Vocabulary Building Strategies

Study Notes

Word Roots and Prefixes: Many English words share common roots and prefixes. Learning these can help you decipher unfamiliar words.
- Examples: tele- (far), bio- (life), graph- (write)
Synonyms and Antonyms: Understanding synonyms (words with similar meanings) and antonyms (words with opposite meanings) can enhance your vocabulary.
- Examples: big (synonyms: large, huge; antonyms: small, tiny)
Context Clues: Using context to figure out unfamiliar words can improve reading comprehension.
- Examples: "The new employee was very __________ (nervous) on his first day." (Answer: anxious)
Word Families: Learning word families (-at, -an, -in) can help you recognize patterns and build vocabulary.
- Examples: cat, can, tin

Basic Sentence Types:
1. Declarative: Statements (e.g., "The sun rises in the east.")
2. Interrogative: Questions (e.g., "What is your name?")
3. Imperative: Commands (e.g., "Close the door!")
4. Exclamatory: Emotive expressions (e.g., "What a beautiful day!")
Sentence Components:
- Subject: The noun or pronoun performing the action (e.g., "The dog" in "The dog runs.")
- Verb: The action or state of being (e.g., "runs" in "The dog runs.")
- Object: The recipient of the action (e.g., "the ball" in "The dog catches the ball.")
Clause Types:
- Independent Clause: A complete sentence (e.g., "I went to the store.")
- Dependent Clause: A clause that cannot stand alone (e.g., "because I needed milk")
- Relative Clause: A clause that provides additional information (e.g., "which was on sale")

Many English words share common roots and prefixes, learning these can help decipher unfamiliar words.
Tele- means far, bio- means life, and graph- means write.
Understanding synonyms (words with similar meanings) and antonyms (words with opposite meanings) can enhance vocabulary.
Big has synonyms like large and huge, and antonyms like small and tiny.
Context clues help figure out unfamiliar words, improving reading comprehension.
In the sentence "The new employee was very __________ (nervous) on his first day," the answer is anxious.
Word families like -at, -an, and -in help recognize patterns and build vocabulary.
Examples of word families include cat, can, and tin.

A declarative sentence is a statement, for example, "The sun rises in the east."
An interrogative sentence is a question, for example, "What is your name?"
An imperative sentence is a command, for example, "Close the door!"
An exclamatory sentence is an emotive expression, for example, "What a beautiful day!"

A subject is the noun or pronoun performing the action, for example, "The dog" in "The dog runs."
A verb is the action or state of being, for example, "runs" in "The dog runs."
An object is the recipient of the action, for example, "the ball" in "The dog catches the ball."

An independent clause is a complete sentence, for example, "I went to the store."
A dependent clause cannot stand alone, for example, "because I needed milk".
A relative clause provides additional information, for example, "which was on sale".