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Welcome to English Tutoring by Kru Mint ติวเตอร์มินชวนคุยก่อนเรียน
้ จนานุกรมภาษาอังกฤษในการ : “นั กอ่านทีดีจะไม่ใชพ แปลคําศั พท์ทก ุ คําแต่จะพยายามเดาความหมายของคํา นั นๆโดยสั งเกตจากบริบทแวดล้อมทังในโครงสร้างของ คําศั พท์หรือเนื อหาทีคําศั พท์นันปรากฎอยู่”
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Deducing meaning from word structure
หากเราไม่ทราบความหมายของคําศั พท์ เราสามารถอนุมานความหมาย
ของคําศั พท์ได้จากรากศั พท์ (roots)ของคํานั นๆ อีกส่ วนสํ าคัญคือ ส่ วน ่ ยให้เราทราบถึงหน้ าที เสริมหน้ า (prefix) และส่ วนเสริมท้าย (suffix) จะชว ่ ยให้เราสามารถเดาความหมายของคํา ของคํา (part of speech) รวมทังชว ั เจนมากขึน ศั พท์ได้อย่างชด
Vocab Recap
: สํ าหรับเนื อหาในคอร์สนี เปนการฝกการแปลและเดาความหมายของคํา ศั พท์โดยอาศั ยหลักการของการสร้างคําศั พท์ (vocabulary building) และ ้ ากคําเสริมหน้ า-เสริมท้าย (affixes) โดยเนื อหาจะแบ่งเปน 7 เรียนรู จ บทเรียนและ 14 แบบฝกหัด
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Prefixes & Suffixes Prefix :
Change the meaning of words
Some of the most common prefixes are Prefix
Meaning
un-
not
re-
again
dis-
not, undo
inter-
between
non-
not
pre-
before
post-
after
poly-
many
sub-
under
co-
together
Examples
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Suffixes : Change the Form of Words Some of the most common suffixes are: Form
Suffix
Noun
-age
action or process
-ence
state or quality of
-ant
one who
-arium
place for
-tion
state or quality of
-cy
state or quality of
-dom
state or quality of
-eer
person
-ectomy
surgical removal of
-ent
one who
-eur
one who
-hood
state or quality of
-i
plural
-ism
doctrine of
-wright
one who works with
-ology
study of
-able
Is, can be
-acious
inclined to be
-ant
inclined to be
Adjective
Meaning
Examples
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Verb
Adverb
Note:
-ative
inclined to be
-ic
characteristic of
-y
characteristic of
-ble
repeated action
-ed
past tense
-en
made of
-ify
to make
-ize
to make
-ly
resembling
-ward
direction
-ways
manner
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Lesson 1
: Study the following and then do the exercises that follow. Combining forms 1. annu,anni,enni 2. aut,auto 3. bio 4. bi 5. graph 6. -ology 7. ped,pod
Note:
Meanings
Examples
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Exercise 1: Fill in the correct word
1. You celebrate the________________of your birth on the same day every year. 2. When you write your_______________, you are writing your own life story. 3. Crossing the street in some cities can be dangerous for the________________. 4. Can you name an animal, other than man, who is a/an_______________. 5. The study of_______________has helped me to learn about living things. 6. One of my assignments is to read a/an_______________of any president that was written about him after his death. 7. As we have two picnics a year, it is a/an__________event. 8. Last year at our______________company party, a number of persons passed out because of too much drinking. 9. I have a/an____________collection, which includes signatures of some very famous film stars and singers.
