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Monday, February 25, 2019

Language Fitness

1,Nouns

1. a herd of doves
2. a colony of ships

2.Verbs

the children said that they had to have their homework on the teacher's desk  first thing in the morning.  but there were always those who doesn't give their homework

3.Prefixes
a suitable prefixes
A 180/half circle is a half circle

4.Suffixes
using suffixes - ful

Faithful

5. Synonyms
that has the same meaning

Voyage - Sailing
decide - determine

6.Antonyms
that has the opposite meaning

tame - wild
eventful - unimportant

7.Homonyms

scapula - shoulders or shoulder blades
Shoulder - he has to shoulder/carry the blame

8.Homophones
words that sound the same but has spellings and definitions


Tied - tide

9.Abbreviations
explaining something in a short way

Mon - Monday
Dec - December

10.Contraction
a short way of  writing words but some words/ letter are left out

I will = I'll
he is = His

11.Singular/Plural,
one = or more

lady - ladies
class - classes
paper - papers

12. Adjectives
describing something

a loud and ferocious storm

 13. Adverbs
add more details to a verb

He listened carefully to what he was being said because he was sure he would need to go home safely

14. Pronouns
add more details I think

Mary looked quickly over at Peter to see if he heard the car. =  Mary looked quickly over at Peter worriedly to see if he heard the car clearly.

15.  Past Tense
change and use words suitable for something of what happened in the past

I watch television and practice clarinet every evening during the holidays.  = I watched television and practiced clarinet every evening back then in the holidays.
16.
Conjunctions
making two sentences combine into a huge one

The girl was very good at Indonesian, she spoke it at home. = The girl was very good Indonesian and she all spoke about it at home.

17.
Prepositions
relating to something having related to something

they stood/stand at the door blocking the light
18.
Comparatives/Superlatives
comparing something one or more

One is good, Two is very good, three is the best.

19.
Phrases
a short version of a sentences usually not involving verbs

the house was dusty and was deserted

20.
Root words

Key words or something that is important

Skopeo- Greek meaning  to see - Microscope write another example = small sample observations
















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