2017-08-29 TOEFL: word roots, reading purpose

Greg Malivuk
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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 = sure
chrom = color
chron = time
circum = around
claim/clam = shout
clar = clear
cline = lean
co/col/com/con/cor = together
	col before L
	cor before R
	com before M, P, B
	con before other consonants
	co before vowels and in new words like “copilot” and “coworker”
cogni = knowledge/thinking
contra = against
corp = body
cred = believe
crypto = hidden
de = down
dem/demo = people (In addition to “epidemic”, other disease-related words with this root are “pandemic” and “endemic”.)
di = two/apart/through (Before some consonants, this can also be a spelling of “dis” = “apart” or “dia” = “through”.)
dict = say
domin = master/command
don = give
duce/duct = lead
dyna = power/movement
dys = bad/wrong
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Number/quantity roots in Greek and Latin:
1 = mono/uni
2 = bi/di
3 = tri/tri
4 = tetra/quad(r) (or “quatr” or “quart”)
5 = penta/quint
6 = hex/sex
7 = hept/sept
8 = oct/oct
9 = non/nov
10 = dek/dec
100 = hect/cent
1000 = kilo/mill
many = poly/multi
all = pan/omni
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Reading Question Types
- fact
- negative fact
- vocabulary
- purpose
- reference
- inference
- paraphrase
- sentence insertion
- summary
- organize
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DELTA p. 90 - Read the paragraph and choose the correct answer in the box.
p. 91 - Examples of how purpose questions are asked and key words in the answers.
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p. 94-95 - Take 4 minutes to answer the four questions.
1 A
2 D
3 B
4 A
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BREAK
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Handout (Cengage) p. 85-86 exercise 4.1 - Take 3 minutes to answer the T/F questions about passage 1.
1 T
2 F
3 F
4 F
p. 86-87 passage 2 - Take 7 minutes to answer these questions, then check with your partner.
5 T
6 T
7 F
8 T
9 F
10 T
11 F
p. 87-88 passage 3 - 4 minutes
12 F
13 T
14 F
15 T
p. 88-91 passages 4-7 - 14 minutes
16 F
17 F
18 F
19 T
20 T
21 T
22 F
23 T
24 T
25 F
26 T
27 T
28 T
29 F
30 F
31 T
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DELTA p. 96-97 - finish exercise 1.5.A
5 C
6 D
7 C
8 C
9 A
10 C
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Handout p. 91-94 exercise 4.2 - Read passage 1 and answer the questions. (10 minutes)
1 B
2 A
3 A
4 B
5 C
6 A
7 D
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Homework: finish the handout (answer the questions for passages 2, 3, and 4)