Reading: Vocabulary in Context: B1 Lesson 3: Recognizing Word Families

Reading: Vocabulary in Context B1

Lesson 3: Recognizing Word Families

Listen to the examples here.

What you will learn: By the end of this lesson, you will be able to recognize different words from the same "family" (noun, verb, adjective) and use them correctly in a sentence.

Before You Read 🧠

Key Concepts (Click 🔊)

Knowing these ideas helps you learn 5 words at once, not just 1!

Word Family

| គ្រួសារពាក្យ

A group of words that share the same root word (e.g., compete, competitor, competitive).

Root Word

| ពាក្យដើម

The main part of a word that gives the basic meaning (e.g., create).

Suffix

| បច្ច័យ (ពាក្យបន្ថែមខាងចុង)

Letters added to the *end* of a word to change its form (e.g., -ion, -ive, -er).

How Word Families Work

When you learn a new word, look for its family! Notice how the suffix (the ending) changes the word's job in the sentence. Click 🔊 to hear each word.

Root Word: create (Verb - to make something new)

Noun (The Thing) creation

Noun (The Person) creator

Adjective (Describes a noun) creative

Adverb (Describes a verb) creatively

Root Word: compete (Verb - to try to win)

Noun (The Event) competition

Noun (The Person) competitor

Adjective (Describes a noun) competitive

Practice What You Learned 🎯

Quiz: Choose the Right Word

Complete each sentence by typing the correct word from the word bank. Check your spelling!

Word Family: create, creation, creative

1. The artist's new painting was a beautiful...

Word Family: compete, competition, competitive

2. Angkor Wat is a very... tourist destination.

Word Family: create, creation, creative

3. She is a very... person; she loves painting and writing.

Word Family: compete, competition, competitive

4. He will... in the running race tomorrow.

Key Vocabulary Reference (Click 🔊)

• Word Family | គ្រួសារពាក្យ
  A group of words with the same root word (e.g., play, player, playful).
• Root Word | ពាក្យដើម
  The main part of a word that gives the basic meaning.
• Suffix | បច្ច័យ (ពាក្យបន្ថែមខាងចុង)
  Letters added to the end of a word to change its form (e.g., -ion, -ive, -er).
• Noun | នាម
  A word for a person, place, thing, or idea (e.g., teacher, school, creation).
• Verb | កិរិយាស័ព្ទ
  An action or state word (e.g., create, compete, run).
• Adjective | គុណនាម
  A word that describes a noun (e.g., creative, competitive, beautiful).

Your Reading Mission ⭐

Find the Family!

1. Find a short news article or blog post in English.
2. Choose one word you see, like "decision".
3. Try to find (or guess) other words in its family. For example: decide (verb), decisive (adjective).
4. Write one new sentence using a *different* form of the word you found.

Example: You find "decision". You write: "I must decide where to eat dinner."