9A unit4 Study skills.pptVIP

Unit 4 Growing up Study skills Objectives To guess the meaning of a word by its formation. When we read and come across new words, we can sometimes guess their meanings by the way they are formed. Sometimes a suffix changes a words part of speech, but the meaning remains almost the same. Thus, if you know the meaning of the root word, you can guess the meaning of the word, e.g. illness, achievement, energetic, dangerous. Guessing the meaning of a word by its formation Sometimes a prefix or a suffix changes the meaning of a word, e.g. incorrect, dislike, unlucky, homeless. Sometimes two words come together to form a compound word, such as blackboard. Some compounds have a hyphen (-), such as hard-working. friend friendship friendly unfriendly Word formation Compounds: film-maker, granddaughter, football, downstairs Derivation: impossible, disobey, unhappy, rewrite, peaceful, homeless, exciting, dancer, snowy, rapidly Fill in the blanks. 1. There are many organizations to offer help for the ________ (home) people in China. 2. AIDS is a serious ________(ill). Taking drugs may cause it. 3. With the ___________ (develop) of China, children can get a better education. 4. The mother was angry with her son because he ________ (obey) her and went to the party. 5. There are so many mistakes in your composition. I think you should ________ (write) it. 6. It’s ________ (polite) and cruel to laugh at the disabled children. homeless illness development disobeyed rewrite impolite Millie has found out more about Anne Frank and her book. She underlined some new words in a paragraph. Help her guess their meanings. Match the words on the left with the meanings on the right. Write the correct letters in the blanks. The Diary of a Young Girl became a best-seller as soon as it was published. Soon it was read by people worldwide. It is not an imaginary story but a true experien