A reduplicative is a word in English that simply doubles or repeats all or part of it. In other words, it is a word or lexeme that contains two identical or very similar parts.
List of Reduplicatives:
Exact:· blah-blah
· bling-bling · boo-boo · bye-bye · choo-choo · chop-chop · gaga · goody-goody · knock-knock · night-night · no-no · pee-pee · poo-poo · rah-rah · so-so · ta-ta · tom-tom · tum-tum · yada-yada · yum-yum |
Rhyming:· bees-knees
· chick-flick · double-trouble . easy peasy · even-steven · fender-bender · fuddy-duddy · fuzzy-wuzzy · handy-dandy · higgledy-piggledy · hob-nob · hocus-pocus · hodge-podge · hoity-toity · hurly-burly · itsy-bitsy · namby-pamby · nit-wit · nitty-gritty · pell-mell · phoney-baloney · razzle-dazzle · teeny-weeny . topsy-turvy · willy-nilly |
Ablaut:· bric-a-brac
· chit-chat · criss-cross · dilly-dally · ding-dong · fiddle-faddle · flim-flam · flip-flop · hee-haw · knick-knack · mishmash · ping-pong · pitter-patter · riff-raff · seesaw · shilly-shally · ship-shape · sing-song · tick-tock · tip-top · tittle-tattle · wishy-washy · zig-zag |
A. Match the words with their meaning:
1. Higgledy-piggledy
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a. Very small
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KEY: 1. f, 2. b, 3. g, 4. h, 5. i, 6. j, 7. a, 8. e, 9. d, 10. c.
B. Match the definitions with the words they define:
a. noisy activity.
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1. Chick flick
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KEY: a: 5, b: 2, c: 1, d: 6, e: 4, f: 3, g: 9, h:7, i:10, j: 8.
C. Match the words with their Arabic equivalents:
KEY: 1. d, 2. i, 3. h, 4. b, 5. c, 6. j, 7. e, 8. f, 9. g, 10 a
D. Match the words with their Arabic equivalents:
1. Try this cheese. It's the _______________, and I love it.
2. We got tired of the _______________of city life, so we moved to the country.
3. He split the inheritance with his brother _______________.
4. Dad was involved in a _______________ while driving to work yesterday.
5. Our representatives often _______________ on a number of issues after they get elected.
6. Mom is a neat freak who always checks that my room is _______________.
7. Kennedy immersed himself in the _______________ details of the prosecutions.
8. My _______________ refuses to meet my fiance.
9. He was a brown-nosed _______________ as a kid, and he hasn't changed since.
10. Covid-19 turned the world completely _______________.
2. We got tired of the _______________of city life, so we moved to the country.
3. He split the inheritance with his brother _______________.
4. Dad was involved in a _______________ while driving to work yesterday.
5. Our representatives often _______________ on a number of issues after they get elected.
6. Mom is a neat freak who always checks that my room is _______________.
7. Kennedy immersed himself in the _______________ details of the prosecutions.
8. My _______________ refuses to meet my fiance.
9. He was a brown-nosed _______________ as a kid, and he hasn't changed since.
10. Covid-19 turned the world completely _______________.