Contents of Short

In Common?

alligator

ladybird

love-letter

Unit 5 Day 1

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Shakespeare’s neologisms

accused

addiction

advertising

amazement

assassination

backing

bandit

bedroom

beached

birthplace

bump

buzzer

caked

cater

champion

deafening

discontent

dishearten

drugged

dwindle

elbow

excitement

eyeball

fashionable

fixture

flawed

frugal

generous

gloomy

gossip

gust

hint

hobnob

hurried

impartial

invulnerable

jaded

label

laughable

lonely

lower

luggage

madcap

majestic

marketable

noiseless

outbreak

panders

pedant

puking

rant

remorseless

savagery

scuffle

secure

tranquil

unreal

varied

worthless

zany

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Modern New Words

chairdrobe

screenager

jeggings

Making New Words

New words are ‘invented’ in English all the time. Here are some of the ways that new words are made.

Adding a prefix or a suffix to an old word

hyperlink

supermarket

Compound words

(Two words together)

daydream

screenager

jeggings

chairdrobe

New purpose

Crane (the machine that lifts things) is named after crane (the long-necked bird)

Loan words

(from other languages)

mammoth (Russian)

tycoon (Japanese)

shark (Mayan)

Conversions

Taking a word from one word class and using it in another

Friend used to be just a noun, but now is a verb too: “Will you friend me on Facebook?”

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Shakespeare’s New Verbs

Shakespeare made new verbs from these root words, using verb prefixes.

· Choose the verb prefix that you think fits with the verb and write what you think it means.

· Now look up the word in the dictionary. Were you right?

· Write a summary of the dictionary definition in your book.

Root words

grace

solved

trust

tire

quote

blown

strain

dis-

de-

mis-

over-

re-

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Shakespeare’s New Verbs – In Context

In time I may believe, yet I mistrust.

Taming of the Shrew

I have myself resolved upon a course

Which has no need of you; be gone:

Anthony and Cleopatra

Please you, retire to your chamber.

Anthony and Cleopatra

Appoint a meeting with this old fat fellow,

Where we may take him and disgrace him for it.

Merry Wives of Windsor

Is the storm overblown?

The Tempest

Chain up and restrain the poor

Coriolanus

Interpretation will misquote our looks

Henry VI, Part I

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Verb Prefixes

Prefix

Meaning

Example Words

dis-

reverses the meaning of the verb

disappear, disallow, disconnect, discontinue

de-

do the opposite of

devalue, deselect

mis-

badly or wrongly

mislead, misinform, misidentify

over-

too much

oversleep, overwork

re-

again or back

revisit, reappear, rebuild

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Shakespeare’s New Verbs - Answers

disgrace

Appoint a meeting with this old fat fellow,

Where we may take him and disgrace him for it.

Merry Wives of Windsor

resolved

I have myself resolved upon a course

Which has no need of you; be gone:

Anthony and Cleopatra

mistrust

In time I may believe, yet I mistrust.

Taming of the Shrew

retire

Please you, retire to your chamber.

Anthony and Cleopatra

misquote

Interpretation will misquote our looks

Henry VI, Part I

overblown

Is the storm overblown?

The Tempest

restrain

Chain up and restrain the poor.

Coriolanus

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Author’s neologisms

Roald Dahl

JK Rowling

William Shakespeare

humplecrimp

quidditch

swagger

bedazzle

eyeball

whizzpopping

fishify

addiction

mudblood

squib

dementor

apparate

oompa-loompa

snozzcumber

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Author’s Neologisms - Answers

whizzpopping

oompa-loompa

snozzcumber

humplecrimp

mudblood

squib

dementor

quidditch

apparate

bedazzle

swagger

fishify

eyeball

addiction

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fishify

Mercutio (to Romeo): O flesh, flesh, how art thou fishified!

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Verb suffixes

-ate, -ify, and -ise

For words ending in ‘y’ change to ‘i’ before adding the suffix.

For words ending in ‘e’ remove the ‘e’ before adding the suffix.

