Learning Materials: English 5

UNIT 1: LESSON 1
Universal Evangelical
Christian School (UECS),Inc.
Learning
Materials
Week 1
English 5
Prepared by: Ms. Joyce Camille T. Aguiran,LPT
Name of student:
_______________________________________
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UNIT 1: LESSON 1
Objectives....................................................................................
Concept ......................................................................................
Examples and Discussions ..............................................................
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UNIT 1: LESSON 1
Lesson TYPES OF WORD FORMATION

1
At the end of the lesson, the learner will be able

to:
 Make an Inference
 Understand the meaning of words
using picture clues.
 Identify Common Nouns and Proper
Nouns
Hi my dear pupil! This is our weekly sight words drill.

Memorize the sight words below. This will help you
become more familiar with its spelling and
pronunciation. Good luck!
about actor agree

airplane airport alike
almost alone along
aloud already army
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UNIT 1: LESSON 1
Word Formation
Word formation occurs when compounding, clipping or blending existing words to create
new words. Below we will cover the definition of these terms and give you several
examples of each.
Blending Words
Blending is the word formation process in which parts of two or more words
combine to create a new word whose meaning is often a combination of the
original words. Below are examples of blending words.
 advertisement + entertainment → advertainment

 biographical + picture → biopic
 breakfast + lunch → brunch
 chuckle + snort → chortle
 cybernetic + organism → cyborg
 guess + estimate → guesstimate
 hazardous + material → hazmat
 motor + hotel → motel
 prim + sissy → prissy
 simultaneous + broadcast → simulcast
 smoke + fog → smog
 Spanish + English → Spanglish
 spoon + fork → spork
 telephone + marathon → telethon
 web + seminar → webinar
Blended words are also referred to as portmanteaus.
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UNIT 1: LESSON 1
Clipping Words
Clipping is the word formation process in which a word is reduced or shortened

without changing the meaning of the word. Clipping differs from back-formation
in that the new word retains the meaning of the original word. For example:
 advertisement – ad
 alligator – gator
 examination – exam
 gasoline – gas
 gymnasium – gym
 influenza – flu
 laboratory – lab
 mathematics – math
 memorandum – memo
 photograph – photo
 public house – pub
 raccoon – coon
 reputation – rep
 situation comedy – sitcom
 telephone – phone
The four types of clipping are back clipping, fore-clipping, middle clipping, and
complex clipping. Back clipping is removing the end of a word as
in gas from gasoline. Fore-clipping is removing the beginning of a word as
in gator from alligator. Middle clipping is retaining only the middle of a word as
in flu from influenza. Complex clipping is removing multiple parts from multiple
words as in sitcom from situation comedy.
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UNIT 1: LESSON 1
Compounding Words
Compounding words are formed when two or more lexemes combine into a
single new word. Compound words may be written as one word or as two
words joined with a hyphen. For example:
 noun-noun compound: note + book → notebook

 adjective-noun compound: blue + berry → blueberry
 verb-noun compound: work + room → workroom
 noun-verb compound: breast + feed → breastfeed
 verb-verb compound: stir + fry → stir-fry
 adjective-verb compound: high + light → highlight
 verb-preposition compound: break + up → breakup
 preposition-verb compound: out + run → outrun
 adjective-adjective compound: bitter + sweet → bittersweet
 preposition-preposition compound: in + to → into
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UNIT 1: LESSON 1
Exercises:
Identify if the kind of word formation used is compounding , blending, or clipping. Write your answers
on the line.
1. Dorm - _________________
2. Telecast - __________________
3. Thunderstorm - __________________
4. Gym - __________________
5. Infotainment - __________________
6. Motel - __________________
7. Phone- __________________
8. Backstage - __________________
9. Camcorder - __________________
10. Cosplay - __________________
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UNIT 1: LESSON 1

Prepared by: Ms. Joyce Camille T. Aguiran,LPT

Examples and Discussions ..............................................................

Lesson TYPES OF WORD FORMATION

At the end of the lesson, the learner will be able

Hi my dear pupil! This is our weekly sight words drill.

about actor agree

 advertisement + entertainment → advertainment

Blended words are also referred to as portmanteaus.

Clipping is the word formation process in which a word is reduced or shortened

 noun-noun compound: note + book → notebook

10. Cosplay - __________________

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