Root Words‚ Roots and Affixes Familiarity with Greek and Latin roots‚ as well as prefixes and suffixes‚ can help students understand the meaning of new words. This article includes many of the most common examples. Introduction Many English words are formed by taking basic words and adding combinations of prefixes and suffixes to them. A basic word to which affixes (prefixes and suffixes) are added is called a root word because it forms the basis of a new word. The root word is also a word in
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JOURNAL TOPICS Write about the best Principal you have ever known Write about the worst Principal you have ever known Write about the best President you have ever known The President can only serve two complete terms‚ eight years‚ why is that a good idea? Why is that a bad idea? What is the greatest public celebration you have ever seen? What do you think is more important to citizens‚ sports or politics? Why? Write about a time when people were celebrating and you were angry because you didn’t
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Reading successmaker Why? Find the reason something happened How? Figure out the way something happened What if? Think about a different outcome Questions What is a geyser? What is figurative language? Answer? A spring that sprays water and steam To make an inference: * Think about the facts. * Use what you know. Base word * Word without a prefix * Or suffix End of the page Prefix + base word Build the word inactive Incorrect Invisible When my dog is sick
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Nataliya Smyelyanska WORKSHEET – UNIT 1 Task 1 – List 5 qualities that a ‘good’ teacher should have and give reasons for your choices. Which of these qualities do you consider to be more important‚ and why? Answer: Being a good teacher is easy; he just must love what he teaches and who he teaches. But speaking about the qualities of a ‘good’ teacher‚ I think he should meet the requirements of three groups of people: students‚ parents and headmasters. Their demands can be different in some
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1. Style and Stylistics. Language‚ speech and text. No one knows for sure what it is. The scope of problems stylistics is to solve‚ its very object and its tasks are open to discussion up to the present day‚ regardless of the fact that it goes back to ancient rhetoric and poetics. According to I.R. Galperin‚ the term STYLE is presumed (by various authors) to apply to the following fields of investigation: the aesthetic function of language; (reference to works of art‚ that is of poetry and
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0. Introduction: Meaning of Cohesion One thing that comes to mind at the mention of cohesion is the word: text. A text can be written or spoken‚ prose or verse‚ dialogue or monologue‚ etc. It ranges from a few sentences to thousands. A text is not usually defined by size. It is not a grammatical unit but a semantic unit; it is a unit of language in use and any attempt to analyse a text usually shows that it is a product of an ongoing process of meaning. Cohesion prevents texts from being a
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wants to look every word up in a dictionary! If you learn how to guess the unfamiliar words in sentences‚ then you won’t have to read with your dictionary open all the time! 4 TYPES OF CONTEXT CLUES 1. Examples 2. Synonyms and definitions 3. Antonyms and contrast 4. Experience or sense of the sentence HOW TO GUESS WORDS IN CONTEXT The snake slithered through the grass. He was hunting. You must discover what slithered means by using logic. Here are your choices‚ and the analysis
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Elements of Literature Black Line Masters Holt Elements of Language Reader’s Handbook Supplementary Materials 1 Reading to Learn (Ongoing) TE: Reading Matters‚ 1363-1374 Resources for Teaching Advanced Students: Reading Instruction for the Advanced Classroom‚ 3-6; Reading Log Copymaster‚ 12; Metacognitive Strategies‚ 16-19 Daily Language Activities: Critical Reading Section‚ 24 transparencies Workshop Resources—Writing‚ Listening‚ and Speaking: Presenting
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6ET02 Unit 2: Explorative study Mashal khan A-2 business 6ET02 Unit 2: Explorative study Mashal khan A-2 business Shakespeare’s "Anthony and Cleopatra" and "Macbeth" are the studies of a tragic hero; a hero who falls from grace due to ’hamartia’. Explore the tragedies as a commentary on the infallibility of man. The tragic hero is a man of majestic position. He is an extraordinary man with exceptional qualities and magnitude about him. His own destruction is for a greater
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Functional English Assessment of Fundamental Competencies Model Paper 100 marks – 3 hours Part – A (each question is of one mark) Select the most appropriate antonym of the word in bold letters in the following sentences: 1. The sea is not deep near the coastline: it is _________. (i) small (ii) shallow (iii) wide (iv) narrow 2. In spite of his substantial wealth he is extremely miserable. If I were in his shoes‚ I would be _________. (i) grand (ii) glad (iii) generous (iv) durable 3. The
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