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IDENTIFY THE TYPE OF WORD GIVEN IN BRACKETS

EXAMINE THE STRUCTURE OF THE SENTENCE

USE THE CONTEXT

ADD A SUFFIX, PREFIX OR BOTH

READ THE SENTENCE SEVERAL TIMES

IDENTIFY THE TYPE OF WORD GIVEN IN BRACKETS

IDENTIFY THE TYPE OF WORD GIVEN IN BRACKETS

IDENTIFY THE TYPE OF WORD GIVEN IN BRACKETS

EXAMINE THE STRUCTURE OF THE SENTENCE

Read the sentence several times.

Eg. There has been a great ____________ in the economy. (improve)

What category of word is the word given in brackets?

Eg. " There has been a great ___________________ in the economy. ( improve )

VERB

Now that you know the category of word you need and its meaning decide whether you will add:

• a suffix ( at the end of the word) eg. -ment, -ness, etc

Eg. " There is a great improvement in the economy"

• a prefix ( at the beginning of the word)eg. un- , dis- , etc

Eg. " It is totally unnecessary to do this exercise."

• both a suffix and a prefix eg. - ed , en-

Eg. " Endangered animals should be protected"

By examining the structure of the sentence you will be able to identify which category of word is missing.( noun, verb, adjective, adverb).

E.g. " There has ben a great ____________ in the economy."

article + adjective

NOUN

Use the context to determine whether the missing word has a positive or negative meaning.

Eg. " These instructions are totally ____________. We don´t know how to operate this machine." (USE)

USELESS