In Unit 4, you learnt about compound nouns, clipped words and blended words.
Compound Nouns
Click on the following links to learn more about compound nouns.
What are Compound Nouns
Quiz: Compund Nouns
For the following questions, try not to look up the words in google search. Send in your own guesses first (show integrity). It will be fun to read what your friends think regarding what the words mean or how the words are formed.
Clipped Words
Clipped words are shortened forms of longer words. Here are some examples of clipped words: gym, coed, flu, dorm, auto, zoo, ad, bike, cab, lab, varsity, typo.
Do you know the long form of these words?
Blended Words
Blended words are words formed by combining two other words. Here are some examples of blended words: spork, emoticon, freeware, cineplex, Bollywood, netizen.
Do you know what words are combined to form these words?
25 comments:
thanks mrs tay,i wiah you can come to school tomorrow , i miss you.
Two nouns are formed together to make a new word
thanks mrs tay
blended words
bollywood=bolly and wood
freeware=free and aware
spork=spy and fork
clipped words
advertisement
autobot
laboraty
Gym: Gymnasium
Flu: Influenza
Dorm: Dormitory
Auto: Automatic
Zoo: Zoology
Ad: Advertisement
Bike: Bicycle
Cab: Taxicab.Help from Dictionary.com
Lab: Laboratory
spork: spoon and fork
emoticon: emotion and icon
freeware: free and _-ware
Cineplex: Cinema and complex
clipped words:
gym=gymnasium
coed=coeducation(parent's help)
flu=influenza
dorm=dormitory
auto=automatic(parent's help)
ad=advertisement
bike=bicycle
cab=
lab=laboratory
typo=typing
varsity=university(parent's help)
Blended words
spork=spoon+fork
emoticon=emotion+icon
freeware=free+software(guessed)
cineplex=cinema+complex
netizen=net+citizen
Mrs Tay for Gym is Gymnastic.For zoo i think it is zoogical.
blended word
bollywood= ball wood
This is the Clipped words and Blended words I know.
Clipped words
Gym=gymnasium
Dorm=dormitory
Bike=bicycle
Blended words
Spork=spoon+fork
Netizen=citizen+internet
Emoticon=emotion=icon
gym=gymnasium
spoon+fork=spork
gymnastic,code,flu,dormy,automatic,zoological,advertisement,bicycle,cabby,laboratory,varsity,typing.
i do not know all of the words =(
blended words,
bolly and wood.
clipped words,
bike=bikecycle.
gym is gymnasium
auto is automatic
flu is influenza
netizen : internet citizen
cineplex: cinema complex
freeware: free ware
Thanks to all who posted your guesses. These are the answers.
gym = gymnasium
coed = coeducational student
flu = influenza
dorm = dormitory
auto = automobile
zoo = zoological garden
ad = advertisement
bike = bicycle
cab = cabriolet
lab = laboratory
typo = typographical error
spork = spoon + fork
emoticon = emotion + icon
freeware = free + software
cineplex = cinema + complex (building)
Bollywood = Bombay + Hollywood
netizen = (inter)net + citizen
How many of them were close to your own guesses?
gymnasium=gym
automatic=auto
bicycle=bike
labatory=lab
spoon+fork=spork
bollywood=ball+wood
dorm=dormitory
My answers:
Gym=Gymnasium
Flu=influenza
Dorm=dormitory
Auto=automatic
Zoo=zoology
ad=advertisement/address
bike=bicycle
cab=taxicab
lab=laboratory
typo=typing error
(with some help from brother)
My answers (blended words):
spork: spoon and fork
emoticon:emotion and icon (some type of software)
freeware: free and ware
cineplex:cinema and complex
netizen:net and citizen
gym is gymnastics
coed is coded
dorm is dormatory
auto is automatic
zoo is zoological
ad is advertisement
bike is bicycle
cab is taxi
lab is laboratory
varsity is diversity
typo is typing
oh yea forgot flu
flu is influenza
Gym:Gymnasium Auto: automatic Ad:advertisment Bike: bicycle Flu:Influenza(help from parents) Lab:laboratory (thanks mrs tay for putting up this activity)
CLIPPED WORDS
gym: gymnasium(parents help)
flu: influenza
zoo: zoology
bike: bicycle
cab: taxi
lab: laboratory(dictionary help)
auto: automatic
dorm: dormitory
BLEND WORDS
spork=spoon and fork
emoticon=emotion and icon
freeware=free and ware
cineplex=cinema and complexe
netizen=network and citzen
Thanks Mrs Tay.I think emo+tion =emoticon
Clipped Words
Gym = Gymnasium
Coed = Coeducational [IH]
Flu = Influenza
Dorm = Dormitory
Auto = Automatic
Ad = Advertisement
Bike = Bicycle
Cab = Taxi [PH]
Lab = Laboratory
Typo = Typing
Zoo = Zoological
Blended Words
Spork = Spoon + Fork
Emoticon = Emotion + Icon
Freeware = Free + Ware
Cineplex = Cinema + Complex
Bollywood = Bombay + Hollywood [IH]
Netizen = Internet + Citizen [IH]
Legend : [IH] = Internet Help
[PH] = Parent's Help
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