Vocabulary Building Exercises (Page No. 50)
A) Identify the Root Word
Below is the breakdown of each word and its corresponding root meaning:
Word | Root | Meaning |
Genetic | gen | birth, origin, or produce |
Paragraph | graph | write, draw, or record |
Predict | dict | say or speak |
Uncountable | count | calculate, reckon, or tell |
Airport | port | carry, gate, or harbor |
Dictator | dict | say or speak |
Admit | mit / miss | send or let go |
Photon | phot / photo | light |
Kilobyte | byte | data unit (prefixed by kilo = thousand) |
Megapixel | pixel | picture element (prefixed by mega = million/large) |
B) Derived Words
Words derived from each specified root:
Phone (meaning: sound) * Telephone, Microphone, Phonetics
Temp (meaning: time) * Temporary, Contemporary, Tempo
Alter (meaning: other) * Alternate, Alternative, Alteration
Therm (meaning: heat) * Thermometer, Thermal, Thermostat
Pater (meaning: father) * Paternal, Patriarchy, Patriot
Mono (meaning: one) * Monologue, Monopoly, Monotone
Aqua (meaning: water) * Aquarium, Aquatic, Aqueduct
Cent (meaning: hundred) * Century, Percentage, Centimeter
Voc (meaning: to call) * Vocal, Vocabulary, Advocate
Act (meaning: to move / do) * Action, Activity, Actor
Multi (meaning: many) * Multiply, Multilingual, Multicolored
Astra (meaning: star) * Astronomy, Astronaut, Asteroid
Exercises (Page No. 53 – 55)
A) Sentence Word Analysis
# | Sentence & Word | Prefix | Root | Suffix | Meaning Breakdown |
1 | Salman watched a preview of the movie. | pre- | view | — | pre (before) + view (see) |
2 | Don’t be so childish! | — | child | -ish | child + ish (like a child) |
3 | The magician made the pigeon disappear. | dis- | appear | — | dis (away/not) + appear (come into sight) |
4 | Ayub supervised the correction of the answer scripts. | — | correct | -ion | correct (right) + ion (the act of making right) |
5 | Radhika asked the actress for her autograph. | auto- | graph | — | auto (self) + graph (writing) |
6 | Vaishnavi is always methodical in her work. | — | method | -ical | method + ical (done in an ordered way) |
7 | The biology lab has a microscope. | bio-
micro- | log
scope | -y
— | bio (life) + logy (study of)
micro (small) + scope (see) |
8 | Good temper goes hand in hand with happiness and contentment. | —
— | happy
content | -ness
-ment | happy + ness (state of being happy)
content + ment (state of being satisfied) |
9 | The airport grounded flights due to low visibility. | —
— | air + port
visible | —
-ity | Compound word (air + port)
visible (see) + ity (state of) |
10 | I stood on a balcony overlooking the park. | over- | look | -ing | over (above) + look + -ing |
11 | Himesh’s story was unbelievable. | un- | believe | -able | un (not) + believe + -able |
12 | Chandan removed the item from the box. | re- | move | -ed | re (again) + move + -ed (past tense) |
13 | One should not dress informally in office. | in- | formal | -ly | in (not) + formal + -ly (manner) |
14 | Tata Motors manufactures cars. | manu- | fact | -ure(s) | manu (hand) + fact (make) + -ures |
15 | He contradicts everything she says. | contra- | dict | -s | contra (against) + dict (speak) + -s |
16 | Rithika has a postgraduate degree. | post- | graduate | — | post (after) + graduate |
17 | I am reading a biography. | bio- | graph | -y | bio (life) + graph (write) + -y |
18 | Sylvia says she can predict the future. | pre- | dict | — | pre (before) + dict (speak) |
B) Fill in the blanks by modifying the words in the brackets as
instructed.
1. He wants to unfriend me on Facebook. (friend)
Un (prefix) + friend(root)
2. She underestimated her strength. (estimate)
Under (prefix) + estimate (root) +ed(past)
3. Our team won the hockey championship. (champion)
champion (root) + ship (suffix)
4. It is illegal to kill endangered animals. (legal)
il (prefix) + legal (root)
5. She was given a handful of sweets. (hand)
Hand (root) + ful (suffix)
6. You need a combination of hard work and determination to succeed. (combine)
Combine (root) + ation (suffix)
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