Exercise 2: Match each word with the best definition. ______1. annuity a. consisting of two parts ______2. bifocals b. the study of handwriting ______3. bilateral c. the cutting out of a piece of living tissue for examination ______4. graphic d. using two languages equally well ______5. graphology e. glasses with two-part lenses ______6. orthography f. self-governing ______7. podium g. moving by itself
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_____8. pedestal _____9. binary _____10. automatic _____11. automotion _____12. biopsy _____13. bilingual _____14. autonomous Note:
h. i. j. k. l.
two-sided the art of correct spelling yearly payment of money a base or bottom support a raised platform for an orchestra conductor. m. marked by realistic and vivid detail n. a person or animal acting in a mechanical way
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Lesson 2
: Study the following and then do the exercises that follow. Combining forms
Meanings
Examples
1. tele 2. scope 3. geo 4. meter 5. micro 6. scribe, scrip 7. phon, phono
Exercise 3: Fill in the blank with the words given
microscope, telescope, geology, geography, autobiography, biographer, telegraph, script, scripture, telephone, geometry, description 1. Because I am interested in becoming a biologist, I should learn how to use the____________,which helps one to view plant and animal cells. 2. I took___________in high school because a good mathematics background is important for the career I want.
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3. However, I found that I enjoyed___________more because I like to learn about the earth’s surface. 4. With the invention of machines that can also send messages in ordinary language or letters at a distance very rapidly, the___________id is not used as much as it used to be. 5. I enjoy looking through the___________because it helps me to view such a large part of the city. 6. A course that I am taking next semester in college is__________because I like to study rocks and rocks formation. 7. I use the__________when I become lonely for the sound of my friend’s voice. 8. In church, reading from__________is always part of the service. 9. Presidents have many_____________(s) because people are interested in President’s lives. 10. Helen Keller, who was deaf, mute, and blind,tells in her___________how she learned about language. 11. If I do not learn my__________by tomorrow, I will not be in the play. 12. From your_________of the teacher, I can imagine what takes place in class.
Note:
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Exercise 4: Match each word with the best definition _____1. telemeter
_____2. micrometer _____3. micrometer _____4. microbe _____5. microphone _____6. microfilm _____7. transcript _____8. scribe _____9. prescription _____10. inscription _____11. phonics _____12. phonetics _____13. geocentric _____14. stethoscope
a. a brief dedication in a book; something written or engraved on some surface b. a writer c. a very small living thing that cannot be seen with the naked eyes d. study of the relationship of written symbols to sound symbols e. relating to the earth as the center f. a copy of an original g. study of speech sounds h. a doctor’s instrument used to measure the distance i. a device to magnify weak sounds j. an instrument used to measure the distance k. film on which printed material is reduced in size. l. a doctor’s written directions for medicine m. an instrument that measures very small distance n. a very small living thing that cannot be seen with the naked eyes
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_____15. meter the amount of something Note:
o. an instrument that measures
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Lesson 3
: Study the following and then do the exercises that follow. Combining forms
Meanings
Examples
1. gram 2. uni 3. dic, dict 4. contra 5. spect 6. phob, phobo
Exercise 5: Fill in the blanks with the words given
union, dictator, unique, diction, dictation, spectator, unison, phobia, uniform, spectacular, universal, contrast, contradiction, dictionary, telegram, universe, contrary, spectacle 1. The astonished____________could not believe that someone could or would attempt to scale the Empire State Building. 2. The__________was so___________that hundreds of people stopped to watch. 3. One person said that it was a/an____________experience for her because she had never seen anything like it.
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4. Another person who had a/an___________of heights, just shook his head. 5. When the man lost his balance and almost fall, the crowd in the____________gasped. 6. Someone claimed that the climber had actually sent a/an___________ to the mayor announcing his feat. 7. The excitement among the people was__________________. 8. The climber obviously wanted to make some kind of mark for himself in the______________. 9. We were surprised to learn that____________ to what we had thought the climber was not a professional acrobat or stunt person. 10. The climber wanted to bring attention to the plight of his country, which was run by a/an_____________. 11. The climber, in excellent_____________, told reporters that in____________there is strength. 12. The climber also said that the____________between his country’s way of life and ours was very great.
