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Crafting meaning Academic Communication for Advanced Secondary Schools

Exercise 1�5

Complete the following table by blending the given pairs of words to form new
words.

Existing words New words
Electronic Mail
FOR ONLINE READING ONLY
Work Alcoholic
Foreign Exchange

Camera Recorder
Information Technology

Activity 1�4

Search online/offline sources for blended words and use them in a conversation.

Clipping/ Truncation

Clipping is another way to form words. It involves shortening or deleting some parts of
a word; hence, the remaining part of such a word becomes a new word. However, the
newly formed word retains the same meaning. Clipping can be: back clipping involving
shortening or deleting a part of the original word at the back (examination - exam),
fore-clipping involving shortening or deleting a part of the original word at the front
(aeroplane - plane), middle clipping involving shortening or deleting a part of the original
word in the middle (junior - jr) and clipping both the back and fore parts of a word which
involves deleting both parts of a word at the beginning and the end (refrigerator - fridge).

Exercise 1�6

1. Complete the following table by forming new words through clipping method.

Type of Clipping Words clipped New words formed

Back clipping Memorandum
Gymnasium

Gasoline
Fore-clipping Telephone

Cockroach

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