Developing Your

Vocabulary
Do you think your Vocabulary
level is enough to understand
academic text? Explain.
Context Clues
- Are the words or sentences
surrounding the unfamiliar word that
give hints on its meaning.
Example Clues
- Example clues are easy to spot. It
give example that either describe or
explain it.
 Synonym or Definition Clues
- In synonym or definition clues, the meaning
of unfamiliar word is given in the sentence if a
similar word is also used to make the meaning
clearer.
 General clues
- Making sense of a word’s meaning by
largely depending on your common sense
requires you to use your knowledge and
experience.
Word Structure
 Prefix
- Pre means “before” and fix means “ to
attach”. Prefix means “to attach before a
word”
 Suffix

- a morpheme added at the end of

a word to form a derivative or
root word.
 Denotation and connotation

-Denotation are referring to the real meaning

of a word, while Connotation we are referring
to the implied meaning of a word.