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- Greg Malivuk
- gmalivuk@staffordhouse.com
- http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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- Word Roots (list 2) - With your partner, try to think of one or two words to explain the meaning of each root.
- cert (certain, ascertain, certificate) = sure
- chrom (monochrome, achromatic) = color
- chron (chronological, anachronism, synchronize) = time
- circum (circumscribe, circumspect, circumnavigate) = around
- claim/clam (exclaim, proclamation, clamor) = shout/yell
- clar (clarify, declare) = clear
- cline (inclination, decline, recline) = lean
- co (coworker, coeducational, coauthor) = together
- col before L: (collaborate, colleague)
- com before M, B, P: (communicate, composition, combine, compete)
- cor before R: (correlate, corroborate)
- con before other consonants (not H): (connect, convention, contemporary)
- (co before H and vowels, and in new words like “copilot”)
- cogni (cognizance, incognito) = know/think
- contra (contrast, contradict, controversy) = opposite/against (this is “con” + the same “tra” we have in “extra” and “intra”)
- corp (corporation, corpse, incorporate) = body
- cred (credible, credit, credulous) = believe/trust
- crypto (cryptography, cryptic, cryptozoology) = hide (often refers to hiding information in code)
- de/di (decelerate, dethrone, decrease, divide, diverge) = down/away/apart
- dem/demo (demographics, democracy, epidemic) = people
- di (dilemma, dihedral) = two
- dia (diameter, dialect, dialogue) = across/between
- dict (dictator, dictionary, contradict) = tell/say
- domin (dominate, dominion, predominate) = master
- don (donate, pardon) = give
- duce/duct (introduction, deduct, conduct) = lead/take
- dyna (dynamic, dynamite, dynasty) = power/movement
- dys (dystopia, dyslexia) = bad
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- suffix - something attached to the end of a word
- prefix - something attached to the beginning of a word
- affix - something attached to (the outside of) a word = prefix OR suffix
- infix - something attached inside a word
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- TOEFL: 4 hours, 4 sections, 120 total points (30/section), $205
- 1 reading: 60-80 minutes, 3 or 4 passages, about 14 questions per passage
- 2 listening: 60-90 minutes, 2 or 3 sets (each set: 3 listenings, 17 questions, 10 minutes to answer)
- (10-minute break)
- 3 speaking: 20 minutes, 6 tasks, 5.5 minutes of speaking time
- 4 writing: about 60 minutes, 2 tasks, 20+30 minutes of writing time
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- BREAK
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- Reading Question Types:
- - fact/detail
- - negative fact
- - vocabulary
- - inference
- - purpose/method
- - paraphrase
- - reference (pronouns)
- - sentence insertion
- - summarize
- - organize/categorize
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- Paraphrase Questions
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- “Which of the sentences below best expresses the essential information in the highlighted sentence in the passage? Incorrect choices change the meaning in important ways or leave out essential information.”
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- Handout (Cambridge exercise R13) p. 189-190 - Choose the correct restatement. Pay close attention to who does what in each sentence.
- Compare your answers with your partner. Convince them they’re wrong if you disagree.
- 2 D
- 3 C
- 4 B
- 5 D
- 6 A
- 7 B
- 8 C
- 9 A
- 10 A
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- Exercise R14 (p. 191-2) - In a paragraph, the highlighted sentence might refer to things introduced in other sentences, so you need to check those sentences to understand the full meaning.
- 1 A - This is the only choice that mentions tree rings, whic his the subject of the original sentence.
- 2 C
- 3 B
- 4 C
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- Homework: Cengage exercise 5.2 (handout)
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