Understanding Word Usage and Context in Language

1. Bellringers 156-160 Bellringers for all classes

2. Bellringer # 156 • 1. Some words such as good have many synonyms. • 2. One cannot however always substitute one synonym for another. • 3. After all good and skillful are considered synonyms, but a good dinner is not a skillful one. • Corrections: 1) comma after words and good 2) comma after cannot and however 3) comma after all and synonyms

3. Bellringer # 156 • 1. A word rarely appears all alone and, the words and phrases that appear around it may suggest its meaning. • 2. The context in which a word appears, can provide a sense of its meaning but this is not always the case. • Corrections: 1) alone, and 2) meaning, but

4. Bellringer # 158 • 1. Familiar root words, suffixes, and prefixes, can help one to figure out the meaning of unfamiliar words. • 2. Adding a prefix may dramatically change the meaning of the base word, or just modify it. • Corrections: 1) no comma after prefixes 2) no comma

5. Bellringer # 159 • 1. When one must spell a difficult word it is often helpful to pronounce it carefully. • 2. Although this is not a foolproof method many words can be spelled correctly if they are pronounced carefully. • Corrections: 1) comma after word 2) comma after method

6. Bellringer # 160 • 1. Words may sound alike but be spelled different. • 2. How can a person be surely that a word is spelled correctly? • 3. Go direct to a dictionary to solve this problem. • Corrections: 1) change different to differently 2) change surely to sure 3) change direct to directly