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Quarter 1 - Module 2
(Infer the meaning of unfamiliar words)

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 Table of Contents
What This Module is About ………………………………………………………i
How to Learn from this Module ………………………………………………i
Icons of this module ………………………………………………………………ii

Lesson 2:
(Inferring the Meaning of Unfamiliar Words (Affixed)
What’s In ……………………………………………………………….1
What I Need to Know ……………………………………………….2
What’s New ……………………………………………………………….2
What is It ……………………………………………………………….2
What’s More ……………………………………………………………….3
What I Have Learned ……………………………………………………….4
What I Can Do ……………………………………………………….5
References ……………………………………………………………………….5
Key to Answers ……………………………………………………………….6

Lesson 3
(Inferring the Meaning of Unfamiliar Words (Blended)
What’s In ………………………………………………………………. 7
What I Need to Know ………………………………………………. 7
What’s New ………………………………………………………………. 8
What is It ………………………………………………………………. 8
What’s More ………………………………………………………………. 9
What I Have Learned ………………………………………………………. 10
What I Can Do ………………………………………………………. 11
References ………………………………………………………………………. 13
Key to Answers ………………………………………………………………. 13
What This Module is About

In this module, we will learn different language arts skills across listening,
speaking, reading, writing and viewing. Language learning in this module will be all
focused as we will learn strategies to unlock unfamiliar words in the different lessons
presented.

This module was designed to provide you with fun and meaningful
opportunities for guided and independent learning at your own pace and time. You will be
enabled to process the contents of the learning resource while being an active learner.

The scope of this module permits it to be used in many different learning

situations. The language used recognizes the diverse vocabulary level of learners. The
lessons are arranged to follow the standard sequence of the course. But the order in which
you read them can be changed to correspond with the textbook you are now using.

How to Learn from this Module

To achieve the objectives cited below, you are to do the following:

 Take your time reading the lesson carefully.
 Follow the directions and/or instructions in the activities and exercises
diligently.
 Answer all the given tests and exercises.

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Icons of this Module
What I Need to This part contains learning objectives that
Know are set for you to learn as you go along the
module.

What I know This is an assessment as to your level of

knowledge to the subject matter at hand,
meant specifically to gauge prior related
knowledge
What’s In This part connects previous lesson with that
of the current one.

What’s New An introduction of the new lesson through

various activities, before it will be presented
to you.

What is It These are discussions of the activities as a

way to deepen your discovery and under-
standing of the concept.

What’s More These are follow-up activities that are in-

tended for you to practice further in order to
master the competencies.

What I Have Activities designed to process what you

Learned have learned from the lesson

What I can do These are tasks that are designed to show-

case your skills and knowledge gained, and
applied into real-life concerns and situations.

This is an assessment tool for every module to

Assessment
measure the knowledge and skills the learners
learned.

This provides answers to the different activities

and assessments.
Answer Key
 Lesson
Inferring the Meaning of Unfamiliar Words
(Affixed) Based on Text Clues, Synonyms and
2 Antonyms

What’s In

Start this lesson with a review. Take the activity below. Please read the series of
directions given.

Exercise A

Directions: Below are some nouns. Add one of these suffixes (-ship, -ness,-less, -ment, -
ion, -dom) to the words below to make a new word.

1. citizen + _____________
2. govern + ____________
3. free + _______________
4. good + ______________
5. perfect + _____________

Exercise B

Directions: Combine the prefixes on the left with the words on the right to form new
words, using a line.

1. in regular
2. il agree
3. non complete
4. dis stop
5. ir legal

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 What I Need to Know

Learning Objectives:
1. Infer the meaning of unfamiliar words (affixed) based on given text clues,
synonyms and antonyms
2. Follow directions carefully.
3. Write the meaning of the given affixed words.

What’s New
Are you familiar with the words shown inside the box? Familiarize these words. To do this,
you are going to follow the directions given below. Try to analyze the missing word.

Fill in the missing word to complete the idea. Choose the right word inside the box.

__________ a letter or group of letters added to the beginning or end

of a word to change its meaning: a prefix or suffix.

__________ are sometimes called postfixes, word endings that add a certain meaning to
the word. They also change the function or speech part of the base word.

__________ are a type of affix that are placed at the beginning of a word to modify or
change the meaning of that word. Your knowledge of prefix helps widen your vocabulary
and boost your reading comprehension.

Prefixes Suffixes Affixes

What is It
Affix/es- a letter or group of letters added to the beginning or end
of a word to change its meaning: a prefix or suffix
Examples:
-ance, -al, -able, -ous, -ness, un-, dis-, mis-, ex-, ir- and more
attendance, additional, adorable, glorious, madness,

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 unstable, discharge, misunderstand, exhale, irregular
Suffixes are sometimes called postfixes, word endings that add a certain meaning to the
word. They also change the function or speech part of the base word.

Examples: home + less = homeless care + less = careless

icon + ic = iconic well + ness = wellness

Prefixes are a type of affix that are placed at the beginning of a word to modify or change
the meaning of that word. Your knowledge of prefix helps widen your vocabulary and
boost your reading comprehension.

