WORD FAMILIES

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WORD FAMILIES

• Salva Bañuls
• Javi Martínez

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Introduction

• Word families are groups of words that are
  sufficiently closely related to each other to
  form a 'family'.
• Words can be grouped into families in two main
  ways
• they are similar in form
• their meanings are related.
• Here are two examples of form-based word
  families
• word - wordy - word (verb) - wording - word-list
  (but not worth, worry)
• family - familiar - unfamiliar - familiarity -
  familiarise (but not famine, famous)

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Introduction

• Each of these families is bonded by a common root
  word, although the resultant connections of
  meaning are also an important bonding feature.
• Two examples of meaning-based word families
• big - little - size
• dog - puppy - kennel

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Word Families

• Word Forms
• Word families tests how well you know the various
  types of words that can be made from one word. A
  word can go from noun to verb to adjective to
  adverb by changing the ending of the word.

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Word Families

• Remember the common word endings used to make the
  different kinds of words
• Noun -ance, -ancy, -ence, -ation, -ian, -ism,
  -ment, -ness , -ship, -or, -er
• Verb -en, -ify, -ize, -ish
• Adjective -able, -ible, -al, -ful, -ive, -ous
• Adverb -ly, -ward, -wise

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Word Families

• Example
• Finale (noun, thing) -gt finalist (noun, person)
  -gt finalize (verb) -gt final (adjective) -gt
  finally (adverb)
• achieve (verb) achievement (noun)happy
  (adjective) happiness (noun)beautiful
  (adjective) beautifully (adverb)eat (verb)
  edible (adjective)

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NOUN VERB ADJECTIVE
Example deceive deception deceive deceived
1. dedicate
2.demonstrate
3. dominate
4. imagine
5. improve
6. inform
7. organize
8. produce
9. signify
10. behave
dedication
dedicate
dedicated
demonstration
demonstrate
demonstrable
dominance
dominate
dominant
imagination
imagine
imaginative
improvement
improve
improved
inform
information
informative
organization
organize
organized
production
produce
productive
significance
signify
significant
behavior
behave
behavioral
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