READING 6 (MS. SHEENA ROSE JACINTO)

Zamboanga Chong Hua High School

Elementary Department

School Year 2013-2014

I. COMPOUND WORDS

                A compound word is made up of two individual words put together to form a new one. It can be written in three different ways;

1. Solid compound is written as one word.

         Examples:

Cannot	Baseball
Fireworks	Grandmother
Elsewhere	Upside
Together	Sunflower
Crosswalk	Become
Basketball	Moonlight
Football	Railroad
Anybody	Weatherman
Skateboard	Earthquake
Everything	Sometimes
Schoolhouse	Upstream

2. Open compound- is written as two words.

Examples:

Ice cream	Grand jury
Cave in	Post office
Real estate	Middle class
Full moon	Attorney general
Half sister

3. Hyphenated compound words are connected by a hyphen. To avoid confusion, modifying compounds are often hyphenated, especially when they precede a noun such as in the case of part-time teacher, high-speed chase, and fifty-yard dash. When they come after the noun they are open compounds: a chase that is high speed, a teacher that is part time, etc. Comparative and superlative adjectives are hyphenated when they are compounded with other modifiers: the highest-priced computer, the lower-priced car. Adverbs that end in –ly and compounded with another modifier are not modified: a highly rated restaurant, a publically held meeting.

II. USING THE DICTIONARY

Using a Dictionary can be easy if you know how. If you know the shortcuts, you can quickly find what you need. All words in a dictionary are listed in alphabetical order. That means all words that start with A are in the front of the book and words that start with Z are in the back of the book. snowflake       soggy snowflake n. a snow crystal. snow shoe n. a frame worn for walking. snow storm n. a heavy snowfall; blizzard. snug gle (snug'el) v. cuddle. sock (sok) n. 1, a covering for a foot. 2, a hard hit. sofa (so fa) n. a long seat with arms and back. soft ball n. a game played with a larger, softer ball; the ball used. soft ware n. information or data used with computers. sog gy (sog e) adj. wet. Pronunciation Key a cat    o cot    u up a ape   e me    o go Another shortcut to finding words quickly is to use the Guide Words. Guide Words are words that are on the top of every page.  They help to "guide you" to the right page. The first guide word (snowflake) is the first main entry on the page. The second word (soggy) is the last main entry on the page.

Reasons for using a dictionary A dictionary is a very important tool for anyone who is learning a new language. With a good dictionary you can do the following: look up the meaning of an English word you see or hear find the English translation of a word in your language check the spelling of a word check the plural of a noun or past tense of a verb find out other grammatical information about a word find the synonym or antonym of a word look up the collocations of a word check the part of speech of a word find out how to say a word find out about the register of a word find examples of the use of a word in natural language