Name: Wendy V.

Palero Subject: The Language of Non-literary Texts

Yr/Course/Sec: 3 AB English – A

CHAPTER 6: ACTIVITY 6

I. Simplify the following boldfaced words.

1. The manager relinquished his job.

 quit

2. We have authorized our dealers to give discounts.

 allowed

3. Our store is flooded with correspondence about the new product.

 letters

4. Please let us know if we can be of further assistance.

 help

5. Our company is cognizant of your plight.

 Aware

II. Replace the words in bold to more effective terms.

1. Ms. Bautista will (accept, except) the invitation.

 accept

2. The man paid all interest and part of the (principal/principle).

 principal

3. Government taxing and spending seriously (affect/effect) the economy.

 Affect

4. The next step is to (filtrate/filter) the fluid.

  filter

5. The machine has (degenerate/deteriorated) through overuse.

 deteriorated

6. They did not (consider/think) many changes should be made.

 consider

7. The successful doctor proved to be most (ingenious/ingenuous).

 ingenious

8. The acid finally (eroded/corroded) the pipes.

 corroded

9. The project engineer (informed/advised) the staff that no overtime work would be
required.

 informed

10. The chief engineer paid them a fine (complement/compliment).

 compliment