Mindoro State College Main Campus Bongabong Campus Calapan City Campus

of Agriculture and Alcate, Victoria Labasan, Bongabong Masipit, Calapan City

Technology e-mail address: minscat_main@yahoo.com
Alcate, Victoria, Oriental Mindoro 5205 Philippines Tel.: +639178156228 Fax: (+63) (43)2862368











In Partial Fulfillment
Of the Requirement in
Eng. 101 Study and Thinking
Skills in English
*Affixes
**Prefixes
**Suffixes
*Context Clues







Submitted by:
Ian Phil D. Cueto
First Semester SY 2014 2015






Submitted to:
Ms. Lorie Jane F. Rey





Submitted on:
August 7, 2014








Mindoro State College Main Campus Bongabong Campus Calapan City Campus
of Agriculture and Alcate, Victoria Labasan, Bongabong Masipit, Calapan City
Technology e-mail address: minscat_main@yahoo.com
Alcate, Victoria, Oriental Mindoro 5205 Philippines Tel.: +639178156228 Fax: (+63) (43)2862368










Prefixes
In-
Means NOT
**Taking drugs and drinking alcohol are inadmissible for people especially to the teenager.

Dis-
Means opposite or absence of
**Luigi cant jump because he is disabled person.

Un-
Means NOT/ opposite of
**She is an unapproachable person because shes not smiling.

Ab-
Means away from
**There are many aboriginals in that mountain.

Ante-
Means before/ in front
**This antechamber is the only way to get into the biggest room of this house.

Ad-
Means to/ toward
**She was adjudged to be an accomplished musician.

Be-
Means thoroughly
**She received Roses and Chocolate from his beloved son.

Uni-
Means one/single
**Students of MBC are required to wear their department uniform every Wednesday.

Mal-
Means bad
**Children in the Philippines are suffering from Malnutrition.

Con-
Means together
**All the members of the Glee club are required to convene in the gymnasium.
Mindoro State College Main Campus Bongabong Campus Calapan City Campus
of Agriculture and Alcate, Victoria Labasan, Bongabong Masipit, Calapan City
Technology e-mail address: minscat_main@yahoo.com
Alcate, Victoria, Oriental Mindoro 5205 Philippines Tel.: +639178156228 Fax: (+63) (43)2862368











Com-
Means with/together
**Section one and two was combined in section 3 for their activity.

De-
Means far away
**The Xerox copy of my valid I.D was detached in my bio data.

Ecto-
Means outside
**Using the microscope, you will see the ectoparasite in the skin.

Hyper-
Means over
**Ion is a hyperactive kind of person.

Para-
Means near
**Working within the parameter of cost and man power.

Trans-
Means across
**Tuberculosis in one example of disease that can be transmits from one person to another.

Pre-
Means before
**It would be premature to suggest that there is a link between there events.

Macro-
Means large
**Employment rates did not respond to the macroeconomy as expected.

Micro-
Means small
**A college is a microcosm of the large community.

Tri-
Means three
**The schedule of the check-up of Ms. Lim is trimonthly.

Mindoro State College Main Campus Bongabong Campus Calapan City Campus
of Agriculture and Alcate, Victoria Labasan, Bongabong Masipit, Calapan City
Technology e-mail address: minscat_main@yahoo.com
Alcate, Victoria, Oriental Mindoro 5205 Philippines Tel.: +639178156228 Fax: (+63) (43)2862368










Suffixes
-ism
Means characteristic or manner
**There are many living and non-living organism exist in this area.

-ist
Means practicing particular skill or profession
**Ms. Lim is an economist she, therefore she is expert in the field of economy.

-ment
Means action process
**Ms. Lim is engaged in her usual employment of playing solitaire.

-ness
Means state or condition
**Ms. Lim and her family are suffering from illness.

-ity
Means state or quality
**The first Siamese twin who received publicity was in Thailand.

-ion
Means result of an action or process
**You can take Possession of the house on Sunday.

-able
Means capable of
**Library is one of reliable sources of information.

-y
Means full of
**Ms. Lim gently touch the face his brother.

-ly
Means like
**Ms. Lim listens attentively to the speech of the Campus Dean during the flag ceremony.

