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= Articles - Word Formation Word Fo atio ry Cr Chm cticiy ‘© Profixes are syllables which we add before certain words to form new words. The meaning of the new word depends on the prefix that has been used. fant = against 2.9. antisocial be wo eg. biannual 0 with 29. co-iver ex = previous, former eg. ex-husband Inter- = between 9. international mis = done wrongly or badly e.g, misbenave mono- = one eg. monorail ‘mult = many 49, multinational non = not e.g. nonfiction out more, better e.g, outnumber ‘overs = (done) to a great extent e.g. overwork post: = after e.g. postdate pre- before e.g. prehistoric pro- in favour of e.g. pro-government re again 49. redecorate som = half eg. semi-final ‘sub- = under, ess eg, submarine super = big. more . superhuman trans- = (travel) trom one side, group etc 10 another e.g. transcontinental lunder- = not enough e.g. undercooked The prefixes below ‘meanings. fe used to express opposite de eg detrost, decompose diss eg dishonest, disike In e.g ingirect, independent BUT: Il (before I} eg. illogical lim- (before m, p) 9. immoral impractical lie (belove ) e.g responsible but: unrelable, uneasonable non e.g non-smoker, non-stop une e.g unacceptable, unemployed Suffixes are syllables which we add to the end of certain words to form new words. Nouns referring to people + verb + erlor/ar e.g. teach - teacher, sail- sailor, bog - beggar * nouniverbjadjective + Ist eg. motor- motorist. tour- tourist, national nationalist ‘* verb + antent eg. contest - contestant, study - student * noun + an/lan e.g. republic - republican, ibrary- librarian ‘verb + @8 (passive meaning). eg. train- trainee Nouns formed from verbs e.g. pack - package eg. reluse - refusal eg. accept - acceptance e.g. realise - realisation eg. ditfer- ditference e.g. revise - revision 4g. enjoy enjoyment eg. comprehend comprehension (verbs ending in -at) 2.9. hypnotse - hypnosis e.g. prescribe - prescription bifggita it Nouns formed from adjectives ance ©. important - importance “ey @g. vacant - vacaney sence @.g, competent competence lon eg. desolate - desolation ~ness eg. lonely loneliness ity. formal formality ay eg. loyal-loyaty “¥ 8g. modest - modesty ‘Adjectives formed trom nouns ous 9. fame - famous - 9. ado -adcivonal 4c 2. hero - heroie ve 29. expense - expensive ful with) 0.9. care - careful toss (without) 0.9. care - careless ¥ 2g. health - healthy wv eg. end -tnenaly © Adjectives formed from verbs cable e.g like - ikeable sible e.g. defend - defensible lve eg. conclude - conclusive Verbs formed from adjectives en eg light - lighten ise eg legal--legalise Nouns - Articles - Word Fo: Add the correct prefixes tothe words in| (= ia Eo mene Conmen misick 1. Kate is now doing a ..post... graduate degree Mr Bellis an .....teacher. He retired ten years ago. * Both my brother-indaws workin a bank. x 3 Ths is an ....mational company. It has offices all Both my brothers-in-aw work in a bank. 7 over the world ‘© Two airerats are tying inthe shy. « 4 Sharon ..welght for her age and het. She Two aircraft are tying inthe sky. 7 eats very litle. 5 See” ac Heist sea pune HY TY coe ae Eade’ 6 The... «finals of the championship are next week ara eeereaeher eee 7) You ea. 880k a vegetarian meal on this fight ** Could you help me carry my tuggages? x 8 Themen ted t0......€ode the secret message Could you help me cary my luggage? 9 The restaurant .....charged us by £20 for our meal. ® ‘What ae the latest news? x but we refused to pay unti they had checked the bil Whats the latest news? 7 10 When you've fiished reading, please......place the Two kilometres are a long way to go on foot. x books on the shelves, ‘Two kilometres isa long way 1 go on fot. 7 * The police is after the escaped prisoners. « ae ee ee The police are ater the escaped prisoners. 7 ‘opposite of the words in bold. ‘+ The most of my friends lve nearby. x Most of my tends lve nearby. 