2018-12-04 TOEFL: word roots, reading inference

Greg Malivuk
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http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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Word Roots (list 1): with your partner, try to think of one or two words to explain the meaning of each root
ab (abduct, abdicate) = away/down
ad (advocate, addition, advance) = on/onto/toward
aer/aero (aerial, aerate) = air
agri/agro (agriculture, agribusiness, agrarian) = field/farm
ambi (ambidextrous, ambiguous, ambivalent) = both
amb/ambul (amble, ambulatory, ambulate) = move/walk
ami/amo (amiable, amorous) = love/friendship
andro (android, androgen) = man (often contrasted with “gyn” for woman)
anim (animate, animal) = movement/motive
ann/enn (annual, millennium, anniversary) = year
ante/anti (antecedent, anteroom, anticipate) = before
anthropo (anthropology, philanthropy) = human
anti (antibacterial, antisocial) = against
aqua (aquamarine, aqueduct, aquarium) = water
arch (monarch, hierarchy, archbishop) = chief/leader (first in importance)
archa (archaeology, archaic) = ancient (first in time)
art (artist, artifact, artisan) = skill
astro (astronomy, astrology) = star (“astro”, “aster”, and “stell” all also have this meaning)
aud/audi (audience, audible) = hear/listen
auto (automatic, autograph, autobiography) = self
bell (belligerent, rebellious) = war
bene (benefit, benevolent) = good
bi (bilingual, bilateral, bisexual) = two
bio (biology, biography, biosphere) = life
cept/ceive (intercept, receive) = catch
cardi/cardio (cardiac, cardiology) = heart
carn (carnivore, carnal) = meat/flesh (In English, “meat” is dead and “flesh” is living.)
cede/ceed (intercede, exceed) = go
cent (century, centimeter, centennial) = hundred (or hundredth, as in the unit prefix)
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Writing from the weekend.
- You can write about the text and the lecture in the present tense, but events that happened in history should still be past tense.
(The portrait this text and lecture are about is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rice_portrait )
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Reading Question Types:
- fact
- negative fact
- vocabulary
- paraphrase
- purpose
- reference
- inference
- sentence insertion
- summarize
- organize
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Inference questions
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You infer things, the author implies things.
Handout (Cengage) p. 64 - Take 6 minutes to answer the first six questions in exercise 3.1
1 B
2 C
3 C
4 C
5 A
6 B
7 A
8 B
Take 7 minutes to do 9-15.
9 B
10 A
11 B
12 A
13 C
14 C
15 A
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Exercise 3.2 - Take 7 minutes to answer questions 1-5 about pigeons.
1 D
2 A
3 D
4 B
5 C
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Homework: finish the handout