UNIT -4 VOCABULARY, Compound Words & Prefix and Sufffix

 

                 Compound Words

C. Complete the following table with two more compound words.

Noun + Noun	kitchen garden apple tree, neck tie
Noun + Verb	mouthwash bus stop, sunrise
Verb + Noun	watchman driving licence; swimming pool
Preposition + Noun	overcoat underworld; onlooker
Gerund + Noun	bleaching powder washing machine; drawing room
Noun + Gerund	housekeeping horse riding; bird watching
Adjective + Preposition + Noun	good for nothing best of luck; easy to play
Noun + Preposition + Noun	mother-in-law father-in-law; brother-in-law

D. Combine the words in column A with those in column B to form compound words as many as you can.

rain	light
snow	thing
star	fall
draw	ball
play	back
lottery	ticket
under	walk
man	note
side	world
foot	hole

Answer:

rainfall

snowball

star light

drawback

plaything

lottery ticket

underworld

manhole

sidewalk

footnote

E. Form compound words from the boxes given below and fill in the blanks in the sentences that follow with the appropriate compound words.

waiting	out	income	green
sun	room	tax	alarm
dry	traffic	wall	house
clock	jam	glasses	hair
cleaning	cut	put	paper

1. Siva visited the hair stylist to have a clean hair cut
   
2. Tharani had given the sarees for dry cleaning
   
3. The green house is a natural process that warms the earth’s surface.
4. Never wait for an alarm clock to wake you up.
5. The children were late to school as there was a traffic jam near the toll plaza.
6. The government expects every individual to promptly pay the income tax
7. People usually wear sun glasses during summer.
8. The patients were asked to sit in the waiting room until the doctor arrived.
9. With teamwork we are able to multiply our output
10. The room was looking bright with the colourful wallpaper

F. (i) Form new words by adding appropriate prefix/suffix:

1. accurate inaccurate
2. understand misunderstand
3. practice malpractice
4. technology technological
5. fashion fashionable
6. different differently
7. child children
8. national nationality
9. origin originality
10. enjoy enjoyable

(ii) Frame sentences of your own using any five newly formed words.

1. Your information is inaccurate.
2. Don’t misunderstand what I am trying to say.,
3. The contractor was found guilty of malpractice.
4. During summer, he used to wear a fashionable hat.
5. We need to do things differently.

G. Fill in the blanks by adding appropriate prefix/suffix to the words given in brackets.

1. He was sleeping comfortably in his couch. (comfort)
2. Kavya rides a bicycle to school. (cycle)
3. There was only a handful of people in the theater. (hand)
4. It is illegal to cut sandalwood trees. (legal)
5. The arrival of the President has been expected for the last half an hour. (arrive)
6. The man behaved normally in front of the crowd. (normal)
7. Swathy had no intention of visiting the doctor. (intend)
8. The bacteria are so small that you need a microscope to see them. (scope)