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JABATAN PENGAJIAN AM
AE 101
COMMUNICATIVE ENGLISH 1
PRACTICAL TASK Dictionary Skills (15%)







Instruction:
1. This is an individual assessment.
2. There are three sections in this assessment sheet. Answer all the questions.
3. Write all your answers on this assessment sheet.


Section 1- (5%)

a. Choose FIVE words and look up in the dictionary for the meaning and the part of
speech of that word. (Make sure your set of words are not the same as your classmates)

No. Words Part of Speech Meanings
i.




ii.




iii.




iv.




v.






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b. List down FIVE common collocations you can find in the dictionary using the word
water.

i)
ii)
iii)
iv)
v)

c. Write down the phonetic symbols for the word listed below.

i) Sing _________________
ii) Fair _________________
iii) Cheese _________________
iv) Wild _________________
v) Toy _________________


Section 2 - (5%)
a. Add Prefixes or Suffixes to each of the words below and write down the meaning of the
word.
No. Words Word with
Affixes
Meanings
i. Happy



ii. Agree



iii. Appear



iv. Correct



v. Manage





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b. Homonyms: Write down the meanings of the underlined words in the sentences given.
i) My rabbit are in a pen outside.
Meaning: __________________________________________________
Please sign this form with a black pen.
Meaning: __________________________________________________

ii) Lets play soccer after school.
Meaning: __________________________________________________
The author wrote a new play.
Meaning: __________________________________________________

c. Homographs: Write down the phonetic symbols and the meaning of the words given.
No. Words Phonetic Symbols Meanings
i. Wind





ii. Close






d. Homophones: underline the correct word in the sentences given.
i) This is my favourite (pare, pair, pear) of jeans.
ii) I (sent, scent, cent) a letter to my aunt in Vietnam.
iii) Mr. and Mrs. Rodriquez like to work in (there, theyre, their) garden.


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Section 3 - (5%)
a. Fill in the space with the word represented by the phonetic symbols and make a
sentence for each word.
i) /eId/ :_______________
Sentence: ___________________________________________________________

ii) /daInI/ :_______________
Sentence: __________________________________________________________

iii) /bI/ :_______________
Sentence: __________________________________________________________

iv) /:lweIz/ :_______________
Sentence: ___________________________________________________________

v) /ta:mI/ :_______________
Sentence: ___________________________________________________________



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Name

Lee Pui Har
Nawwar Adibah bt. Wahid
Lynnie Jada Hjh. Rabaiah bt. Haji
Yaakub
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