Exercise 6: Match each word with the best definition _____1. dictaphone _____2. dictum
_____3. indictment _____4. unilateral
a. a fear of heights b. that part of the study of language dealing with structure and word forms c. to think about from all sides; take part in any risky venture d. a fear of closed-in places
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_____5. unify _____6. acrophobia _____7. hydrophobia _____8. claustrophobia _____9. grammar _____10. speculate Note:
e. a machine for recording speech f. a charge g. from into one. h. an authoritative statement i. one-sided j. a fear of water
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Lesson 4
: Study the following and then do the exercises that follow. Combining forms
Meanings
Examples
1. cent,centi 2. dec,deca 3. milli 4. port 5. cred
Exercise 7: Choose the correct meaning for each item. 1. A hundredth anniversary a. bicentennial b. centennial c. century d. decade
2. A period of ten years a. centennial b. century c. million d. decade 3. Believable a. incredible b. credential c. credit d. credible 4. Places where ships wait a. port b. poeter c. import d. deport 5. A person who gathers information for newspaper a. port b. import c. deport d. reporter
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6. A document such as a diploma a. incredible b. credential c. credible d. credit 7. Period of one hundred years a. bicentennial b. millennium c. decade d. century 8. Someone who carries things a. reporter b. port c. porter d. import 9. One thousand thousands a. centennial b. bicentennial
c. million d. millenium
10. Period of a thousand years a. bicentennial b. centennial c. million d. millenium 11. Not believable a. incredible b. credential c. credit d. credible 12. Can be carried a. porter b. import c. deport d. portable 13. Two-hundredth anniversary a. bicentennial b. millennium c. centennial d. century 14. Bring in goods from another country a. import b. export c. portable d. porter 15. To carry or send something to another country or region a. port b. import c. reporter d. export
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Exercise 8: Match each word with the best definition _____1.decimal _____2. decimate _____3. decameter _____4. millimeter _____5. centimeter
_____6. centipede _____7. accreditation _____8. creed _____9. creditor _____10. deportment _____11. decimeter _____12. kilometer Note:
a. statement of belief b. one to whom something is due. c. conduct d. 1/100 of a meter e. worm like animal with many legs f. 1/1,000 of a meter g. to destroy one tenth of, to destroy but not completely h. ten meters i. numbered by ten j. a giving authority to k. 1,000 meters l. 1/10 of a meter
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Lesson 5
: Study the following and then do the exercises that follow. Combining forms
Meanings
Examples
1. agogue, agog 2. arch 3. ali 4. dem,demo 5. mon, mono 6. theo
Exercise 9: Match each word with the best definition _____1. apodal
_____2. demography _____3. archetype _____4. monophobia _____5. monoglot _____6. monorail _____7. monotone _____8. monotonous _____9. monopoly
a. cars suspended from a single rail b. a form of government in which there is a rule by a few c. dull; changeless d. speech not having any change in pitch e. being without feet f. the exclusive control of something g. the first of its kind; model h. study of populations i. the fear of being alone
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____10. oligarchy Note:
j. a person who knows only one language
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Lesson 6
: Study the following and then do the exercises that follow. Combining forms
Meanings
Examples
1. mis,miss 2. poly 3. gamy 4. homo, hom 5. gen, geno 6. anthrop, anthropo 7. leg, legis, lex
Exercise 10: Fill in the blanks with the words given
monogamy, alien, alienate, homogeneous, generic, anthropologist, biology, geology, autocracy, atheist, centennial, bicentennial, anthropology, homograph, misogynist, misanthrope, legal, legislature, homosexual, bigamy, decade, incredible, century 1. Because I am interested in learning about other cultures and the way man lives, I studied_____________in college. 2. The term man in sentence 1 is used in the___________sense because it refers to both men and women. 3. In the year 1976 America celebrated its________________.
