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Learning Object # 6

 

Topic: Identifying the meaning of a word with multiple meanings

Target learners:

            Fourth Year HS students

                        This Learning Object is applicable for all year levels.  

Introduction: 

                        Words have several meanings, depending upon how it is used in a sentence. In this lesson you will learn another way of identifying the meaning of a word with multiple meanings.

                        Example: 1.I would like to address this message to all concerned.

                                          2. Give me your complete address.

                                               

The word address has different meanings depending on its usage. The first means refer while the latter means place.

Objective: identify the meaning of word with multiple meanings.

Discussion:

            Another way of identifying word meanings from context is through on how it is used in the sentence, depending on its neighboring words.

            Example: The word square may be given several meanings depending on how it is used in the sentence.

1. This figure is a square. ( geometrical figure)
2. Let us give him a square meal. ( satisfying meal)
3. Try to square yourself.( adjust or set yourself right)
4. They will perform a square dance. ( a kind of a dance)

 

The word square is used with different meaning in each sentence.

Summary:

 

            Words have several meanings depending upon how is used in a sentence.

Assessment:

            Let’s find out how is the word cell is used. Select its appropriate meaning from the choices given.

            CELL

1. A small room for a prisoner or monk.
2. A small compartment, receptacle, or cavity.
3. A body of persons forming a single unit in the organization of similar groups.
4. The unit composing all or part of a battery consisting electrodes in contact with an electrolyte and in which current is generated.
5. The fundamental structural unit of plants or animals.

 

1. The cells in the rehabilitation centers are congested.
2. 2.    All plants and animals are composed of cells.
3. Pure honey is extracted from the cells of a beehive.
4. To be granted a re loan under the livelihood project, each member of the cell must have fully paid his previous loan.
5. The best way to get the strongest current through a given resistance is by arranging the cells in a series.