How can I find a test word for the word "valley"? This article will help you answer this question.
General information
Not everyone knows how to check the word "valley". That is why a large number of people make a mistake while writing it. To discard all existing doubts, you should apply a simple rule of the Russian language, which will be presented to your attention a little later.
Why doubts arise
A person who is fluent in Russian can be puzzled why there are any doubts about the expression “valley” at all? A test word to it should be selected necessarily. This is due to the fact that some people write it exactly as it is pronounced, that is, [dalin]. However, in Russian this is unacceptable. Indeed, it is not for nothing that there is such an incredible number of all kinds of rules.
Basic rule
Why, for the correct spelling, is it necessary to select a test word for the word "valley"? The fact is that it falls under a special rule in the Russian language. We present it to your attention right now. In order to correctly put a particular letter in the place of unstressed vowels located at the root of the word, it is necessary to select expressions that are similar in meaning that have the same root (maybe alternating), as well as the vowel being tested in the stressed position.
It should be noted that the presented rule applies not only to the aforementioned expression “valley”, the verification word for which will be selected further, but also to others where there is the same doubtful letter. For greater clarity, we give an example:
- tables - the verification word "table";
- window - the verification word "windows";
- water - "water";
- trembling - “trembling”;
- to speak - “conversation” and “talk”;
- forests - “forest”;
- young - "young" and "young";
- fox - "fox", etc.
As you can see, in the test words to the data, the emphasis falls precisely on that sound, which on the letter means a vowel that is in doubt. Thus, the correct spelling of the word becomes obvious to everyone.
Word composition
Before you pick up a test word for the word "valley", you need to understand how it was formed. First, let’s give a definition. A valley is a narrow strip of land located between mountains or hills. Also, this word is used in the meaning of the plain along which the river flows. So how was this term coined? Specialists claim that it came from the noun using a suffix method. In order to find a suitable expression for checking it, it is necessary to disassemble it by composition.
"Valley":
- the root of the word is -long-;
- suffix is -in;
- ending - a.
We select the test word for the word "valley"
In order to find a suitable test word for a given expression, it is necessary to determine its root. We did this a little higher. It should be noted that, in our case, the root — dol — acts not only as an ordinary root, but also as a test word, in which the vowel, of which we doubt the spelling, is in the stressed position.
By the way, due to the unpopularity of the expression “dol” (most often it is used in poetry or other literary works, but not in everyday life), many simply do not know how to check the word “valley”. That is why I would like to note that such a word still exists in Russian. It is used to denote the inter-mountains, lowlands or various natural depressions on earth. In other words, this term is the same root synonym for the word "valley".
Erroneous opinion
As mentioned above, due to the unpopularity of the expression “dol”, many people do not know how to spell “valley” correctly, and sometimes they even pick up incorrect test words. Which ones? A fairly large number of high school students argue that the distant word is the verbal word for "valley." But this is not true. After all, such a word, although very similar to the one we are testing, but it has a completely different meaning. A distance is a place that is far removed from the speaker or from some starting point. Although it may well serve as a test word, for such an expression as “far”, “far”, etc. A vowel should be checked in the root with the help of cognates, that is, having similar meanings.
Exercises for fastening material
In order to understand once and for all how the test words are selected for certain expressions, we recommend that you perform the following task yourself.
Correctly put down all the missing letters using the selection of test root words :
- m_zgi, keep on walking in the rain, swallowed by work, leave the conversation, put the window and the door, hl_p_tat, pr_shit, without steel, there is no hot water, the length of the mountain river;
- l_snik, p_ka, the Russian flag is fluttering, to blow air, to combine, to sew to school, thick l_sa;
- develop physically, red l_sa, mean to parents;
- scatter, squeeze, squeeze, see fields, etc.