Name: Shiela Fherl T.

Sipagan
Assignment
Exercise 1. Indicate the number of syllables in the following words.
1. ache one syllable 6. Complimentary five syllables
2. address two syllables 7. describe two syllables
3. beauty two syllables 8. determine three syllables
4. boundary three syllables 9. edit two syllables
5. community four syllables 10. elementary five syllables

Exercise 2. Divide the following words into syllables by using a slash line.
1. excite: ex/cite 6. Humorous: hu/mor/ous
2. familiar: fa/mil/iar 7. Information: in/for/ma/tion
3. February: feb/ru/ary 8. Journey: jour/ney
4. gallery: gal/lery 9. Mountainous: moun/tain/ous
5. grocery: gro/cery 10. Mysterious: mys/te/ri/ous

Exercise 3. Form words as many as you can from each of the following based words.
1. board- boards boarded boarding
2. pose- poses poser repose
3. charge- charger recharge charges
4. bore- boredom bored rebore
5. short- shorts shortage shorten
6. slow- slowly slowed slowing
7. love- lovely lover lovelorn
8. spell- spelled spelling spells
9. pay- repay payor payee
10. read- reading reader ready
Exercise 4 Create new words out of the following roots.
1. frag- fragment fragrance fragile
2. scan- scanner scant scandal
3.derm- dermatologist dermis epidermis
4.path- pathway pathetic pathogen
5. syn- synchronize synthethic syntax
6. dict- verdict dictionary dictator
7. vis- visual visit visage
8. tract- protractor tractor tractions
9. tele- telepathy televise telecoms
10.uni- unity reunited union

Exercise 5. Form new words by adding prefixes to the following words

1. rate berate accelerate overrate
2. place replace misplace aplace
3. establish reestablish disestablish unestablish
4. do undo redo misdo
5. activate reactivate superactivated unactivated
6. social antisocial asocial homosocial
7. circle encircle semicircle circumcircle
8. angle triangle entangle rectangle
9. biography autobiography psychobiography photobiography
10. market supermarket hypermarket premarket

Exercise 6 Make a word from each of the following prefixes.

A.
1. ret+ retrieve retry retain
2. pre + present preamble prenatal
3. over+ overacting overfatigue overrated
4.under+ underwear understand underarms
5. co+ cooperate coworker coexist
6. mis+ misunderstanding misinterpret misread
7. dis+ dislocate dismay disable
8. fore+ foreseen foremen foreword
9. out+ outdo outfit outcast
10 de+ decompose degradable denaturalize

B.
1. anti+ antithesis antipathy anticlimax
2. ante+ antedate anteroom antecedent
 3. inter+ interaction interactive international
4. intra+ intrapersonal intraocular intraoffice
5.extra+ extrasensory extraordinary extraterrestrial
6.semi+ semifinal semicircle semicivilized
7. mono+ monogamy monopoly monotone
8. uni+ unicycle uniform unilateral
9.bi+ bicycle bifocals bisexual
10. auto+ autobiography automatic autonomy

Exercise 7. Build new words by adding suffixes to the following words.

1. kind kindness
2. enjoy enjoyable
3. react reactive
4. comply complying
5. convey conveyor
6. confer conference
7.physic physics
8. child childlike
9.citizen citizenship
10. free freely

Exercise 8. Derive a word from each of the following suffixes.

A.
1. +er- teacher interpreter reader
2.+or- Creator Inventor simulator
3.+ment- Enchantment Argument engagement
4.+ness- Sickness Heaviness kindness
5.+ion- centurion Nation lotion
6.+ance- Concordance Temperance endurance
7.+ence- Reverence Convenience existence
8.+ist- Physicist Satirist moralist
9. +hood- Childhood Brotherhood livelihood
10.+ship- Friendship Relationship proprietorship

B.
1. +dom- Freedom Martyrdom boredom
2.+ster Youngster Gamester boaster
3.+y- Musty rocky bushy
4._ice- Advice Suffice cowardice
5.+like- Warmlike Childlike ladylike
 6.+ive- Supportive Demonstrative conducive
7.+able- Malleable Accountable inalienable
8.+ible Accessible Scribble insensible
9. +ar Scalar Cellular spectacular
10.+ate Officiate Promulgate effeminate

Exercise 9. Think and add a word to the following lists to form compound words.
A.
1. note notepad
2.post postcard
3.cross crossroads
4.phone headphones
5.room roommate
6.card cardboard
7.show showcase
8.neck necklace
9.mark hallmark
10.free freestyle

B.
1. word of honor 6. Sister-in-law
2. mother-in-law 7.vice-versa
3. holy hour 8. Sergeant at arms
4. attorney- at law 9. bodyguard
5. aide-de-camp 10. night club

Exercise 10. Write the abbreviation of the following words.

1.academy Acad.
2.president Pres.
3. adjective Adj.
4. morning or ante AM
meridiem
5. amount AMT
6. Philippines PHL/PH
 7. arithmetic A.M.
9.attorney Atty.
10. avenue ave
11. street St.
12.catholic
13.centavo cent
14.Catholic youth CYO
organization
15.department Dept.

Exercise 11
Write the whole word of each of the following abbreviations.
1. dist. distance
2.corp. corporation
3.CPA Certified Public Accountants
4. M.D. Medicine Doctor
5.Dec. December
6.obj. object
7.orig Original
8.pl. Place
9.prep. preparatory
10. qout. quotation
11. exec. executive
12. ft. Foot/feet
13. gen. General
14. misc. miscellaneous
15.naut. nautical
16. reg. regular
17.Rev.Fr. Reverend Father
18 sp. Starting price
19. tech. Technology
20.wt. weight