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Teacher: Enas AlMusallam Dictionary skills In-term 2 College of Applied Studies
Duration: 1 hours English Translation Section
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1) Group the following words according to their vowel sounds: fact, ladle, swallow, labour, camera
Fail Park Bad
2) Look up the following pairs of headwords and their derivatives in your dictionary. Mark the stress on each of the following words. Then decide whether the headword and its derivative have the same stress pattern (S) or a different one (D):
Headword
Parent
Derivative
Parental
Same OR Different
S D
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1) Find another way of spelling the following words. then decide whether the variant spelling in an alternate spelling or British/ American spelling
Word
Sceptic
Another spelling Alternate OR Br./Am.
III.
1) Look up these nouns in your dictionary and note whether they are [C], [U], or both.
Then provide the plural form if any . If there is no plural for the noun, write NONE :
Noun
Criterion
Crystal
[C], [U], or both Plural
2) Use your dictionary to find the comparative and superlative forms of the following adjectives:
Adjective
Famous
Infinitive
Comparative
Present participle Past
Superlative
3) Use your dictionary to find the different forms of the verbs below:
Past participle
Swept
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1) Use your dictionary to complete the following table of derivatives :
Verb Noun Adjective
Extensive
Adverb
2) Find the antonyms of the following words using a prefix:
Word
Resident
Opposite Word
Certain
Opposite
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