-al
Means characterized by
**Ms. Lim made a hasty and emotional decision last night.
Mindoro State College Main Campus Bongabong Campus Calapan City Campus
of Agriculture and Alcate, Victoria Labasan, Bongabong Masipit, Calapan City
Technology e-mail address: minscat_main@yahoo.com
Alcate, Victoria, Oriental Mindoro 5205 Philippines Tel.: +639178156228 Fax: (+63) (43)2862368










-ance
Means quality or state of being
**This school gives the appearance of prosperity.

-cide
Means kill
**Adopting a policy like that would be political suicide.

-ible
Means capable of
**You will hear an audible gasp from the crowd.

-ship
Means state
**All Glee club members pay 10 pesos for the membership fee.

-ation
Means an action or process
**The presentation of Group II in Humanities was awarded as a first place.

-ative
Means having a particular characteristic
**Ms. Lim is the most attentive listener in section II.

-er
Means more
**Ms. Lim is fast learner than Mr. Cueto when it comes to numbers.

-or
Means condition
**Me and my friend love to watch Horror movies.

-tion
Means action or process
**Water pollution is the reason why there is no fish living in this river.





Mindoro State College Main Campus Bongabong Campus Calapan City Campus
of Agriculture and Alcate, Victoria Labasan, Bongabong Masipit, Calapan City
Technology e-mail address: minscat_main@yahoo.com
Alcate, Victoria, Oriental Mindoro 5205 Philippines Tel.: +639178156228 Fax: (+63) (43)2862368










Context clue
**Jerome is fond of using trite, worn-out expression in his writing. His favorite is You can lead
a horse to water but you cant make him drink.
Trite means overused or worn-out. (synonym)

**As the trial continued, the dependants guilt became more and more obvious. With even the
slightest bit of new evidence against him, there would be no chance of acquittal.
The contrast meaning of acquittal is conviction. (uses comparison and contrast type
of context clue)

**Peggy is a transcriptionist, a person who makes writer copy of a recorded message.
The definition for the word transcriptionist is the person who act the transcribing
something. (uses definition type of context clue)

**Carol is one of the most talented students ever to have attended National High. She has won
many awards in art, music, and theater. She also writes poetry and short stories for the school
paper and create video games on her computer. She is in basketball team and runs road races in
the summer. Carols talents are innumerable.
Innumerable means countless, Carols talents being mention are the clues in the
sentence. (uses association type of context clue)

**The dulcimer, fiddle, and banjo are all popular among the Appalachian Mountain people.
Dulcimer means a zither played with lightweight hammers or sometimes by
plucking and fiddle and banjo has the same meaning as dulcimer. (uses series type
of context clue)

**The street filled instantly with bellicose protesters, who pushed and shoved their way through
the frantic bystander. The scene was no longer peaceful or calm as the marchers had promised it
would be.
Bellicose means ready to quarrel (tone and setting type of context clue)

**Since nobody came to the first voluntary work session, attendance for the second one is
mandatory for all the members.
Means compulsory (uses cause and effect type of context clue)

**The peso fluctuates based on the monetary exchange rate.
Means changes.
Mindoro State College Main Campus Bongabong Campus Calapan City Campus
of Agriculture and Alcate, Victoria Labasan, Bongabong Masipit, Calapan City
Technology e-mail address: minscat_main@yahoo.com
Alcate, Victoria, Oriental Mindoro 5205 Philippines Tel.: +639178156228 Fax: (+63) (43)2862368










**When two or more crops are planted at the same on the same farm, the system of farming is
said to be diversified.
Means varied

**To a traffic officer, a car parked in a busy street is a nuisance.
Means annoyance

**The taxicab is one thing that is ubiquitous in our street.
Means seen everywhere

**The problem of pollution defied solution until the establishment of the Pollution Control
Commission.
Means resisted

**Soil fertility should be replenished in order to get abundant crops.
Means replaced

**With the wanton destruction of our forest, flash floods can always happen.
Means reckless

**The people should not tarry, if they really want economic recovery.
Means stop

**There is an appalling number of non-readers in the elementary as shown by the result of a
Reading Test.
Means shocking

**The janitor threw into the waste can every riff raff he got from the playground.
Means trash

**In the last game, there was a passel of people watching; yesterday there were only five pairs in
the playground.
Means large group

**You have to pray hard for the absolution or excuse of your sins.
Means forgiveness

**Most of these fags, Marlboro, Philip Morris, Hope and Champion, are sold in the store.
Means cigar rete.