-absorbed (verb)​ = to take something in gradually



The gel has some of the most important properties which moisturises your skin and makes it soft.


Of course not everyone has aloe vera plants at home. Store-bought ones are convenient to use.

Build your vocabulary list with common skin-related ailments.
Topic Vocabulary - Reading Practice. Look out for examples of Prefix words.

Aloe vera helps in reducing swelling and relieving pain. The plant gel has been known to have *anti-inflammatory, anti-bacterial and anti-viral properties.


As the gel is easily absorbed by the skin it has become one of the key ingredients of anti-ageing products.




Grammar Point!


2. What is the Prefix and How to Use it


*Prefix - we often use prefix (letters added to beginning of adjective word) to give it an opposite/negative meaning.



Let's look at the Prefix in-, un-, anti- :


Note: *anti means against. The prefix "anti" is used with a hyphen.


EXAMPLE Prefix

convenient inconvenient

stable unstable

ageing anti-ageing



3. Punctuation Marks in English & Their Names

  1. colon :

  2. semi-colon ;

  3. asterisk *

  4. hashtag #

  5. at @

  6. slash, forward slash /

  7. brackets ( )

  8. apostrophe '

  9. hyphen -

  10. underscore _

  11. question mark ?

  12. quotation marks / inverted commas " "

  13. exclamation mark !

  14. full stop .



4. Vocabulary & Grammar Review


a. Complete the vocabulary words.


1) Aloe vera is mainly used for the following skin problems:

(i) b___s ,

(ii) b_______,

(iii) _____ bites and other a_______ skin reactions.


2) It is widely used as a beauty product such as :

-moi _ tur _ _ _ _ and anti- _ _ _ ___ cream.



b. The Prefix


i) Change the following words into the opposite meaning with the correct prefix.


Example : viral >> anti-viral

un in anti -

important

natural

visible

common

inflammatory



C. Punctuation Marks in English.


Name the Punctuation Marks.

?

"

*

#

!

@

( )



D. Change the following verbs into the Infinitive, -ing & Past Participle form:


Complete the table below.


Verb Infinitive -ing Form Past Participle

e.g. pack to pack packing packed



provide

shrink

heal

grow

moisturise

apply

protect

reduce

relieve



E. Change the following verbs into nouns & adjectives forms.


Verb Noun Adjective

EXAMPLE : benefit benefit beneficial


irritate

swell

burn

moisturise


F. Countable or Uncountable Noun?


Fill the nouns in the the correct column.


Noun Countable Uncountable

benefit benefits -

importance

problem




Thanks so much for reading and Happy Learning!



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