![]() The ideas I’m sharing today allow children to use hands on materials to experiment with arranging letters in different ways to create simple words. Word building is a crucial step between knowing the letters of the alphabet and being able to write. Well- in good state: welcome, welfare.Ĭan you form opposites of the following words by adding prefixes:?Īrtic, potent, regular, trust, trustworthy, believe, believable, noble, pious, possible, sense, religious, combatant, responsible, soluble, credible, probable, discreet, poisonous, appearance, agree, rational, movable, literate, arm, adequate, relevant, artistic, advantage, mortal, lock, metallic, inclined, civil, merit, entangle.In this post regular contributor, Lauren of Teacher Types, shares seven playful ideas for encouraging children in the early years of school to experiment with building words with a range of materials. ![]() Syn-, sym-, syl-, sys- with, together with: synthesis (placing together), sympathy (feeling with), syllable (taken together), system.Ĭum-, col-, con-, com-, co- with: connect, combine, collect, correspond, co-operate (work with). Twi- double: twin, twice, twilight, twist. for Greek.)Ī-, in or on, thoroughly: asleep, ashore, abroad, ashamed.Ī-, ab-, abs- away from: avert, abnormal, absent.Ī-, an-, without: atheism (without God), anonymous (without a name).Ĭircum- around: circumnavigate (sail round), circumference.Īmbi- around, both: ambidexterous (able to use both hands), ambiguous.Īmphi-, on both sides: amphitheatre, amphibious (living on both water and air).Īnte- anti- before: antecedent, ante-date anticipate.Īnt-, anti- against: antarctic, antipathy (feeling against).īi-, bis- twice: biped, biscuit (twice baked) bisect (cut in two).ĭi- in two: dipthong, dilemma (choice of two difficulties). (The source of the prefixes is indicated by the letters in brackets: E. The prefixes and suffixes come from three sources: Image credit We will now learn about syllables at the beginning or the end of words. Northumbrian in Northumbria, north of the Humber Their language was called English from which the word, English derives.Īn Anglo-Saxon inscription dated between 450 and 480AD is the oldest sample of the English language.ĭuring the next few centuries four dialects of English developed: The Angles were named from Engle, their land of origin. ![]() One group migrated to the Brittany Coast of France where their descendants still speak the Celtic Language of Breton today. Most of the Celtic speakers were pushed into Wales, Cornwall and Scotland. The inhabitants of Britain previously spoke a Celtic language. Angles, Saxons and Jutes crossed the North Sea from what is the present day Denmark and northern Germany. The history of the language can be traced back to the arrival of three Germanic tribes to the British Isles during the 5th Century AD. ![]() Most international tourism, aviation and diplomacy is conducted in English. Over 70% of all post/mail is written and addressed in English. Two-thirds of all scientific papers are written in English. Half of all business deals are conducted in English. Mandarin (Chinese) is spoken by more people, but English is now the most widespread of the world's languages. Speakers of languages like French, Spanish and Arabic may disagree, but English is on its way to becoming the world's unofficial international language. This compares to 27 for French, 20 for Spanish and 17 for Arabic. United States of America and its dependencies South Africa (with Afrikaans, Xhosa and Zulu) Singapore (with Malay, Mandarin and Tamil) English plays a part in the economic, cultural, or political life of the following countries.Įnglish speaking populations are shown in bold. It is listed as the official or co-official language of over 45 countries and is spoken extensively in other countries where it has no official status. It is the language of science, aviation, computing, diplomacy, and tourism. English is a Germanic Language of the Indo-European Family.Īn estimate of 300 million people use English as a second language and a further 100 million use it as a foreign language, while there is an estimate of 300 million native speakers. The History of EnglishĮnglish is the second most spoken language in the world. You will recognize the difference more readily if you know the meanings of the little words or syllables (called prefixes) which are placed at the beginning of the second word in each pair.Ĭan you form a noun denoting the state of being good, or a verb from stiff? What is the diminutive of part?, and what is the adverb formed from brave? These nouns, verbs and adverbs are formed by the addition to the primary or simple words of certain endings (called suffixes). Do you know the difference between happy and unhappy, between behave and misbehave,īetween embark and disembark, between normal and abnormal, between circle and semi-circle?
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