1 He's an ur. interesting person, Infact. he's rather & He goes to work bythe train. x boning He goes to work by train. 2. Driving a car without a licence is... legal Seen teeent 3. Imatrad |... agree with what you ust said See ay 4 canto ths puzzle. I's... passiblel 5 The cake was......resistible, so she ate three pieces. 6 The wating room isa... smoking area 8 Lam ....decisive about where to go on holiday eae sparta arated We lost our luggages at the airport 10 His comment was ....relevant to our discussion ee te cinerea 1 2 3. The poe is sercing for he stolen painting 4 Twenty hlomewes ae to far toa! to seheo 5 Aven vlable means ol tanopor are the tan Eig the correct form of the words im The cnn wa sean toh yar inte prison 7 Two hoveerat aoa calided a sea yesterday. thee vee aeerindave, ° ° ‘A. Sophie can be very 1) ..careless.. (care) at times. TS Rael See Sy seen oe Although she tries to be 2)... (help) ands always ie hee UB wiling to offer ner 3) (assis), more often than" ™ Tal six o'clock every evening not her 4) ..... (Clumsy) causes great 5) (rustrat) to her family and friends 20, cross out the unnecessary word 8 The 1) (organise) of the fiework display had been a aificutjeb, but now the chiéren were Smoking ghe ikes al the kinds of ms wth 2) (excite) as each 3) (Colour) 2 Theres grea im onthe TY tonight 4) (explode) it up the shy. n the warm glow o! 3 jons of people were killed in the World War I the bontre we could see that every chi wore anf |wuortayeenigonin or ar ncccomneuaton 5) (express) of great 6) (happy) 5 Jason is at the work. He'll be back at six o'clock. © We are having an 1) (extend) buit 10 our 6 want a new car. I want one car with a sunroo. house. The 2) {euits) nave been working on 7 Alot of children learn the Engish nowadays. is 3) (construct) for two weeks and now 8 She is seriously il, She's got the malaria Iooks quite 4) (impress). The extra space wil 9 The most people enjoy spending ther Noldays by the Be Very B) (US). seaside 67 Phrasal Verbs (t0) 1) abolish, 2) murder do away with: do up: {t) 1) fasten te, 2) wrap, 3) repair, redecorate, 4) make oneself more attractive, dress up do wi (te) want; need do without: {r) live/continue without having sbisth draw in: 4) (int (fa bustrain) slow down to stop, 2) (t) attract people draw up: 1) (ot a vehicle) stop, 2) (t) write sth (a willa contact. ete) fall apart: 1) (int) break into pieces, 2) (int) end in failre fall back on: turn to sbisth for help when other plans have failed turn to fall behind: {int 1) failto keep up wth, 2) be late (oth payment) fall for: (tf) 1) be deceived, 2) fall in love with sb fallin with: (agree with; go along with fall out (with): quarrel GA), rine cores art 1. This book is so old that i's falling ..apar.. 2 We could do ‘a new washing machine. This one is very old. 3. | think Kate and Peter have fallen They aren't speaking to each other. 4 Thecar drew next to me, and the driver asked for directions 5 The slowest runner fell after the race had started, 6 I's about time the government did housing tax 7 We bought an old house last year and now we're doing it 8 Mike was so handsome and charming that Sarah fell him immediately, 9 The train drew to the station exactly on time. 10 The politician thought that someone was trying to do him, so he hired a bodyguard, 11. Lots of people fell the conman’s tricks before he was caught by the police, 12 The landlord drew ‘a contract for the ‘new tenant 13. Until you can afford to buy a car. you'll have to do one. very quickly ticles - Word Formation 14 Don't forget to do you'll trip over them, 15 Despite months of preparation, their plans fell at the last minute, 16 Jenny's doing herself at the moment because she's going to a party tonight, 17 tf you tall with the payments, we may take legal action. 18 The parcel that was delivered to my house was done with string, 19. You can always fall your skills as a teacher if you don't make it as an artist 20 tiifail whatever you plan for the weekend. ® Undertine the correct prpeston ‘She had never heard foriofitrom the effects of global warming. 