Unit 6 application questions

Application

3. Words all came from http://www.takeourword.com/theory.html

1. meow, crackle, bang, zip, ring (all got their name by the imitation of sounds)

fly (verb) got its name through an extended meaning

moon (comes from the word month)

lackadaisical (comes from the expression ‘lackaday’ which itself derives from ‘alack the day’)

alone (from ‘all one’)

jeans (after Genoa, Italy)

    b.

Phonetic Demand	Semantic Demand	Etymological Demand http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?l=w
hit	Invent/inventor	ward
mat	Team/teamwork	macademia
pat	Extra/extraordinary	babble
dog	Auto/automobile	jackdaw
cat	Move/mover	eagle

c. (#8)

-ch	-tch	-ge	-dge
which	Watch	age	ledge
Much	catch	rage	hedge
Such	pitch	Engage	Wedge
Research	stretch	disengage	sedge
Each	patch	advantage	Bridge
church	stitch	average	abridge
French	scratch	submerge	budge
Reach	sketch	backstage	dodge
teach	Dutch	arrange	drawbridge
coach	fetch	rearrange	judge

-ch, -tch pattern is used after single, short vowel sounds

-dge is used if it immediately follows a short vowel sound, otherwise then the –ge is used.

http://www.justmommies.com/unit_studies/spelling-rules.shtml

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