Vocabulary and real-versus-fake word recognition practice for the Duolingo English Test's literacy subscore.
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- What does the DET's literacy subscore measure?
- Reading and writing skills, including vocabulary knowledge and word recognition
- In the Yes/No Vocabulary item type, what must you decide about each word?
- Whether it is a real English word or a made-up (fake) word
- What is a common trait of fake words used in vocabulary recognition tasks?
- They look like real words but use letter combinations that do not actually form English words
- prefix
- A word part added to the beginning of a root word to change its meaning
- suffix
- A word part added to the end of a root word to change its meaning or part of speech
- What does the prefix 'un-' generally mean?
- Not, or the opposite of
- What does the suffix '-ful' generally mean?
- Full of, or characterized by
- What does the suffix '-less' generally mean?
- Without
- What part of speech does the suffix '-ly' usually create?
- An adverb
- What part of speech does the suffix '-tion' usually create?
- A noun
- What part of speech does the suffix '-able' usually create?
- An adjective
- root word
- The base part of a word that carries its core meaning, before prefixes or suffixes are added
- What is a word family?
- A group of words that share the same root but differ in prefixes, suffixes, or part of speech
- Give the noun form of the adjective 'happy'.
- Happiness
- Give the adjective form of the verb 'create'.
- Creative
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