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Let us now talk about word family, prefixes and suffixes. We have already discussed about the formation of word family. There are only four members in this family. They are NOUN, VERB, ADJECTIVE and ADVERB. These are the content or main words of the English language. They are closely related to each other. All other parts of speech, articles and modals etc are GRAMMATICAL WORDS. If we want to learn the English language we must be familiar with the word families. So my humble suggestion is; Take some words of your choice and write down the word families with the help of a good dictionary. Let us take a few examples here;;
NOUN------------------VERB________ADJECTIVE___________ADVERB
A good number of words can be formed by adding prefixes and suffixes. We shall discuss it in our next lesson.
- The enemy had to surrender at last. ( The enemy had to give in at last. )=give in
- Who can bear such an insult ? ( Who can put up with such an insult ? )=put up with
- Please remove your shoes before you enter the temple. ( Please take off your shoes before you enter the temple, )= take off
- The old lady died quite peacefully. ( The old lady passed away quite peacefully. )=pass away
- The poet remembers the past. ( The poet calls up the past. )= call up
- He disclosed the truth. ( He gave out the truth. )= give out
- They stayed at an inn for the night. ( They put up in an inn for the night. )= put up
- Save something for the future use. ( Put by something for the future use. )= put by
- He promised to investigate the matter. ( He promised to look into the matter. )=look into
- Every hawker extols his own goods. ( Every hawker cries up his own goods. )= cry up
- The burglar entered the house by force. ( The burglar broke into the house. 0= break into
- I regard him as my elder brother. ( I look upon him as my elder brother.)= look upon
- When we had calculated the cost of holiday aboard, we decided to cancel it. ( When we had worked out the cost of holiday abroad, we decided to cancel it. )= work out
- They always save a large supply of tinned food in winter in case they are snowed up.( The always lay by a large supply of tinned food in winter in case they are snowed up.)=lay by
- Extinguish the candle before you cut the cake. ( Blow out before you cut the cake. )= blow out
- The meeting was cancelled because of 'flu-epidemic'. 9 The meeting was called off because of 'flu-epidemic. )= call off
Let us now talk about word family, prefixes and suffixes. We have already discussed about the formation of word family. There are only four members in this family. They are NOUN, VERB, ADJECTIVE and ADVERB. These are the content or main words of the English language. They are closely related to each other. All other parts of speech, articles and modals etc are GRAMMATICAL WORDS. If we want to learn the English language we must be familiar with the word families. So my humble suggestion is; Take some words of your choice and write down the word families with the help of a good dictionary. Let us take a few examples here;;
NOUN------------------VERB________ADJECTIVE___________ADVERB
- Help Help Helpful Helpfully
- Courage x Courageous Courageously
- Honesty x Honest Honestly
- Strength Strengthen Strong Strongly
- Weakness Weaken Weak Weakly
A good number of words can be formed by adding prefixes and suffixes. We shall discuss it in our next lesson.
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