Agenda for the Day

Vocabulary and Grammar exercises.

Any questions?

Vocabulary

A root word or base word is a word or word part to which a prefix or suffix can be added. The root word carries the main meaning of a word. Examples: pure, phone, read, school, human, load.

For example, the root word room can have affixes added to it: roomer, roomy, roommate, roominess.

A prefix is a word part that is added to the beginning of a word or word part. It can have one or more syllables

Examples: ad- , anti-, con-, dis-, ex-, inter-

Prefixes make a new word when they are added: anti+social = antisocial Con+form = conform

A suffix is a word part added at the end of a word or word part. It can haveone or more syllables.

Examples: -able, -ful, -ment, -tion, -ate, -en

Suffixes make new words when they are added: port + able = portable;enjoy + ment = enjoyment.

Group Work!

In your breakout rooms and with your partner(s) please complete the work assigned by the end of the tutorial.

Let’s Practice!

Which of the following words and word parts are considered root words?

anti spell ing port date pre ness ment stop friend dom ly

What root words could be added to the following root words to change the meaning of the word? Remember, root words must stand alone and have their own meaning!

anti + con+ dis+ ex+ ad+ inter+

More Practice…

What suffixes could be added to the following root words to create new words?

perish+ wonder+ apart+ construct+ hyphen+ length+

Which of the following prefixes and suffixes could be added to the root words to make new words.

dis- ex- mis- -able -ment -dom -less -ness

apart port king perish

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Synonyms and Antonyms and Homonyms

What is a synonym?

Definition:

Examples:

What is an Antonym?

Definition:

Examples:

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What is a homonym?

Definition:

Examples:

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Let’s Practice!

1. Identify the words that are synonyms of the key words.

a. Journey: trip outing street safari excursion city

b. Medium: average lots medial middle most midway

c. Still: calm noisy hush peaceful busy restful

2. Use antonyms of the words in boldface to complete these sentences.

a. I wanted to leave, but my friend decided to…………………..

b. A large branch fell off the …………………….tree.

c. Planets travel around the sun quickly, but we seem to be going………….

2. Identify the word that is an antonym of each key word.

a. big: tall enormous small middle light

b. clean: spotless smooth wrinkled dirty soft

c. happy: sad glad fine joyous content

3. Write a homonym for each of these words:

a. their: b. way: c. knight:

d. male: e. side: f. teem:

g. our: h. haul: i. week:

4. Some words have more than two homonyms, for example, so, sew, sow.Give as many as you can for these words.

There:

To:

Teas:

Rapt:

Praise:

What’s Coming Up?

1. How are your novels going? Do you have any questions or concerns about them.