For words with a short vowel sound, double the consonant before adding the suffix.

apologyvaccineintense

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Nouns and adjectives 1

-ate, -ify, and -ise

popular

author

captive

active

advert

real

pure

valid

legal

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Cloze Activity 1

1. Homer Simpson popularised the term “d’oh”.

2. They decided they would advertise the event with posters.

3. We will need to boil the water to purify it.

4. They did the experiment twice in order to validate the results.

5. I did not realise that you were waiting.

6. I definitely think that e-scooters should be legalised.

7. I have been authorised to enter the secure area.

8. They were captivated by the performance.

9. You will need to provide your password in order to activate your account.

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Cloze Activity 2

1. Homer Simpson popularised the term “d’oh”.

captivated/popularised

2. They decided they would advertise the event with posters.

advertise/purify

3. We will need to boil the water to purify it.

advertise/purify

4. They did the experiment twice in order to validate the results.

legalise/validate

5. I did not realise that you were waiting.

legalise/realise

6. I definitely think that e-scooters should be legalised.

legalised/captivated

7. I have been authorised to enter the secure area.

authorised/popularised/advertised

8. They were captivated by the performance.

realised/captivated/purified

9. You will need to provide your password in order to activate your account.

legalise/activate/popularise

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Further Nouns and adjectives

-ate, -ify, and -ise

popular

author

captive

active

advert

real

pure

valid

legal

note

liquid

central

fossil

horror

material

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Nouns and adjectives - Answers

popularise

authorise

captivate

activate

advertise

realise

purify

validate

legalise

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Further Nouns and adjectives - Answers

popularise

authorise

captivate

active

advertise

realise

purify

validate

legalise

notify

liquidate

centralise

fossilise

horrify

materialise

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Cloze Activity - Answers

1. Homer Simpson popularised the term “d’oh”.

2. They decided they would advertise the event with posters.

3. We will need to boil the water to purify it.

4. They did the experiment twice in order to validate the results.

5. I did not realise that you were waiting.

6. I definitely think that e-scooters should be legalised.

7. I have been authorised to enter the secure area.

8. They were captivated by the performance.

9. You will need to provide your password in order to activate your account.

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King Lear

“The thunder will not peace at my bidding”

Modern

I’m going to google it, when I get home.

She elbowed me on the way to assembly!

He skateboarded to school today.

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Heart on sleeve

From: https://www.kaplaninternational.com/blog/shakespeare-idioms

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Idioms

Dead as a doornail

Henry VI Part II

Night Owl

Lucrece

I haven’t slept a wink

Cymbeline

I sent him packing

Henry IV Part I

The apple of my eye

Midsummer Night’s Dream

She ate me out of house and home

Henry IV Part II

The world’s your oyster

Merry Wives of Windsor

It smells to heaven

Hamlet

Make your hair stand on end

Hamlet

Every dog will have his day

Hamlet

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Meanings

She ate a lot of my food when she visited.

Completely dead.

Even the most unlucky person will be lucky sometime.

It was really shocking.

I sent him away and I was firm about it.

I got no sleep at all.

You have lots of options and freedom to choose.

It smells really bad.

A person who prefers to stay up late.

Someone you cherish or adore.

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Idioms - Answers

Dead as a doornail

Completely dead

I haven’t slept a wink

I got no sleep at all

The world’s your oyster

You have lots of options and freedom to choose

Made my hair stand on end

It was really shocking

Night Owl

A person who prefers to stay up late

I sent him packing

I sent him away and I was firm about it

She ate me out of house and home

She ate a lot of my food when she visited

It smells to heaven

It smells really bad

Every dog will have his day

Even the most unlucky person will be lucky sometime

Apple of my eye

Someone you cherish or adore

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Insult Creator

Shakespeare loved using new words to create insults, which he included in most of his plays.

Make your own insults by taking one word from each of these columns.

See how rude you can sound!

Thou

simpering

notable

decayed

capering

paltry

twangling

juggling

giddy

unpolished

counterfeit

malicious

cream-faced

frosty-spirited

hard-hearted

pigeon-livered

hare-brained

iron-witted

foul-spoken

marble-hearted

mad-headed

wasp-stung

puppy-footed

block

varlet

popinjay

patch

boggler

puke-stocking

boil

shrimp

horse-drench

flibbertigibbet

ticklebrain

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