First Certificate in English (FCE) Word Formation The third part of the Use of English paper in the First Certificate Examination is word formation where you have to use a root such as 'able' and create an appropriate word (disable, unable, ability) to fill the gap in a text. Word Formation Exercise 1 Word Formation Exercise 2 Exam Tip! If you are sure that the word is, for example, an adjective but you can't think what the exact word is, try thinking of "usual" prefixes and suffixes. Word Formation Exercise 3 Word Formation Exercise 4 Word Formation Exercise 5 Word Formation Exercise 6 Word Formation Exercise 7 Word Formation Exercise 8 Word Formation Exercise 9 Word Formation Exercise 10 Word Formation Exercise 11 Word Formation Exercise 12 Read the entire text/sentence to get a good idea of context. Word Formation Exercise 13 Word Formation Exercise 14 Word Formation Exercise 15 Word Formation Exercise 16 Word Formation Exercise 17 Word Formation Exercise 18
Suffixes Word Formation Game Suffixes Word Formation: Practice suffixes word formation by playing this interactive ESL board game. Prefixes, suffixes and root words are great skills to learn. Students with good skills will most often be able to guess the meanings of unfamiliar words by breaking down the words using these skills. Games are useful for language learning because they provide a fun way to learn. Games are great for motivating students to learn. Word Formation As pointed out earlier, word-formation tries to explain the processes through which we can create new word forms. We’ve already seen some of these at work when we looked at morphemes and word classes, but now we’ll investigate them a little more closely, initially using exploratory methods again, rather than just looking at long lists of morphemes and listing their functions. ‘Strategies’ for Creating New Words As far as morphological processes in word-formation are concerned, we can distinguish between a variety of major types, briefly introduced and summarised in the table below: We’ll discuss each of these processes in some detail below. Affixation: Inflection vs. Affixation is the general process of attaching bound – rather than free – morphemes to a base. As we’ve already observed from Old English onwards in our previous examples, prefigation and suffigation (also referred to as prefixation & suffixation) are relatively common and straightforward processes. suffix stemmer Compounding
Practice the Word Formation task for Cambridge First Certificate in English (FCE) Paper 3 Use of English About Part 3 Word Formation You will read a short text of around 200 words, which has 8 gaps. For each gap you have to use a given 'stem' word to make the correct form of the missing word. Now try our exercises 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Dos and don'ts Remember that you may have to make two changes to the stem word. How to improve When you make a note of new words try to record all its different forms (nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs). Try a test Try an online Reading and Use of English Part 3 (Word Formation) test in the 'Practice Tests' area. Previous << >> Next Print off a mark sheet to keep a record of your scores. When you've finished these exercises try an online Use of English Part 3 (Word Formation) test in the 'Practice Tests' area. "I passed FCE, now I'm preparing to CAE. "I think this a very interesting place for people who wants to improve their English.
Cognates - Cognate Linguistics Words in English: Types of Word Formation Words in English public website Ling 216 course information Rice University Prof. S. Kemmer Compounding Compounding forms a word out of two or more root morphemes. In Linguistics, compounds can be either native or borrowed. Native English roots are typically free morphemes, so that means native compounds are made out of independent words that can occur by themselves. mailman (composed of free root mail and free root man) mail carrier dog house fireplace fireplug (a regional word for 'fire hydrant') fire hydrant dry run cupcake cup holder email e-ticket pick-up truck talking-to Some compounds have a preposition as one of the component words as in the last 2 examples. In Greek and Latin, in contrast to English, roots do not typically stand alone. Note that compounds are written in various ways in English: with a space between the elements; with a hyphen between the elements; or simply with the two roots run together with no separation. Some compounds have more than two component words.