Examples: pre + view = preview re + post = repost

sub + conscious = subconscious super + market= supermarket

Note:

To get the meaning of a word, it must be used in a context and there is a clue.
When we say context clue, it means you get the meaning of the word as it is used with
other words. Therefore, the words that precede and follow an unfamiliar word will help
you get its specific meaning. The word or is a signal that a meaning for a new word will
follow.

What’s More

Activity 1 (SUFFIX Activity):

Directions: Change the nouns below into a new word by adding -or, -ly,
-less, -ian, -ic at the end of each word. Write your answers on your
paper.
1. home
2. act
3. love
4. majesty
5. music
Activity 2 (PREFIX Activity):

Directions: Form new words by adding re-, super-, sub-, trans-, and pre- to the
following words.
1. view
2. conscious
3. store
4. agent
5. gender

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 What I Have Learned

Directions: Read the questions below. Infer the meaning of the affixed word used in
each item. Then, encircle the word that best answers each question. Use
separate sheet of paper.

1. Which word is the opposite of passive?

creative active addictive
2. Which word refers to the surroundings?
environment natural accident
3. Which word would describe an artist?
intensive creative nutritive
4. Which word means correct reasoning?
logical historical critical
5. Which word describes a person who loves and loyally supports his country?
poetic patriotic romantic
6. Which word means a plan presented for action?
classical renewal proposal
7. Which word means essential?
destructive substantive inventive
8. Which word suggests hot weather?
tropical political theatrical
9. Which word has something to do with the study of living things?
biblical biological surgical
10. Which word means sharing or understanding the feeling or ideas of one another?
strategic symbolic sympathetic

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 What I Can Do

Directions: Fill in the missing part of the table below. The first one is done for you. Write
your answers on a separate sheet of paper.

Words with Base Form Suffix Prefix Meaning

Affixes

perfection perfect -ion the condition of being perfect

courtship

review

misplace

impatient

rewrite

References

Evelyn B. Angeles, JOY in LEARNING ENGLISH 5 Textbook. Quezon City:

Vibal Group, Inc. 2016, p. 48-52
Ma. Corazon Balajadia, Workbook on English 5: Produced by 57-75 in partnership
with the Ateneo Center for Educational Development and the Department
of Education Divisions of Nueva Vizcaya, Lanao del Norte, Iloilo,
Nueva Ecija, Quezon and Pangasinan., p. 9-14
English 5 1st Quarter DepEd K12 Teacher’s Guide & Learner’s Material,
Curriculum Guide http://www.k12reader.com/worksheet/context-clues, p.
33-35

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What I Can Do
1. court— suffix(-ship) ---- the act of courting
2. view--- prefix(re-) ----- the process of reviewing
3. place— prefix(mis-) --- to put something in the wrong place
4. patient— prefix(im-) --- not patient
5. write--- prefix (re-) ---- to write something again
What’s In
What I Have Learned What’s More
Exercise A
Activity I. 1.-ship
1.homeless 2.-ment
1.active 3.-dom
2.actor
2.environment 4.-ness
3.lovely
3.creative 5.-ion
4.majestic
4.logical
5.musician
5.patriotic Exercise B
6.proposal 1.complete
Activity II.
7.substantive 2.legal
1.preview
8.tropical 3.stop
2.subconscious
9.biological 4.agree
3.restore
10.sympathetic 5.regular
4.superagent
5.transgender
What’s New
1.Affixes
2.Suffixes
3. Prefixes
Key to Correction
 Lesson Inferring the Meaning of Unfamiliar Words
(Blended) Based on Text Clues,
3 Synonyms and Antonyms

What’s In

You will do this activity as a review before you will start with the new lesson.
Follow carefully the given directions.

Directions: Identify the words below. Write B if it is an example of blended and

write N if it is not.
1. camcorder- ________
2. cyborg- ___________
3. twist- _____________
4. suit- ______________
5. emoticon- _________
6. infomercial-________
7. global- ___________
8. pieces- ___________
9. netizen- __________
10. smog- ____________

What I Need to Know

Learning Objective:
1. Infer the meaning of unfamiliar words (blended) based on given text clues,
synonyms and antonyms
2. Read sentences that show blended words
3. Write the correct blended words to complete the idea

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 What’s New

Before having a new lesson, you will analyze the given statement below. Are you
familiar with the words written inside the box? For you to be able to answer the statement,
read and understand then follow the directions carefully.

Complete the statement by filling in the blanks with the words that you will get inside the
box.

Unfamiliar words (blended) may be infer through _______________, _______________,

_______________, and _______________.

ANTONYMS SYNONYMS

WORD PARTS CONTEXT CLUES

What is It

Blended words are two words joined together by taking parts of both words and
combining the parts into a new word.
 Sometimes called portmanteau words (French word for suitcase), blended
words consist of two words whose parts are “folded” into one forming
new word with another meaning.
Examples
Read the sentences. (Text Clues)
I ate my brunch at the canteen since I haven’t eaten my breakfast and lunch.
Elsa sends mail through her electronic computer last night but Anna read her email the
next morning.

