THE TOWER OF BABEL

Genesis 11: 1-9

Noah’s children had many children,
and their children’s children had
more children. They all knew each
other.
One day, they decided to build a big
tower that could reach the sky.
Building the tower would make
them famous. Nothing was
impossible to them!
THE TOWER OF BABEL
Genesis 11: 1-9
God wanted to stop the building of
the tower. He said “ Let each
person speak a different language!”
From that time onward, people did
not understand one another. They
abandoned the tower and scattered
all over the face of the earth.
The abandoned tower was called “
Tower of Babel” .
Let us answer the questions!
1. Why do you think people decided to build the tower?
2. How did God react upon knowing what His men doing?
3. If you are one of Noah’s child, will you join the others?
4. How did God punish the people?
5. What do you think will happen if people differ in terms
of the language they are using?
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ETYMOLOGY

-comes from the Latin word,

‘etymon’ meaning original from and
“logia” meaning study of
 Whiskey
• It comes from the Gaelic uisge beatha (this
is not written how it sounds) which
means "water of life". From the Old
Irish uisce ("water").
 Electric
It comes from the Ancient Greek for
"amber", elektron, because if you rub amber
on cloth it generates static electricity.
TYPES OF WORD
FORMATION
PROCESSING
Compounding – joining of two separate
words to produce a single word
brainstorm, fire place, brainwash,
bookworm, Facebook, fingerprint,
notebook, stir- fry, breakup, bittersweet,
into, sunburn, textbook, wastebasket,
waterbed, wallpaper, pickpocket
Clipping – reducing or shortening without
changing the meaning of the word
burger – hamburger // ad – advertisement //
exam – examination // gas – gasoline // gym
– gymnasium // flu – influenza // lab –
laboratory // math – mathematics // photo –
photograph // sitcom – situation comedy
• Back clipping – removing the end of the word (gas – gasoline
// ad – advertisement // doc – doctor // math – mathematics //
gym – gymnasium // exam – examination )
• Fore clipping – removing the beginning of the word (burger –
hamburger // phone – telephone // chute – parachute // coon -
raccoon)
• Middle Clipping – retaining the middle part of the word (flu –
influenza // jams - pajamas)
• Complex Clipping – removing multiple parts of the word
(sitcom – situation comedy)
Acronym – formed by taking the initial letters
of a phrase and making a word out of it
FYI – for your information // LOL – laughing out
loud // BRB – be right back // UN – United
Nations // CD – compact disk // PIN – personal
identification number // TGIF – thak God it’s
Friday // WWW – world wide web // btw – by the
way // atm – at the moment or automated teller
machine // LED – light- emitting diode
Folk Etymology – changing of a word or phrase over
time which results from the replacement of an
unfamiliar form by a more familiar one
“bryd- guman” is an Old English and twas
turned to bridesgroom // “femelle” is an Old
French and twas turned to female // “masle” is
and old French and twas turned to male //
‘cucaracha’ is a Spanish word and twas turned
into cockroach
Blending – combining the initial part of one
word and the last part of another word
Brunch – breakfast & lunch // webinar – web
& seminar // emoticon – emotion & icon //
edutainment – education & entertainment //
simulcast – simultaneous & broadcast // spork
– spoon & fork // smog – smoke & fog //
infotainment – information & entertainment
 DIRECTIONS:
Write a dialogue wherein you will be using any
of the 5 types of word formation processing.

Note: you can draw your props or sing to make

it more entertaining
 CRITERIA
USE OF WORDS 5 PTS.
CREATIVITY 3 PTS.
RELEVANCE 2PTS.

TOTAL: 10 PTS.
 DIRECTIONS:

Match the following words with

their meanings and identify in
which type of etymology they fall
under.
 COLUMN A – word COLUMN B – meaning
1. wastebasket A. a representation of facial expression
2. WWW B. a large room used to do physical exercises

3. emoticon C. it means male

4. sitcom D. the end of a relationship
5. masle E. a broadcast material intended both to
entertain and to inform
6. gym F. means World Wide Web
7. breakup G. a container for small quantities of trash

8. TGIF H. a reading material used to study a

particular subject
9. infotainment I. means thank God It’s Friday
10. textbook J. a genre of comedy centered on a fixed set of
characters