Question

Blending: Parts of two or more words combine to form a new one.

For example,

• breakfast + lunch = brunch
• smoke + fog = smog
• motor + hotel = motel

In your notebook, write five examples of the above types of word-building devices. (You may take the help of a Dictionary/the Internet)

Answer 1

1. international + network = internet
2. information + entertainment = infotainment
3. chill + relax = chillax
4. biology + electronic = bionic
5. emotion + icon = emoticon