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English for Tourism & Hospitality (108) by Prof. Adel AlSheikh 2020/2021

Exercise I: For each of the following words, underline/circle
the root word:

1) lovely loving love unloved
2) use user
3) cooking cooked useful used
4) action acting
5) cared careless cooks cook
6) darker darkness
7) friendship friendly inaction act
8) sadness sad
9) happiness unhappy cared careful
10) excitement exciting
11) decisive deciding dark darkest
12) cakewalk walking
13) talking talk unfriendly friend
14) taller tallest
15) lightning light sadder sadly

happier happy

excite excited

decide decided

walked walk

backtalk talked

tall tallness

lighter lightest

Exercise II Check your word root knowledge:

1. Lum: (a) sum (b) light (c) one hundred (d) heavy

2. Ambi: (a) both (b) none (c) either (d) fluid

3. Hypo: (a)below (b) aware (c) above (d) soul

4. Psycho: (a) self (b) mad (c) spirit (d) mind

5. Phil: (a) full (b) love (c) brother (d) many

6. Chron: (a) time (b) order (c) continue (d) metal

7. Tele: (a) move (b) talk (c) far (d) tell

8. Phon: (a) sound (b) fake (c) transmit (d) loud

9. Therm: (a)heat (b)measure (c) distance (d) raise

10. Fort: (a) house (b) shelter (c) strength (d) hide

11. Mort: (a) death (b) cycle (c) end (d) life
12. Dict: (a) rule (b) say (c) describe (d) write
13. Multi: (a) add (b) many (c) long (d) short
14. Man: (a) arm (b) leg (c) hand (d) finger
15. Sync (a) away (b) together (c) distant (d) sound

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