Lexical Notebook
(Barbara Sargent)
Instructions
You will need seven (7) sections in your notebook. Mark the sections with the following tabs:
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Examples:
What's the matter? | What's wrong? |
What's going on? | I'd be happy to. |
It's as easy as 1, 2, 3. | Please help yourself. |
Would you like some more ...? |
There's a very nice ... restaurant near here. |
We were interested in the fact that .... |
junk food | a jar of jam |
watering can | salad bar |
snack bar | candy bar |
There's something fishy going on here. |
It's a piece of cake. |
Hold your horses. |
Prefixes | Meaning |
Examples |
Explanation |
pre- |
before |
preheat |
heat (the oven) before adding the dish |
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Roots |
Meaning | Examples |
Explanation |
nav- |
ship | navigate |
travel by ship |
Suffixes |
Meaning | Examples |
-ful |
full of |
flavorful |
-less |
lacking in |
flavorless |
© 2006: Christine Bauer-Ramazani; last updated: July 09, 2017; posted with author's permission