BLENDING WORDS
(Paper –I Q.No.15 Text:227 Marks :2)
FROM THE PUBLIC QUESTIONS:
Form a word by blending the words and use the blended word in a sentence of your own:
1. Education + Entertainment = Edutainment (DMQ, June 11,Mar.14,Text)
(e.g) I like edutainment programmes.
2. Helicopter + Airport = Heliport ( Mar.06, Mar.09,Mar.13,PTA,
Text,Mar.15)
(e.g) I am waiting at the Heliport./ I went to the Heliport.
3. Travel + Catalogue = Travelogue (Jn.06, Jn.09, Mar.12,Jn.13,PTA, Text)
(e.g) I wrote a travelogue.
4. Electrocute + Execute = Electrocute (Oct.06, Jn.07, Oct.13,Text)
(e.g) He was electrocuted.
5. News + Broadcast = Newscast (Mar.07, PTA, Text,Mar.11)
(e.g) The BBC newscast is useful.
6. Vegetable + Hamburger = Vegburger (Oct. 07, Text)
(e.g) I like vegeburger.
7. International + Police = Interpol (Mar.08, Oct.08, Jun.14, PTA)
(e.g) He is an Interpol officer.
8. Lecture + Demonstration = Lecdem (Jn.08, Oct11, Text)
(e.g) His lecdem was useful.
9. Breakfast + Lunch = Brunch (Oct.09, PTA)
(e.g) We take brunch at 11’o clock.
10. Medical + Care = Medicare (Mar.10)
(e.g) The old man needs medicare.
11. Documentary + Drama = Docudrama (Jn.10, Oct.12,PTA, Text)
(e.g) I am acting in a docudrama.
FROM THE PTA BOOK:
1. Motorway + Hotel = Motel (PTA, Text)
(e.g) He is working in a motel.
2. Smoke + Fog = Smog (PTA, Text)
(e.g) Smog covers the hills.
3.Information + Commercial = Infomercial (Text)
(e.g) This is an infomercial film .
4. Motor + Bike = Mobike (PTA)
(e.g) He rides on his mobike.
5. Flimsy + Miserable = Flimeserable (PTA)
(e.g) Don’t pay attention to flimserable people.
6. Information + Technology = Infotech (PTA)
(e.g) My uncle is a service engineer in an infotech company.
7. Technology + Wizard = Technowizard (Text)
(e.g) Deepak is a technowizard.
ADDITIONAL WORDS:
1. High + Technology = Hightec
(e.g) Hyderabad is a high-tech city.
2. Educational + Satellite = Edusat
(e.g) Edusat is useful for students.
3. Binary + Table = Byte
(e.g) A computer stores information in bytes.
4. Binary + Digit = Bit
(e.g) My computer has a 32 bit processor.
5. Electronic + Mail = e-mail
(e.g) I sent letters through e-mail.
6. International + Network = Internet
(e.g) Internet is useful for students.
7. Telephone + Conference = Teleconference
(e.g) The Chief Minister had a teleconference with all the district Collectors last month.
8. Television + Broadcast = Telecast
(e.g) A programme on Gandhi will be telecast tomorrow.
9. Modulator + Demodulator = modem
(e.g) This computer has an inbuilt modem.
10.Information + Entertainment = Infotainment
(e.g) TV and Computer are a means of infotainment.
11.Camera + Recorder = Camcorder
(e.g) The CBI police had recorded every event through camcorder.
12.Motor + Bicycle = Mobike
(e.g) I own a Honda motorbike.
13. Foreign + Exchange = Forex
(e.g) India has a lot of forex reserves right now.
14. Man + Animal = Manimal
(e.g) Man with his odd mix of instincts continues to be a manimal.
15. Feminine + Seminar = Feminar
(e.g) India conducts feminar regularly in Delhi.
16. Fourteen + Night = Fortnight
(e.g) Give me a fortnight journal.
17. Parachute + Troop = Paratroop
(e.g) Paratroops played a crucial role during the Kargil war.
18. Fantastic + Fabulous = Fantabulous
(e.g) Cell offers all fantabulous facilities today.
