6.what Are Cognates - Give Example?: Cognate Is A Word That Is Related in Origin To Another Word, Such As The English

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6.What are Cognates . Give example?


cognate is a word that is related in origin to another word, such as the English
word brother and the German word bruder or the English word history and the
Spanish word historia. The words were derived from the same source; thus, they
are cognates (like cousins tracing back their ancestry). Because they come from
the same origin, cognates have similar meanings and usually similar spellings in
two different languages.

7.What are phrasal verbs? Give examples of seperable and inseperable phrasal
verbs?

Phrasal verbs are phrases that indicate actions. They are generally used in spoken
English and informal texts. Examples of such verbs include: turn down, come
across and run into.

Phrasal verbs consist of a verb and a preposition or an adverb

A phrasal verb is a verb combined with a preposition or adverb (or both) that means
something different from each of the words that make up the verb. There are two
types of phrasal verbs. Separable phrasal verbs can be broken up by other words,
while inseparable phrasal verbs cannot be separated by other words.

I need to take back the shirt I lent you.


Where’s that shirt I lent you? I need to take it back .

If you focus your education solely on one area, you’ll have nothing to fall back on if you change
your mind.
Each child should have at least one older child to look up to .
What does i.e. stand for ? It stands for id est, or that is.

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