5. Antonyms are two word that have
opposite meaning
Achieve-Fail1
Cautious-careless2
Divide-Unite3
Blunt-Sharp4
6. Synonyms are words that have the
same or nearly the same meaning.
2
Benefit
profit
revenue
yield
1
Annihilation
destruction
carnage
extinction
3
Cunning
Keen
sharp
4
Poor
Pollution
Huge
Massive
e
5
House
Fruitful
Abode
Clever
7. Word root
1
A basic word to which
(prefixes & suffixes)
2
Are added is called a
root word .
3
Because it forms the
basis of a new word.
4 The root word is also a
word in its own right.
5
1. Audio – means sound or
hearing . audible
8. Compoundword
A compund word
is a noun a verb
or an adjective
made of two or
more words or
parts of words.
• Noun +verb
• Night fall, daybreak,
waterfall ,sunrise, blood
shed
9.
10. “A idiom is an expression which
carries special meaning ,which is
different from the individual words” .
Eg : In the pink of means
‘extremely healthy’
11. Vowels
In phonetics, a vowel is a sound in spoken
language, with two competing.
In the more common phonetic definition,
a vowel is sound pronounced with an
open vocal tract.
The tongue does not touch the lips,
teeth, or roof of the mouth.
A phonetically equivalent but non-
syllabic sound is a semi vowel.
12. Prefixes and suffixes
Prefixes
suffixes
• “A group of letter that carries
a certain meaning and can be
attached to the beginning of a
word is called a prefix”.
• Eg : she is unhappy
• “A letter or group of letter that
is added to the end of a word
to form a new word is called
suffix”.
• Eg : Hiss writing is readable
13. Skimming and scanning
Skimming is a
method of
moving eyes
over text
Puropse of
geting only
the main
ideas
The main
ideas and a
general
overview of
the content
Scanning
rapidly covers
a great deals
of materials in
order
To locate
specific fact or
piece of
information
