Home > Lesson 2: VC Connections > Unit 2.5 Reduplicatives
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Quiz
#1. What is a reduplicative rhyming word?
#2. Reduplicatives often contain good examples of ________.
#3. ‘boogie-woogie’ is a kind of:
#4. ‘teeny-weeny’ is an adjective meaning very ________.
#5. If you ‘shilly-shally’ you behave in ________ manner.
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Discussion
- Do you have reduplicative words in your L1? If yes, give some examples. If no, why not?
- Why do you think reduplicative words – e.g. ‘wakey-wakey’ (wake up) – developed in English? What purpose do they serve? Who is likely to use them – and when?
Practice
- Complete the activities on slides 7 and 8.
- Make a sentence containing each reduplicative word.
- Research the topic of reduplicatives and find more of these words online. Put together a list in alphabetical order and learn it.
- Try to build a sentence with more than one reduplicative word and say it aloud, e.g., ‘The English test was easy-peasy for the hoity-toity goody-goody!’