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Question: What is an antonym? Answer: Antonym is a word having opposite meaning. Question: How many letters are there of English alphabets? Answer: There are 2 letters of English alphabets. Question: What is a phoneme?

Answer: The smallest unit of sound is !alled a phoneme.The sound of a word whi!h you utter is !alled a phoneme. Question: "efine a di!tionary. Answer: A di!tionary is a boo# that not only lists and re!ords the words of a language but it also tells you how spea#ers of the language spell$ pronoun!e$ define$ e%plain$ and use the words of their language. Question: What are vowels? Answer: &owels are sounds produ!ed without any obstru!tion in the mouth. Question: How are phonemi! symbols shown in a di!tionary? Answer: 'honemi! symbols are given in slash bra!#ets in the di!tionary. ( ( Question: What is a dipthong vowel? Answer: A dipthong vowel is the sound whi!h is produ!ed by !ombining two vowel sounds. )n diphthongs$ there is a movement or glide from one vowel sound to another. *oreover$ there are + diphthong vowels in English. Question: What is a !onsonant sound? Answer: A !onsonant is a sound whi!h is arti!ulated with some obstru!tion in the mouth. Question: What is stress? Answer: ,tress is the e%tra for!e$ used in pronun!iation or spea#ing$ on a parti!ular word. A di!tionary indi!ates stress by a tiny mar# on top of a word. Question: What is the topi! of a paragraph? Answer: The topi! of a paragraph is the sub-e!t of the whole paragraph. )t tells

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what the whole paragraph is about.)t !an usually be e%pressed in a word or two. Question: What are !onne!tives? Answer: .onne!tives are lin#s whi!h are made by !on-un!tions that -oin ideas into some #ind of relationship within te%t. These words or phrases are also #nown as transitional mar#ers that !onne!t ideas together. They indi!ate:

result !ontrast

illustration

!ause and effe!t a series(time se/uen!e addition

Question: What is phoneti!s? Answer: 'honeti!s is the pre!ise study of human spee!h sounds 0 how they are produ!ed$ how they are transmitted and how they are heard. Question: What is phonology? Answer: 'honology is the broader study of ma-or spee!h sounds$ and their organisation$ in a parti!ular language. Question: What is a prefi%$ stem and suffi%? Answer: The stem of a word is its basi! form$ the fundamental element whi!h is !ommon to all the other forms of a word. A prefi% is a form whi!h is fi%ed to to the beginning of a stem1 A suffi% is a form whi!h is fi%ed to the end of a stem. e.g. in the word immeasurable ,tem 2 measure ,uffi% 2 able 'refi% 2 im Question: What is s!anning?

Answer: ,!anning means reading a te%t /ui!#ly in order to loo# for a spe!ifi! pie!e of information e.g.$loo#ing for a parti!ular number in a telephone dire!tory is s!anning for information. Question: Whi!h fa!tors show that your reading !omprehension is not good?

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Answer: 3eading speed and !omprehension are related. )f you are not an e%perien!ed reader then reading faster !an ma#e your !omprehention slow. *oreover$ vo!alisation i.e.$ reading words aloud !an also ma#e you !omprehend less. Question: Whi!h things should be #ept in mind while reading? Answer: As a s#illed reader you must re!ogni4e the writer5s purpose$ tone and attitude. Question: What is pra!ti!al writing? Answer: 'ra!ti!al writing deals mainly with fa!ts. )t may be a report$ an a!!ount or someone e%pressing his opinion on a parti!ular matter$ a series of instru!tion or a set of statisti!s. Question: What does 6ma#ing inferen!es6 mean? Answer: lines:$ whi!h means that you pi!# up ideas that are not dire!tly stated in the material you are reading. The writer is giving or ma#ing a suggestion but stating it dire!tly i.e. he is implying something. These implied ideas are often important for a full understanding of what the writer means. )t is this dis!overing of ideas in writing that are not stated dire!tly that is !alled 9ma#ing inferen!es: or drawing !on!lusions. Question: What is a fa!t?

7.8ou are familiar with the e%pression 9to read between the

Answer: A fa!t is a statement that !an be proved true through ob-e!tive eviden!e. This eviden!e may be physi!al proof or the testimony of witness ;spo#en or written<. Question: What is an opinion? Answer: An opinion is a statement that !an not be ob-e!tively proved true or false. =pinions usually e%press beliefs$ feelings$ -udgements that a person may have on or about a sub-e!t. Question: What is the differen!e between the abbreviation i.e.$ and e.g. Answer: The abbreviation i.e. ;i.e.$ that is< is often !onfused with other abbreviations ;e.g.$ e.g.<. The i.e. generally is used to introdu!e matter that is e%planatory as opposed to being the name of an e%ample or list of e%amples. )f you !an say for e%ample as a substitute for the abbreviation$ you want to use e.g.$ not i.e. "o not itali!i4e or underline these abbreviations. Question: What is the differen!e between abbreviations and a!ronyms. Answer: There is a differen!e between a!ronyms and abbreviations. An a!ronym is usually formed by ta#ing the first initials of a phrase or !ompounded0

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word and using those initials to form a word that stands for something. Thus >AT=$ whi!h we pronoun!e >AT=H$ is an a!ronym for >orth Atlanti! Treaty =rgani4ation$ and ?A,E3 ;whi!h we pronoun!e 6la4er6<$ is an a!ronym for ?ight Amplifi!ation by ,timulated Emission of 3adiation. @A)$ then$ is not really an a!ronym for the @ederal Aureau of )nvestigation1 it is an abbreviation. A)", is an a!ronym1 H)& is an abbreviation. B3? is an abbreviation for Bniform 3esour!e ?o!ator ;World Wide Web address<$ but many people pronoun!e it as 6Earl$6 ma#ing it a true a!ronym$ and others insist on pronoun!ing it as three separate letters$ 6B C 3 C ?$6 thus ma#ing it an abbreviation. Question: How many phonemes are there in English?

Answer: )n English DD sounds of phonemes have been identified. Question: How many vowel phonemes are there in English language? Answer: There are 2E vowel phonemes in English language. Question: What are referen!es? Answer: 3eferen!es are words in a senten!e that refer to ea!h other. They !an be pronouns $ demonstrative pronouns$ adverbs et!.$as well as substitute the words !oming earlier ar later. Question: What is s#imming? Answer: ,#imming means reading a te%t /ui!#ly to get the gist of the te%t.The reader is -ust !on!erned with the main idea and leaves the minor or supporting details. ,#imming is a useful te!hni/ue espe!ially in e%tensive reading. Question: What is imaginative writing? Answer: )maginative writing means !reative writing. .reative writngs in!lude novels$ short stories$a pie!e of writing dealing with fi!tional situation. )t !an also be a poem. Question: What is a topi! senten!e? Answer: The senten!e whi!h states the main idea of a paragraph is the topi! senten!e of that paragraph. )t may o!!ur anywhere in the paragraphFFFFF in the beginning$ in the middle or at the end. Question: Whish are the three !ommon purposes of !ommuni!ation? Answer: The three !ommon purposes of !ommuni!ation are:

To inform To persuade To entertain

Question: What is a synonym? Answer: ,ynonym is a word having similar meaning. Question: What is an obsolete?

Answer: =bsolete is a word that is no longer in use. Question: What is an ar!hai!? Answer: Ar!hai! is a word that is no longer in use. Question: What are some of the uses of a di!tionary? Answer: The following is a list of things that !an be learned from a di!tionary.

,pelling 'ronun!iation 'arts of spee!h =rigin of words *eaning( e%planation ,ynonymsG antonyms @oreign words and phrases Heneral information.