PRELIMINARY ACTIVITY

Directions: Match the words to its correct pair

to create a meaningful relationship.
1.Grapes 6. Cuisines
2. Dislike 7. Den
3. Long 8. Cone
4. Nail 9. Flashlights
5. Hair 10. Hospital
Analogy,
Lexical
and
Contextual Lesson 2: 4 th
Quarter
Objectives of the Lesson:

01
02

Use lexical and contextual

Analyze relationships
cues in understanding
presented in analogies.
unfamiliar words and
expressions.
A. Recognizing Ambiguous
Words

● Context clues – are words and phrases

in a sentence that help you identify the
meaning of words that are unfamiliar.
A. Recognizing Ambiguous
Words
● Lexical clues – are the words or
definitions given by the dictionary to
an unfamiliar word in a sentence.
B. Completing Analogies
● Analogy – shows relationship or a
common quality between two sets of
words.
“a:b :: c:d, read as “a is to be as c is to
d”
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● For an expanded discussion about
analogy, scan the code below.
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Activity #1: Written Work
● Directions: Underline the clue to the meaning of each italicized word.
Then, give its meaning from the dictionary.
1. The frolicsome twins played tricks on their unsuspecting friends.
2. The baby studied the faces around her assiduously, careful to note any
sign of unfamiliarity.
3. Katherine seems aloof. Her unfriendliness can be caused by her being a
new in the community.
4. The boy entered the house from the veranda, a partly covered platform
along a side of the house.
5. As we entered the room, a penetrating smell of garlic assaulted us. It
went through our nose, our eyes, and even our skin.