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4. It is not____________to practice____________in the United States. 5. In the United States_____________is practiced because it’s not legal to have more than one spouse. 6. The term spring meaning “season” and spring meaning “ to leap” are______________. 7. A person who hates people would be called_____________. 8. We will be entering another____________in the year 2000. 9. The____________has voted more right for women. 10. Margaret Mead, who studied about other people around the world, is known as a famous______________. 11. Margaret Mead has written about the customs of other people, and these may appear____________to people in the Western world.
Exercise 11: Match each word with the best definition _____1. polyglot _____2. polygon
_____3. podiatrist _____4. bisexual _____5. misogamist _____6. anthropomorphic _____7. anthropoid _____8. genealogy _____9. genus _____10. generate
a. hater of marriage b. resembling or suggesting an ape. c. speaking many languages d. class, kind or group marked by common characteristics e. to produce f. foot doctor g. describe in human terms h. study of one’s descent i. a many-sided plane figure j. of both sexes
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Exercise 12: Fill in the blanks with the words given
monarchy, autocracy, autocrat, anarchy, atheist, theocracy, theology, democracy, demagogue, alias, alien, alienate 1. You will____________a lot of people by the way you are acting . 2. As I did not want to be recognized when I traveled, I wore a disguise and used_____________. 3. A____________is a person who belongs to another country. 4. In___________a king or queen may be at the head of government but not necessarily have any power. 5. A____________has absolute power in his country. 6. I would not like to live in____________because one does not have any freedom to disagree with the ruler. 7. In our___________all persons over eighteen have the right to vote and the government is ruled by the people through elected representatives. 8. In a state of__________there is confusion because there are no laws. 9. A___________would not be a churchgoer because he or she does not believe in the existence of God. 10. Person who study__________are interested in religion. 11. ____________does not exist any more, as it did in the Middle Ages, when the church ruled a large part of Europe. 12. Hitler is a good example of a__________because he could stir persons emotions and get them to do what he wanted.
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Lesson 7
: Study the following and then do the exercises that follow. Combining forms
Meanings
Examples
1. vid,vis 2. sci,scio 3. potent 4. omni 5. aqua,aqui 6. astro 7. naut 8. ven,veni,vent
Exercise 13: Fill in the blanks with the words given
potent, impotent, evidence, evident, vision, invisible, convention, convenient, astronaut, aquanaut, scientist, aquatic, aquarium, astrology, astronomy, provision, science, omnipresent, television, convene, potential 1. All_______________must be in top physical shape in order to travel in space. 2. Because I love swimming and diving and I’m very interested in sea life, I want to be a___________________. 3. You find_____________plants in the ocean.
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4. Some poisons are so______________that one-quarter teaspoon will kill you. 5. I enjoy watching the plants in my_________________. 6. The fortune-teller I went to used her knowledge of_____________to predict my future. 7. I want to study______________in college because I enjoy learning about stars and planets. 8. Because the stop sign was not clearly____________I went right past it. 9. Have youu made any special____________for yourself for when you retire? 10. Although he is the head of government, he is politically____________because he has no say in anything. 11. The district attorney must have some___________to support his case before he can try to prove the guilt of someone. 12. Astronomy, biology, and geology are all______________. 13. _______________are formal meeting, which are usually held annually. 14. With your good_____________, you should be able to see the board from where you’re sitting. 15. The_____________warriors seemed to be everywhere. 16. If that time is not_____________for you, we’ll change it for a better one. 17. It is difficult to talk about my ability level, for I do not know what my____________is. 18. The judge said that the court would_____________in one hour to continue the trial.
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Exercise 14: Match each word with the best definition ______1. omnipotent ______2. omniscient ______3. omnibus ______4. visage ______5. visa ______6. envision ______7. visionary ______8. nautical ______9. visor ______10. venture ______11. potentate Note:
a.a risky, dangerous undertaking b. the face c. person possessing great power d. pertaining to seamen, ships e. all powerful f. large bus g. the projecting front brim of a cap h. all-knowing i. a person who sees visions j. to imagine something k. something granting entrance to a country
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