ENGLISH - WORD

WORD

A letter or a group of letters which gives definite meaning is called a word.

Single letter word                   I,   a,   O

Double letter words                to, in, is

Three letter words                   eat, see, raw

Longest word in English         flaccipausinausiinihilibilification

TYPES OF WORDS

1.      Synonyms       [words having similar meaning eg., see=look=glance=glare=….]

2.      Antonyms       [words having opposite meaning to the given word. Eg.beautiful x ugly

3.      Homophones   [words having similar pronunciation eg., see – sea,  rite – right –write]

4.      Homonyms      [a single word giving many meanings eg., post=1. Vacancy, 2.enter, ….]

5.      Confusing words [these words confuse eg. Water-waters,  China-china…]

6.      Compound words[two words combination, eg. Blackboard, walkingstick…]

7.      Idioms             [the phrase which gives a different meaning, eg., once in a blue moon]

8.      Phrases            [the combination two or more words eg. In lieu of]

9.      One word substitutes[

10.  Acronyms        [ an abbreviation used as a word eg., LASER-laser…]

11.  Prefix words   [words formed by prefix, eg., poly-  polygamy, polynomial, ….]

12.  Suffix words   [words formed by suffix eg., -cide  suicide, matricide, uxoricide…]

13.  Reduplicate words

14.  Words made from proper nouns[Sandwich –sandwich,  Boycott – boycott]

15.  Abridged words          [president – prez,  husband – hub…]

16.  Combined and abridged words          [foreign + exchange = forex]

17.  Imported words          [ab initio, ad hoc, ghee, …]

KINDS OF WORDS

These words are called parts of speech

1.      Noun

2.      Pronoun

3.      Verb

4.      Adjective

5.      Adverb

6.      Preposition

7.      Conjunction

8.      Interjection