brent phillips

Since October 7, 2007 approximately 1,519,627,180 grains of rice have been donated to the United Nations World Food Program through freerice.com.  What is it? Advertisers on the site provide 10 grains of rice for every word you match correctly with its definition. Its addictive!

From the site:

Learning new vocabulary has tremendous benefits. It can help you:

• Formulate your ideas better
• Write better papers, emails and business letters
• Speak more precisely and persuasively
• Comprehend more of what you read
• Read faster because you comprehend better
• Get better grades in high school, college and graduate school
• Score higher on tests like the SAT, GRE, LSAT and GMAT
• Perform better at job interviews and conferences
• Sell yourself, your services, and your products better
• Be more effective and successful at your job

After you have done FreeRice for a couple of days, you may notice an odd phenomenon. Words that you have never consciously used before will begin to pop into your head while you are speaking or writing. You will feel yourself using and knowing more words.

Check it out. Test your vocabulary. Help make a difference.   My current vocabulary score is 36. I need help.