Reading 3: Word Roots 1
Objectives: TOEFL iBT Reading Skills: • Practice using word roots to understand the meaning of words. • Learn and practice some common word roots.
Introduction • Begin by exploring how you can use word roots to deduce the meanings of unfamiliar words in the TOEFL Reading section. • Analyze a few example words by examining their roots, prefixes, or suffixes . Try to guess their meanings based on this analysis. • Afterward, review the correct meanings to ensure you understand how word roots helped in figuring them out . This process will enhance your ability to tackle unknown words effectively during the test . Application • TOEFL vocabulary questions often focus on words that appear in academic texts from various fields . • Even if you don’t recognize a word, strategies like looking for clues in the sentence or the word itself can help . • Many English words are made up of a root (base part) and affixes (prefixes or suffixes). • Memorizing common roots and affixes helps you: o Understand parts of unfamiliar words. o Answer questions even when you don’t know the exact definition. o Expand your vocabulary more efficiently.
Activity 3.1 • Choose a list of common roots and a few associated words • For each word: Write down the word and its root on a separate sheet of paper. Create a sentence using that word but leave a blank space where the word would go. For example:
The__gave a million dollars to complete the new library.
benefactor
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