2 Did you hear of/abouttrom the robbery which took place yesterday? 3 Ihaven'theard oflaboutifrom Terry since he moved 10 Australia |lam fed up of/for/with tidying up after those boys. She is very fond withibyiof her baby sister. have forgiven David offorifrom breaking my stereo. Eating fut and vegetables is very good to/otitor your heath Peter is very good atitoifor Mathematics. My brother is very good atitoifor me, He always looks after me 10 Tom was upset by his falure of/iniwith the exam. 11. Richard Branson failed in/tojwith his attempt to cross the Atlantic in a hot air balloon 12. Her car failed in/toiwith start this morning, so she had to call a taxi 13. Lam very grateful to/otifor you for all your help with the arrangements, 14 That man looks fami tolwithiby me. 15. | am not familiar toiwithiof the workings of this company yet 16 He was found guilty aboutjotifor theft and sentenced to three months in prison 17 She fot very guity of/aboutifor lying to her parents 18 Car exhaust fumes are harmful foritojot the environ: ‘ment 19 Tony hopes ofiforitrom a rise in salary and a promotion this year, 20. Inope for/otit travel the world when I finish university next year 21 There is no hope for/otite finding a solution to this problem 22 Vincent Van Gogh is famous offtolfor his beautiful paintings. your shoe laces or Nouns - Articles - Word For \ REvision Box 3, cree ne ost mo 1. Sam hopes ..6... an astronaut one day. A becoming B tobecome become 21 you to the airport in my car if you lke, A will take Bm going to take © have taken 3 Jane's work is than Sarah's A good B better © best 4 Ws cold, I think | another jumper. A wilputon B amputtingon CG puton 5 Jake at his friend's house last night. A stayed B was staying Chad stayed 6 They advised ner ‘new lock for the door A buy B toby —C buying 7 thave money than David A ite B less © least 8 Would you like to my patty tonight? A come B tocome © coming 9 Lisa the house when her husband came home. A pants was painting Chas painted 10 Sally by the time | get home tonight. A isleaving —B willeave will havelet 11 Ellen... allher money by the time the shops closed. A had spent —B was spending © spent 12 You should the windows more often, A cleaning 8 clean © to clean 13. Paul for three hours before he lett the disco. A danced B had been dancing C was dancing for our holiday. © willbe packing 14 This time next month we A are packing B will pack 18 Thisis the day of the year. A hot B hotter © hottest 16. That dress is rather | can't afford to buy it A expensive Bmore expensive © most expensive 47 Dad has finally managed the television. A tox B tix © fixing 18 The doctor made John in bed for a week. A stayng —B stay © tostay 19 Jenny seems very happy these days, A tobe B being be 20 You had better now or you'll be late A leaving iB leave © toleave Cy Maxine recently won a competition. The prize was a {ree ticket to see her favourite band in concert and a chance to meet the band. Look at the prompts and say what Maxine did, using 2, an, some or the where necessary, as in the exampi 8.9. She bought some new clothes to wear to the concert. WW $. Puy /new / clothes /to wear to / concent 3. 90 to /hairdresser's / to get / new haircut 2 ste at/ stadium / stn / ton row ‘wonderful music / during / be lnvite onstage /t0 3a song win eat sng 90 for meal in / expensive restaurant De dive home /in/ black lmausing é Acti : Maxine has been asked to write an account of her evening for a music magazine. Look at the Oral ‘Activity again and complete the article. When | heard that | had won the competition to see “Starstruck’, I was very excited. First ofall, | bought some ‘new clothes to wear to the concert and I went Iwas a fantastic evening which | will never forget. 69

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