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Sample activities • In a pair or group, share some mnemonics to remember tricky spellings and write them in their own spelling dictionary, e.g. ‘necessary’ has a collar and a pair of socks; ‘rhythm’ has your two hands moving; e+a + a+e = separate. • In pairs, identify and write down the root word from a list of words ending in –ly (e.g. lovely, love; finally, final; actually, actual; practically, practical; differently, different; immediately, immediate; sincerely, sincere). From the evidence, formulate a rule for adding –ly and test it out on another list of words. Spelling and word structure • Write out a piece of their own work carefully by hand for a display of learners’ writing for an end-of-year/Adult Learners’ Week celebration. • Word process a piece of their own work to contribute to a magazine of writing by adult learners to be available in a local job centre/community centre/library. Writing • Use and spell possessive pronouns correctly, e.g. their, theirs; your, yours; my, mine. • Understand and spell prefixes such as auto–, bi–, trans–, tele–, circum–. • Read and spell the suffix –cian. • Distinguish between the spelling and meaning of homophones such as: ate, eight; grate, great; rain, reign, rein. • Spell unstressed vowels in polysyllabic words, e.g. interest, different. • Identify ‘problem words’ (e.g. immediately, discussion, remember, interesting, argument, occasionally) or groups of words (e.g. tough, through, thorough, enough). Make a set of memo cards by writing the individual word in large print on a postcard, highlighting the tricky parts, with an example of the word used correctly in a sentence underneath. Keep the cards in pocket and look through them whenever there’s a spare moment; make a new set when those are learnt. 135
136 The Adult Literacy Core Curriculum Glossary active and passive many verbs can be active or passive. For example, bite: The dog bit Ben (active); Ben was bitten by the dog (passive). In the active sentence, the subject (the dog) performs the action. In the passive sentence, the subject (Ben) is on the receiving end of the action. In a passive sentence, the ‘doer’ (or agent) may be identified using by: Ben was bitten by the dog. But very often, in passive sentences, the agent is unknown or insignificant, and therefore not identified: The computer has been repaired. Passive forms are common in impersonal, formal styles, for example: Application forms may be obtained from the address below. adjective a word that describes somebody or something. Adjectives either come before a noun (e.g. a busy day), or after ‘linking’ verbs such as be, get, seem, look (e.g. I’m busy). adverb a word that gives extra meaning to a verb, an adjective, another adverb or a whole sentence, e.g.: I really enjoyed the party; She’s really nice; He works really slowly; Really, he should do better. Many adverbs are formed by adding –ly to an adjective, for example quickly, dangerously, nicely, but there are many adverbs that do not end in –ly. However, some –ly words are adjectives, not adverbs (e.g. lovely, silly, friendly). In many cases, adverbs tell us how (manner), where (place) when (time) or how often (frequency) something happens. Other adverbs show degree of intensity (very slowly), the attitude of the speaker to what he or she is saying (perhaps, obviously), or connections in meaning between sentences (however, finally). adverbial phrase a group of words that functions in the same way as a single adverb, e.g. by car, to work, last week, three times a day, first of all, of course. agreement in some cases the form of a verb changes according to its subject, so the verb and subject ‘agree’, (or concord) e.g. I am/he is/they are; I was/you were; I like/she likes, I don’t/he doesn’t. alliteration when two or more adjacent words, or words near each other, begin with the same sound (phoneme), e.g. Flora’s Flower Shop, the Luton Locarno. ambiguity a word, phrase or statement that has more than one possible interpretation, sometimes arising from unclear grammatical relationships (e.g. Police shot man with knife). Ambiguity may be accidental or deliberate, and is often a source of humour. In poetry it often serves to extend the meaning beyond the literal. analogy the perception of similarity between two things; relating something known to something new. In spelling, using known spellings to spell unknown words (e.g. night–knight–right–sight–light–fright). In reading, using knowledge of words to attempt previously unseen words. antonym a word with a meaning opposite to another (e.g. hot–cold, satisfaction–dissatisfaction). appropriate describes a text, word, utterance or style that is suitably phrased for its intended audience and form. ‘Appropriate’ accepts that different contexts require different treatments and is in this respect to be differentiated from ‘correct’, which is more concerned with the right grammatical formulation of an expression. articulation the production of different speech sounds through the use of the speech organs: pharynx, tongue, lips, jaw, soft and hard palate. audience the people addressed by a text. The term includes listeners, readers of print, film/TV audiences, and users of information technology. blend the process of combining phonemes into larger elements such as clusters, syllables and words. Also refers to a combination of two or more phonemes, particularly at the beginning and end of words, e.g. st, str, nt, pl, nd. chronological an adjective that describes writing organised in terms of sequences of events. clause a structural unit, smaller than a sentence but larger than a phrase or word, which contains a verb. A main clause makes sense on its own and can form a complete sentence (It was raining.) A subordinate (sometimes called dependent) clause amplifies the main clause, but does not make complete sense on its own and cannot stand as an independent grammatical unit (when we went out). When attached to a main clause, a subordinate clause makes a complete sentence, e.g. It was raining when we went out. /When we went out it was raining. Subordinate clauses can sometimes be abbreviated to phrases, omitting verb and subject, which are understood from the context, e.g. When in Rome, do as the Romans do.
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