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English Placement Test Study Guide.
(Prefixes) "un" - Answer✔means not
(Prefixes) "re" - Answer✔means again or reverse
(Prefixes) "il, im, in, and ir," - Answer✔means -- not or in opposition"
(Prefixes) "dis" - Answer✔means "not or in opposition"
(Prefixes) "em, en" - Answer✔means "cause to"
inflexion Suffixes - Answer✔indicates the forms of words, such as:
-case
-tense
-part of speech
-number
Derivational Suffixes - Answer✔create new words, may change the meaning of base words
(Suffixes) "es, s" - Answer✔indicates plurality
(Suffixes) "ed) - Answer✔indicates past tense
(Suffixes) "ing" - Answer✔Indicates the present participle verb form
Synonyms - Answer✔words with similar meaning
Anytonyms - Answer✔words with opposite meaning (contrast)
Adopted Words - Answer✔words adopted from other languages
-cafeteria (Spanish)
-chipmunk (North American Indians)
-cola (Africa)
-tycoon (Japanese)
-typhoons (Chinese)
Multiple Meaning words - Answer✔words used for more than one part-of-speech
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Noun - Answer✔names a person, place, thing, or idea
Common noun - Answer✔A general name for a person, place, or thing
Proper noun - Answer✔a SPECIFIC person, place, thing, or idea
Collective noun - Answer✔a word that names a group
Countable noun - Answer✔a noun in singular form used to name groups
Not-Countable noun - Answer✔a noun that references unknown quantities
Prounoun - Answer✔functions as a noun, but doesn't specifically name a person, place, thing,
etc.
Subjective Pronoun - Answer✔functions as the subject of a sentence
Objective Pronoun - Answer✔functions as the direct object of a sentence
Possessive Pronoun - Answer✔demonstrates ownership
Indefinite Pronoun - Answer✔a subjective pronoun that makes a general reference
Relative Pronoun - Answer✔begins a modifying clause
Adjective - Answer✔describes a noun
Proper Adjective - Answer✔formed from a proper noun
Demonstrative Adjective - Answer✔answers question "Which one" (that, this, these, those)
Descriptive Adjective - Answer✔answers question "What kind" (big, red, and small)
Quantitative Adjective - Answer✔answers question "How many?" (few, several, three)
Qualitative Adjective - Answer✔answers question "How much" (considerable, little, and much)
Predicate Adjective - Answer✔follows any linking verb (The men were SICK)
Quality of Noun Degrees - Answer✔Positive (covers one item)
Comparative (covers two or more items)
Superlative (covers three or more items)
Paritciple - Answer✔a verb that functions as an adjective
Verbal - Answer✔a verb form that can function as a noun
Present Participle - Answer✔verb ends with the suffix -ing
Past Participle - Answer✔verb ends with the suffix -ed
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English Placement Test Study Guide.
(Prefixes) "un" - Answer✔means not
(Prefixes) "re" - Answer✔means again or reverse
(Prefixes) "il, im, in, and ir," - Answer✔means -- not or in opposition"
(Prefixes) "dis" - Answer✔means "not or in opposition"
(Prefixes) "em, en" - Answer✔means "cause to"
inflexion Suffixes - Answer✔indicates the forms of words, such as:
-case
-tense
-part of speech
-number
Derivational Suffixes - Answer✔create new words, may change the meaning of base words
(Suffixes) "es, s" - Answer✔indicates plurality
(Suffixes) "ed) - Answer✔indicates past tense
(Suffixes) "ing" - Answer✔Indicates the present participle verb form
Synonyms - Answer✔words with similar meaning
Anytonyms - Answer✔words with opposite meaning (contrast)
Adopted Words - Answer✔words adopted from other languages
-cafeteria (Spanish)
-chipmunk (North American Indians)
-cola (Africa)
-tycoon (Japanese)
-typhoons (Chinese)
Multiple Meaning words - Answer✔words used for more than one part-of-speech
1|Page
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Noun - Answer✔names a person, place, thing, or idea
Common noun - Answer✔A general name for a person, place, or thing
Proper noun - Answer✔a SPECIFIC person, place, thing, or idea
Collective noun - Answer✔a word that names a group
Countable noun - Answer✔a noun in singular form used to name groups
Not-Countable noun - Answer✔a noun that references unknown quantities
Prounoun - Answer✔functions as a noun, but doesn't specifically name a person, place, thing,
etc.
Subjective Pronoun - Answer✔functions as the subject of a sentence
Objective Pronoun - Answer✔functions as the direct object of a sentence
Possessive Pronoun - Answer✔demonstrates ownership
Indefinite Pronoun - Answer✔a subjective pronoun that makes a general reference
Relative Pronoun - Answer✔begins a modifying clause
Adjective - Answer✔describes a noun
Proper Adjective - Answer✔formed from a proper noun
Demonstrative Adjective - Answer✔answers question "Which one" (that, this, these, those)
Descriptive Adjective - Answer✔answers question "What kind" (big, red, and small)
Quantitative Adjective - Answer✔answers question "How many?" (few, several, three)
Qualitative Adjective - Answer✔answers question "How much" (considerable, little, and much)
Predicate Adjective - Answer✔follows any linking verb (The men were SICK)
Quality of Noun Degrees - Answer✔Positive (covers one item)
Comparative (covers two or more items)
Superlative (covers three or more items)
Paritciple - Answer✔a verb that functions as an adjective
Verbal - Answer✔a verb form that can function as a noun
Present Participle - Answer✔verb ends with the suffix -ing
Past Participle - Answer✔verb ends with the suffix -ed
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