What do you think is the meaning of brunch? Email?

These are examples of blended words. We can find the meaning of these unfamiliar
words using context clues or we can find the meaning of words in the sentence such as:
breakfast + lunch= brunch
electronic + mail= email

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Read and observe the following words:

SYNONYMS ANTONYMS
smassy smart, rude Smassy unwise, timid
multiplex multiple, complex Multiplex single,simple

What do you think is the meaning of smassy? multiplex?

Synonyms are words with the same meaning. Unfamiliar words can be defined
through synonyms. Such as smassy = smart but rude
multiplex = multiple complex

Antonyms are words with opposite meaning. Unfamiliar words can be defined
through antonyms. Such as smassy = unwise timid
multiplex = single simple

Analyze the following words:

Word Parts Unfamiliar word (blended)

simultaneous broadcast simulcast
smoke fog smog

What do you think is the meaning of simulcast? smog?

These are examples of blended words. We can find the meaning of these
unfamiliar words through their word parts.
Such as simulcast = simultaneous broadcast,
smog = smoke and frog.

What’s More

Exercise I. Look for the meaning of the underlined words through Text Clues. Use
separate sheet of paper.

1. Due to the smoke of kaingin and the fog in the mountain, the farmers cannot see
clearly because of the smog.
A. Kaingin and forest
B. Fog and Mountain
C. Smoke and fog

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 2. Mang Juan used the hybrid seedlings of squash that gave him an enormous and
giant harvest; he was able to sell his ginormous products at high price.
A. Giant and enormous
B. Seedlings and products
C. Hybrid and squash

Exercise II. Arrange the jumbled letters to get the synonyms or antonyms of the
following words.

1. INTERNATIONAL NETWORK – T E N I N E R T
2. EMOTION ICON - COMOENTI

Exercise III. Look for the word parts of the following words inside the treasure box.
Write the answer beside the given word part.

1. Cyborg =_______________+_____________
2. Bash = _______________+______________

Treasure Box
Cybernetic
Organism
Smash
Bang
smash
Organism

What I Have Learned

I. Directions: Infer the meaning of the unfamiliar words (blended). Use separate sheet of
paper for your answer. The first one is done for you.
1. Anna must have an analysis with her urine. She will undergo urinalysis
tomorrow.
urinalysis = means chemical analysis of urine

2. Everyone loves wifi for many reasons. This wireless fidelity is very useful
nowadays.
______________________________________

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 3. Many of us learn to express our feelings through blogs, we can write our concern
in a web and then log it in.
______________________________________

4. Hospitals use intercom in every room so that every patient’s concern may be
paged in this international communication for their convenience.
______________________________________
5. Wireless modem is a necessity among professionals. This wireless modulator and
demodulator brings convenience wherever the needs occur.
___________________________________
II. Directions: Infer the meaning of the unfamiliar words by analyzing its word parts.
Example: brunch = breakfast + lunch

1. Cellophane = ______________+______________
2. Slithy = ______________+______________
3. Spanglish = ______________+______________
4. Emoticon = ______________+______________
5. Smog = ______________+______________

What I Can Do

Directions: Supply the blend word for each set of entry. Then, use the portmanteau
words to complete the sentences below. Do this on your paper.

Blended Words Meaning Portmanteau Words

a fog made heavier and darker

1. smoke + fog by smoke and chemical fumes

2. twist + fiddle to turn lightly; to be idle

3. picture + element an optical sensor

troops trained and equipped to
4.parachute + troops parachute from an airplane

5.haggle + tussle argument or disagreement

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6. The polluted skyline of most industrial cities is covered with __________.
7. The higher the number of ___________ a camera has, the better quality of a
picture taken is.
8. A good number of __________ participated in the recent air show at Clark Field.
9. To __________ your thumb is to show that you are not interested in doing
anything.
10. A ________ between the umpire and the players caused the suspension of the
championship game.

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What I Have Learned What I Can Do
I.
1. urinalysis means urine analysis 1. smog
2. wifi means wireless fidelity 2. twiddle
3. blogs mean web log 3. pixel
4. paratroops
4. intercom means international communication
5. hassle
5. modem means modulator and demodulator
6. smog
II.
7. pixel
1. cellulose + diaphane
8. paratroops
2. slimy + lithe
9. twiddle
3. Spanish + English 10. hassle
4. emotion + icon
5. smoke + fog
What’s More What’s In
I. 1. C
1. B
2. A 2. B
II. 1.INTERNET- WORLD WIDE WEB 3. N
4. N
2.EMOTICON- KEYBOARD CHARACTERS 5. B
OF EMOTION 6. B
7. N
III. 1.cybernetic + organism 8. N
2. bang + smash 9. B
10. B
Key to Correction
 synonyms, antonyms, context clues, and word parts.

(in any order)

What’s New

References
 English 5 1st Quarter DepEd K12 Teacher’s Guide & Learner’s Material,
Curriculum Guide, 203https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blend_word, p.95-98

 Castillo, Kristine Erika C. (2016) Joy in Learning English, textbook. Quezon

City: Vibal Group, Inc., p. 63

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