Answer Key: Grammatical Function of Suffixes, Synonyms in Context, Conjoined Words, Sentence Types, Constructing Different Sentence Types, Use of Inverted Commas.

Question: Question 2 Read the following text critically and answer the questions set. Bear in mind that your response to each question should be guided by mark allocation, instructional key verb and main content knowledge that is relevant. TEXT A The rise of the screenagers Wired-in teenagers, or “screenagers” are the most affected by the Internet’s forces of change. By the time they reach their 20s, the average student will have digested 30 000 hours of digital information. A Kaiser Institute survey of eight to 18-year-olds found that the total amount of leisure time devoted to media – almost all of it digital – was nearly the same as a full-time job. And it’s no wonder, says Willim Powers, author of Hamlet’s Blackberry . . .. “Everything they see and hear around them tells them the screen is where all the fun and action are. The occasional news reports tut-tutting digital addiction can’t undo a thousand others touting the new ‘must-have’ gadget, the social networks everyone is joining, and so on. This is how, we, grown-ups, are teaching them to live, implicitly and explicitly, with a conviction they can’t fail to miss.” Source: True Love, July-September 2024, p.130 2.1 A suffix is a morpheme added at the end of a word. Explain the grammatical function of the underlined suffix in each of the word listed below: 2.1.1 devoted 2.1.2 digital 2.1.3 implicitly (3 marks) 2.2 Write down a suitable synonym for each of the following words taken from the text. Pay attention to context. 2.2.1 digested 2.2.2 occasional 2.2.3 chatting (3 marks) 2.3 Each of the words listed below is conjoined into one word. Refer to these words and do the following. grown-ups multitaskers 2.3.1 Provide a name that is used to refer to conjoined words in English. (1 marks) 2.3.2 Identify the two words that make up each of the word listed above. (4 marks) 2.4 There are different types of sentences in English. These include a simple sentence, a compound sentence and a complex sentence. Based on this knowledge, study the sentence listed below and do the following: By the time they reach their 20s, the average student will have digested 30 000 hours of digital information. 2.4.1 Identify the type of a sentence listed above. (1 mark) 2.4.2 Justify your answer by referring to the sentence. (3 marks) 2.5 Construct a sentence where you have used a sentence type that is different from the one used above and do the following: 2.5.1 Identify the type of a sentence you have used. (1 mark) 2.5.2 Justify your answer by referring to the sentence. (2 marks) 2.6 The word “screenagers” in TEXT A above is in inverted commas. Why do you think the author used this punctuation mark? (2 marks)