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“Analyze”, “analysis”, “analytical”, “analytically”: four words, one root. Why does English need four shapes of the same idea?
Your book says many English words change their form to show a different meaning or job in a sentence. Changing the form often changes the part of speech.
Verb: analyze, to examine something methodically and in detail.
Noun: analysis, the process of examining something in detail.
Adjective: analytical, relating to or using analysis or logical reasoning.
Adverb: analytically, in a manner that uses logical reasoning or analysis.
A prefix is a group of letters added to the beginning of a word to change its meaning.
Example: re- added to “write” makes “rewrite”, which means to write again.
A suffix is a group of letters added to the end of a word to change its form or meaning.
Example: -er added to “teach” makes “teacher”, someone who teaches.
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“Analyze”, “analysis”, “analytical”, “analytically”: four words, one root. Why does English need four shapes of the same idea?
Your book says many English words change their form to show a different meaning or job in a sentence. Changing the form often changes the part of speech.
Verb: analyze, to examine something methodically and in detail.
Noun: analysis, the process of examining something in detail.
Adjective: analytical, relating to or using analysis or logical reasoning.
Adverb: analytically, in a manner that uses logical reasoning or analysis.
A prefix is a group of letters added to the beginning of a word to change its meaning.
Example: re- added to “write” makes “rewrite”, which means to write again.
A suffix is a group of letters added to the end of a word to change its form or meaning.
Example: -er added to “teach” makes “teacher”, someone who teaches.
A prefix goes at the beginning and changes the meaning (write → rewrite). A suffix goes at the end and changes the form or meaning, often the part of speech (teach → teacher).
Q1. Vocabulary A (p. 9): give the part of speech of “preservation” and the word it comes from.
preservation: noun, from the verb “preserve” + the suffix -ation
Q2. Word change (p. 9): write the four forms of “imagine” in the book's pattern.
imagine (verb), imagination (noun), imaginative (adjective), imaginatively (adverb)
✗ Calling -er in “teacher” a prefix.
✓ Pre- means before: a prefix is at the beginning. -er is at the end, so it is a suffix.
✗ Thinking every added piece changes the part of speech.
✓ A prefix usually changes only the meaning: write and rewrite are both verbs.
✗ Using the adjective where the adverb is needed: “He thinks analytical.”
✓ A verb is described by an adverb: “He thinks analytically.”
1. Ashfaq Ahmad was a ____ writer.
(c) “Famous” is the adjective for well known; “infamous” means known for something bad.
2. This is a very ____ seminar.
(a) Only the adjective “informative” can describe the seminar after “very”.
3. My mother becomes ____ if I get home late.
(d) After “becomes” you need an adjective; “anxiously” is the adverb.
4. It is ____ to get the correct information from the university office.
(b) “Advisable” is the adjective with the suffix -able; “advisible” is a misspelling.
5. Who is ____ for this chaos?
(c) “Responsible for” means the one to blame or in charge.
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