Strategies
True or false: the first step to building vocabulary is recognizing that you aren't sure what a word means.
True
Find the word root for the following words: zoo, zoology, zoologist
What is "zoo"
This prefix means without (choices: a- or co-)
What is "a-"
"Walking," "talking," "singing" all have this suffix
What is "ing"
The root of this word "beautiful"
What is "beauti"
True or false: a thesaurus lists the meaning of words.
False, a thesaurus provides synonyms and antonyms for words.
The word root in anthropology, anthropomorphism, philanthropist
What is "anthro"
This prefix means "against" (choices: auto- or anti-)
What is "anti"
"Weekly," "carefully," "closely" all have this suffix
What is "-ly"
The prefix of this word "revise"
What is "re-"
True or false: breaking up a longer word into parts is a good strategy for reading and learning new words.
True
Find the word root in the following: geology, geography, geodesic
What is "geo"
This prefix means "not" (choices: dis- or en-)
What is dis-
"Excitement," "refreshment," "movement" all have this suffix
What is "-ment"
The suffix of this word "prized"
True or false: the only strategy for learning new words is to look them up in a dictionary.
False, another strategy is to look for word parts you know the meanings of to help you figure out what a new word means.
Means "earth"
What is "geo"
This prefix means "to put into" (choices: en-, ex-)
What is "en-"
This word part means "to become" (choices: -en, -ate)
What is "-en" and "-ate"
The meaning of the word part "micro-"
What is "small"
Besides looking a word up in a dictionary, this is another strategy to use to figure out the meaning of a new word
What is trying to look for word parts that you know to help figure out the meaning.
Means "animal life"
What is "zoo"
This word part means "over, more" (choices: hetero-, hyper-)
What is "hyper-"
This suffix means "act, process" (choices: -ing or -tion)
What is "-tion"
The meaning of this word part "-logy"
What is "the study of"