Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Word Attack

Activities to teach suffixes / prefixes (Continuation from slide)



Supply an incomplete table of forms consisting of basewords with various affixes
- Task : Complete the table by filling the gaps

Example:


educate education educable ineducable
_______ variation _______ ________
_______ _______ observable ________
define _______ _______ ________
_______ _______ _______ unpronounceable
_______ _______ recognizable ________


Supply sentences containing words of a particular form e.g. verbs
- Task rewrite the sentences in a specified way entailing the use of a different form of the given word e.g. nouns instead of verbs.

Example:

1. The enemy attacked at dawn

The ______ was completely unexpected.

2. They bombarded the walls with cannons.

The _______ finally gave them the chance to scale the wall at one point.

3. The city was destroyed.

The _________ of the city caused the deaths of 15,000 inhabitants.






Exercise that can be carried out on MS Words


EXERCISE USING DELETE AND INSERTION

For exercises on verb-form/tenses, stem, prefixes and suffixes

Example:
Root word, Prefixes and suffixes

Instructions:


Type the root word port
Copy the root word into memory: double click on the root word to highlight it and press CTRL + C
Place the cursor under each definition Press CTRL + V
Add prefix or suffix to figure out the word

Definition:

1. to send out the country, legal

2. to bring from an external source

3. to send to other country

4. capable of being carried

5. a selection of student’s work

6. to carry from one place to another

7. a person stationed to assist e.g. at the train station

8. to bring back and tell again

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