UNIT 1 WHATS IN A WORD

INSTRUCTIONS: 1. WORD CLASSES: pronouns, preposition, conjunction & determiner; these are called function words (grammatical words). Those that carry information load are nouns, verbs, adjectives & verbs are content words. 2. WORDS FAMILIES: Affixes: the use of add-ons looked. Affixes serve a grammatical purpose. Inflexions: different grammatical Derivatives: are words that result from the addition of an affix to a root, and which have a different meaning. Play+er = player. ROOT / BASE Happy Excite Organize Danger Wide Broad AFFIXES -ness -ment -tion En-en en DERIVATIVES Happiness Excitement Organization Endanger Widen Broaden

ACTIVITY #1: INSTRUCTIONS: WRITE THE PREFIXES ABOVE IN THE CHART AND WRITE AT LEAST TEN MORE. ________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________. 3. MULTI WORD UNITS: groups of more than one word can function as a meaningful unit with a fixed or semi-fixed form. Technically these are known as lexical chunks as well. What is a collocation? ___________________________________________________________ ACTIVITY #2 INSTRUCTIONS: IDENTIFY THE FOLLOWING LEXICAL CHUNKS. Figure out: _______________________ Think over: _______________________ In front of: _______________________ must-have: _______________________ Of course. _______________________ black & white: _______________________ 4. ACTIVITY #4 INSTRUCTIONS: IDENTIFY WHICH OF THE FOLOOWING WORDS ARE: SYNONYMS, ANTONYMS, HOMOGRAPHS & HOMONYMS. Cue Censor Aged heart cents Acts Big hard Right Elderly Lead hurt Lead Axe Live Capitol Theyre Their Queu Capital Sense Write Live Sensor tall SYNONYMS ANTONYMS HOMOGRAPHS HOMONYMS.

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UNIT 1 WHATS IN A WORD

5. ACTIVITY #5 INSTRUCTIONS: FIND THE SUPERORDINATE TERM OR THE HYPONYMS & CO-HYPONYMS (WAY WORD MEANINGS ARE RELATED) LISTED BELOW. 1_________________________________ ROSE JAZMIN ORCHID 2_________________________________ RED WHITE BLACK 3_________________________________ MOTORCAR TRUCK GO-KART 4 GEMSTONES _________________________________ 5 FURNITURE _________________________________ 6 WEATHER _________________________________ 6. ACTIVITY #6 WHATS THE DIFFERENCE AND SIMILARITY BETWEEN LEXICAL FIELDS AND HYPONYMS?

7. ACTIVITY #7 INSTRUCTIONS: REWRITE THE CONCLUSIONS LISTED ON PAGE 12

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