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

Reading B1

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Word Families

យល់ន័យពាក្យតាមរយៈគ្រួសារពាក្យ

When reading, if you don't know a word, look at its ROOT and its ending (suffix).

ការយល់ដឹងពីគ្រួសារពាក្យ (Word Families) ជួយអ្នកទាយអត្ថន័យពាក្យដែលមិនស្គាល់បានលឿនពេលកំពុងអានអត្ថបទ។

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The "Act" Family movie

អាន និងស្វែងយល់ពីគ្រួសារពាក្យ 'Act'

"The new superhero movie is full of action. The main actor was very active, jumping across buildings. He acted perfectly in every scene."

Noun action សកម្មភាព (អ្វីដែលកើតឡើង)

Noun actor តួសម្តែង (អ្នកធ្វើសកម្មភាព)

Adj active សកម្ម / រហ័សរហួន

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The "Create" Family palette

អាន និងស្វែងយល់ពីគ្រួសារពាក្យ 'Create'

"She is a very creative artist. She creates beautiful paintings. Her latest creation is displayed in the museum. She works very creatively."

Verb create បង្កើត

Noun creation ការបង្កើត / ស្នាដៃដែលបានបង្កើត

Adj creative ដែលមានគំនិតច្នៃប្រឌិត

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The "Success" Family emoji_events

អាន និងស្វែងយល់ពីគ្រួសារពាក្យ 'Success'

"If you want to succeed, you must work hard. He is a successful businessman. He completed the project successfully. His success inspires others."

Verb succeed ជោគជ័យ (កិរិយាសព្ទ)

Noun success ភាពជោគជ័យ

Adj successful ដែលជោគជ័យ

warning The Context Trap!

Check the Prefix too!

(បច្ច័យ (Suffix) ប្រាប់ពីថ្នាក់ពាក្យ តែបុព្វបទ (Prefix) អាចប្តូរអត្ថន័យពាក្យទាំងស្រុង!)

He was successful. = ជោគជ័យ check_circle

He was unsuccessful. = មិនជោគជ័យ cancel

Context Clues smart_display

Watch Teacher Sopheak explain how to use word families to read faster and understand more!

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Reading Check bolt

ការត្រួតពិនិត្យការអាន

Fill in the blank

He needs to take ___ immediately.

(គាត់ត្រូវតែធ្វើសកម្មភាពភ្លាមៗ។)

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Identify the Root

What is the root word of creatively?

(តើពាក្យដើមរបស់ "creatively" គឺជាអ្វី?)

MEANING TRAP! error

Read this sentence: "The plan was unsuccessful." What does it mean?

(តើប្រយោគនេះមានន័យដូចម្តេច?)

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Mini-Passage

"The creator of the app wanted to make something new. His creation is now used by millions."

Who is the "creator"?

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Mission my_location

អនុវត្តជាក់ស្តែង!

News Hunter newspaper Find an English news article. Look for a word ending in "-tion" (like action or creation). Can you guess its root verb?

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Mission my_location

អនុវត្តជាក់ស្តែង!

Write edit_document Write two sentences using the "Success" family. (e.g., one with "succeed" and one with "successful").

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Mission my_location

អនុវត្តជាក់ស្តែង!

Teach school Explain to a friend how adding "-un" changes the meaning of a word in reading.

Ask a Question person_raised_hand

តើអ្នកមានចម្ងល់មែនទេ? សួរគ្រូនៅទីនេះ!

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Recent Questions

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Socheata 2 hours ago

Teacher, when I read a long article, I see many long words. How does knowing the "root" help?

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Sopheak Pich Teacher 1 hour ago

Hi Socheata! Great question. If you know the root word "act" means "doing something", and you see the long word "overactively", you can guess it means doing too much of something! You do not need a dictionary for every word if you know the family! lightbulb