7 Word Formation Games Fun classroom activities for prefixes and suffixes, especially useful for FCE, CAE and other exam classes. Word formation is the addition of affixes like -ly and semi- to make longer words and different kinds of speech. Although it is often included in EFL exams and higher-level textbooks, it still probably gets just a few percent of the attention of lists of similar vocabulary, let alone tenses. Perhaps one reason for that is the lack of fun things you can do with it, something that this article seeks to start redressing. Word formation brainstorming races Give students a couple of minutes to brainstorm words with a single affix, e.g. il- or –ity. There are also ways of making this more competitive, e.g. as Board Race or with different groups brainstorming different things and correcting each other (losing points if their corrections didn’t turn out to be correct). Word formation list dictation This is kind of the opposite of the game above. Word formation snap/pelmanism
EasyDefine - Define multiple words quickly English Word Formation Processes Word formation processes are basically how new words are created and become part of the language. There are quite a few of them, and we will now make the most important ones simple and clear. English Modal Verbs: check out our new series of illustrated workbooks! Knowing this can actually help you better understand the English language, not to mention the fact that knowing a word's origin is a great way to reinforce your understanding of it! Borrowed words Borrowed words are words that came to the English language from another language. It is a process where foreign words are gradually becoming part of the language. In many cases, the foreign words adopt the sound and other characteristics of the language, and if used long enough, they can sound quite "native"! Examples: (Reference: The Heron Derivation Dictionary) Affixes An affix is a letter or group of letters that is added to the beginning or end of a word and changes its meaning. Examples: Some words were formed exactly the other way around.
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Cambridge First Certificate in English Examination - Word Formation The third part of the Use of English paper in the First Certificate Examination is word formation where students use a root such as 'able' and create an appropriate word (disable, unable, ability) to fill the gap in a text. Word Formation Worksheet 1 - Answer Sheet Word Formation Worksheet 2 - Answer Sheet Come and join esl-lounge Premium. High quality PDF lesson plans. Premium Home Page | Free Samples | Why Join | FAQ | Sign Up! ★ Winter Coupon Discount★$8 off Lifetime Membership. Word Formation Worksheet 3 - Answer Sheet Word Formation Worksheet 4 - Answer Sheet Word Formation Worksheet 5 - Answer Sheet Exam Tip! If a student is sure that the word is, for example, an adjective but he/she can't think what the exact word is, get them to try thinking of "usual" prefixes and suffixes. Word Formation Worksheet 6 - Answer Sheet Word Formation Worksheet 7 - Answer Sheet Word Formation Worksheet 8 - Answer Sheet Word Formation Worksheet 9 - Answer Sheet Word Formation Worksheet 10 - Answer Sheet
Doing It Differently: Tips for Teaching Vocabulary Every Monday my seventh grade English teacher would have us copy a list of 25 words she'd written on the board. We'd then look up the dictionary definitions and copy those down. For homework, we'd re-write each word seven times. Good, now you know it. Copying definitions from the dictionary we would probably all agree is not an effective way to learn vocabulary. The truth is, and the research shows, students need multiple and various exposures to a word before they fully understand that word and can apply it. Selecting Words Ah, so many words, so little time. My first year teaching, before my tenth graders began reading Lord of the Flies, I went through every chapter and made lists of all the vocabulary words I thought they'd have trouble with, so that I could pre-teach them. When I looked at those long lists, I began to freak out. Then, here's what to do after the students pick their own words: Read through them all and use the results as a formative assessment. Ranking Words The Rationale
Teaching Vocabulary Through Word Formation Strategies Among Iranian Intermediate EFL Students by Mohammad Ali Nasrollahi Technical & Vocational University of Iran August 24, 2011 Abstract: The aim of this study was to determine whether word formation strategy improves vocabulary learning of Iranian intermediate EFL students, or not. The research design is true experimental, pretest post test control group design. In order to make students learn vocabularies through analyzing them to their functional and grammatical affixes, they are led to relate the faced words to their relative groups and compare and contrast the similarities and differences between them. Keywords: Intermediate EFL Students, Vocabular y Learning, Word Formation strategy working papers series Suggested Citation Nasrollahi, Mohammad Ali, Teaching Vocabulary Through Word Formation Strategies Among Iranian Intermediate EFL Students (August 24, 2011).