在线英语听力室

VOA名师答疑2022--Learning New Words: Parts of Speech, Suffixes

时间:2022-05-03 22:17:38

搜索关注在线英语听力室公众号:tingroom,领取免费英语资料大礼包。

(单词翻译)

Learning New Words: Parts of Speech, Suffixes2

playstop

mutemax volume

00:00-05:57

repeat

By Faith Pirlo

29 April 2022

Hello! This week on Ask a Teacher, we will answer a question from Erol from Turkey.

Question:

Hello,

My name is Erol. What is the best way of learning words? I am very confused about this subject. Can you give me some advice about learning words, please?

Answer:

Thank you for emailing us this very important question, Erol!

There are many ways to learn words in English. Over the next two weeks, we will talk about learning different parts of speech, or word families, and using suffixes.

What are parts of speech or word families?

Many language teachers say there are eight different parts of speech in English. We will look at the four major parts of speech that include most content words: nouns, adjectives, verbs and adverbs.

Nouns are people, places, things, or ideas. Adjectives are words that describe nouns. Verbs describe actions or states of being. And adverbs describe adjectives, verbs or even other adverbs.

In this simple sentence we can see all four major parts of speech.

Warm days have quickly come.

"Warm" is the adjective that describes the noun, "days." "Quickly" is the adverb that describes "have come," the verb in the sentence.

Suffixes

We use suffixes after the base form or root of a word. The root is the simplest form of the word. We can use suffixes to change the meaning of words by adding them to the base form.

So, if we know one word, like a verb, we could use a suffix1 to change that part of speech to another part of speech. This idea is very helpful for learning new words. We can create several new words from a base form when we add suffixes.

For example, if we have the verb "to argue," we can add the suffix -ment to make the noun "argument."

Or if we have a verb like "create," we can add -ive to the end to make the adjective "creative."

In this case, we drop the final e at the end of the verb and add the suffix.

Making verbs

To turn some nouns and adjectives into verbs, we can use the suffixes -ize or -ify.

For example:

"Beauty" (noun) + suffix -ify = "beautify"

Remove the -y and add the suffix.

"Organization" (noun) + suffix -ize = "organize"

We can drop the ending -ation, a noun suffix, to get the base form. Then add –ize, the verbal ending.

Making nouns

To turn some verbs into nouns, we can use the suffix -er, -ment or -ation.

For example:

"Argue" (verb) + suffix -ment = "argument"

Drop the -e and add the suffix.

"Dance" (verb) + suffix -er = "dancer"

"Create" (verb) + suffix -ation = "creation"

Drop the -e and add the suffix

Some adjectives can also become nouns with suffixes -ity or -ty.

For example:

"Responsible" (adjective) + suffix -ity = "responsibility"

Drop the -e and add the suffix

We can also use the suffixes -ist or -ism to make other nouns.

For example:

"Active" (adjective) + suffix -ist = "activist3"

Drop the -e and add the suffix

"Magnet" (noun) + -ism = "magnetism4."

Some English teachers use a chart to show the possible words you can make using suffixes.


图片1

Next week on Ask a Teacher, we will continue learning how to make new words by adding suffixes. And we will fill in the chart of words we have been talking about by making adjectives and adverbs with suffixes.

Words in This Story

suffix –n. a letter or group of letters added to the end of a word to change its meaning

confused – adj. to be uncertain or unable to understand something

content words – n. words that add meaning to a sentence

chart –n. a form of presenting information using a table or columns to group things


分享到:


点击收听单词发音收听单词发音  

1 suffix AhMzMc     
n.后缀;vt.添后缀
参考例句:
  • We add the suffix "ly" to make the adjective "quick" into the adverb " quickly ".我们在形容词“ quick”后加“ly” 构成副词“quickly”。
  • It described the meaning of suffix array and also how to built it.它描述的含义,后缀数组以及如何建立它。
2 suffixes aa1fb6808a200d35fffc21ecb13cfdd7     
n.后缀,词尾( suffix的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • Many domain name suffixes have failed to gain general popularity. 很多域名后缀没有获得一般的通用性。 来自互联网
  • For example, consider the use of prefixes and suffixes. 例如,那前缀和后缀的使用来说。 来自互联网
3 activist gyAzO     
n.活动分子,积极分子
参考例句:
  • He's been a trade union activist for many years.多年来他一直是工会的积极分子。
  • He is a social activist in our factory.他是我厂的社会活动积极分子。
4 magnetism zkxyW     
n.磁性,吸引力,磁学
参考例句:
  • We know about magnetism by the way magnets act.我们通过磁铁的作用知道磁性是怎么一回事。
  • His success showed his magnetism of courage and devotion.他的成功表现了他的胆量和热诚的魅力。

本文本内容来源于互联网抓取和网友提交,仅供参考,部分栏目没有内容,如果您有更合适的内容,欢迎 点击提交 分享给大家。