Vocabulary
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Winnie the Pooh expresses that long words bother him and make his brain feel very small. Learning new words every day in the English language can feel daunting. It is important to actively build vocabulary by writing down unfamiliar words, looking up their meanings, using them in sentences, and incorporating them into conversations to cement understanding.
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Vocabulary
- 1. “I am a bear of very little brain and long words bother me.” – A.A Milne’s Winnie the Pooh We share pooh’s feelings. New words everyday in English language are daunting. www.rosemounts.org
- 3. Jot down words that you come across everyday. Find out meanings. Make sentences using the word. Try using these words in your conversations or writings www.rosemounts.org
- 4. 1. Write down words that go together (collocations) --- prepositions + noun = on + foot by + train --- adjective + preposition = good + at --- adjective + noun = dry + weather strong + accent 2. Learn words related to a single Noun Example: Temperature - hot, cool, cold Travel - ticket, passport, suitcase www.rosemounts.org 3. E.g.-theatre
- 5. Morphemic analysis Contextual analysis www.rosemounts.org
- 6. Breaking apart words into prefixes, suffixes and roots. Become familiar with them. www.rosemounts.org
- 7. Prefix Meaning Examples anti against anti-war, anti-social, antibiotic auto of, or, by and oneself autograph, auto-pilot, autobiography bi two, twice Bicycle, bi-monthly, biannual, bilingual ex Former Ex-wife, ex-student, ex-president ex Out of Extract, exhale, excommunicate micro small Micro-computer, microwave, microscopic mis Badly/wrongly Misunderstand, mistranslate, misinform mono One/single Monotonous, monologue, monogamous multi many Multi-national, multi-purpose, multi-racial over too much Overdo, overtired, oversleep, overeat post after Postwar, postgraduate, post-revolutionary pro In favor of Pro-government, pro-revolutionary pseudo false Pseudo-scientific, pseudo-intellectual re Again or back Retype, reread, replace, rewind www.rosemounts.org
- 8. Verb Suffix Noun Improve -ment Improvement manage -ment Management elect -ion Election Discuss -ion Discussion inform -ation Information Organise -ation Organisation Jog -ing Jogging Spell -ing spelling www.rosemounts.org
- 9. adjective suffix Noun Weak -ness Weakness Happy -ness Happiness Dark -ness Darkness stupid -ity Stupidity punctual -ity Punctuality similar -ity similarity www.rosemounts.org
- 10. The addition of these suffixes may change the pronunciation. Verb Noun Educate Education Translate Translation Discuss Discussion Adjective Noun Similar Similarity Stupid Stupidity Punctual Punctuality www.rosemounts.org
- 11. Many words in English are formed from a set of Latin roots with different prefixes and suffixes. These words are usually fairly formal. Let’s now have a look at some examples www.rosemounts.org
- 13. Verb Person noun Adjective Abstract noun Inspect Inspector Inspecting Inspection Advertise Advertiser Advertising Advertisement Deport Deportee Deported Deportation Introduce Introducer Introductory Introduction Oppress Oppressor Oppressive Oppression Compose Composer Composite Composition www.rosemounts.org
- 14. Note : for all verbs listed, there is usually at least one noun and at least one adjective as well. Here are some examples : Verb Person noun Adjective Abstract noun Inspect Inspector Inspecting Inspection Advertise Advertiser Advertising Advertisement Deport Deportee Deported Deportation Introduce Introducer Introductory Introduction Oppress Oppressor Oppressive Oppression Compose Composer Composite Composition www.rosemounts.org
- 15. Learn from clues in the -- text -- surrounding sentences -- example synonyms given below the text. www.rosemounts.org
- 21. Make sure that everyday you add at least two new words to your vocabulary which will enhance your word database and in the process will make your colloquial English more impressive. DONOT USE WORDS WHOSE MEANING YOU ARE NOT VERY SURE OF AS THEY ADVERSELY EFFECT YOUR PERSONALITY. www.rosemounts.org