Many people were discouraged from emigrating by the idea of crossing the Atlantic. OFF What …………………………………………………………………..… the idea of crossing the Atlantic. put many people off emigrating was First you complete this form and then you post it to the embassy. FILL What you have ……………………………………………………………… this form and then post it to the embassy. to do is fill in to do is fill out phrasal verb
It’s possible that the heavy traffic is delaying Martin. HOLDING What may …………………………………………………………...…… is the heavy traffic. be holding Martin up be holding up Martin I'm so sorry, I didn't realise it was so late. TRACK Sorry, I time. lost track ofcompletely lost track of phrasal verb collocation modal verb of deduction
Sandra said she was going to call me, but it looks like she’s forgotten. MUST Sandra …………………………………………..……………………… she would call me. must have forgotten (that) she said modal verb of deduction
What sort of personality may/might/could he have? What may/might/could he be doing?
What sort of personality may/might/could he have? What may/might/could he be doing?
………accurate………important………selfish………legal ………possible………regular………similar………tolerant in un il imirdis in inaccuracy unimportance unselfishness illegality impossibility irregularity dissimilarity intolerance
appearbecome invisible claimclaim back informgive the wrong information judgejudge in advance reactreact more than necessary stabilisemake something unstable statedescribe something to make it less important disappear reclaim misinform prejudge overreact destabilise understate disappearance reclamation* misinformation prejudgement overreaction destabilisation understatement
biography when a person writes about himself/herself owner a joint owner politician someone who was a politician in the past trust feeling of being unable to trust someone circlehalf a circle autobiography co-owner ex-politician mistrust / distrust autobiographical semi-circle no adjective co-owned mistrustful semi-circular
OTHER PREFIXES
ANTI FORE INTER antisocial foresee international OUT outnumber MULTI multi-storey COUNTER counterproductive POST postgraduate MONO monolingual BI bimonthly POLY polytheistic
NOUN SUFFIXES
ADJECTIVE, VERB or NOUN + SUFFIX = NOUN -ATION -ION -NESS -SHIP-(I)TY-ISM recommendact dark friendpopular tour recommendation action darkness friendship popularity tourism -ENCE prefer preference -MENT pay payment -TH grow growth -AL arrive arrival* -HOOD brother brotherhood -ANCE perform performance
OTHER SUFFIXES -Y -OUR -DOM modest behave modesty behaviour* free freedom
There are often spelling variations APPROVE VARIOUS IMMUNE STRONG PUBLISH APPROV-AL VARI-ETY IMMUN-ITY POSSIBLE POSSIBIL-ITY PUBLIC-ATION STRENG-TH INTELLIGENT INTELLIG-ENCE
-ATION EXPLAIN EDUCATED EXPLANATION EDUCATION
-ION REACT CONNECT REACTION CONNECTION
-MENT DEVELOP DISAPPOINT DEVELOPMENT DISAPPOINTMENT
-NESS FRIENDLY CONSCIOUS FRIENDLINESS CONSCIOUSNESS
-SHIP HARD MEMBER HARDSHIP MEMBERSHIP
-(I)TY NAIVE REGULAR NAIVETY REGULARITY
-ISM RACE ALCOHOL RACISM ALCOHOLISM
-TH LONG YOUNG LENGTH YOUTH
-ANCE APPEAR RESIST APPEARANCE RESISTANCE
-ENCE INDEPENDENT EXIST INDEPENDENCE EXISTENCE
-HOOD LIKELY MOTHER LIKELIHOOD MOTHERHOOD
-AL REMOVE REFUSE REMOVAL REFUSAL
-Y HONEST JEALOUS HONESTY JEALOUSY
-DOM BORE KING BOREDOM KINGDOM
SUPERVISE SING SINGER SUPERVISOR The suffixes for a PERSON who does the action expressed by the verb are…… -ER -OR The suffix for a PERSON to whom the action expressed by the verb is being done is…… TRAIN TRAINEE -EE
If ……………..…………………………………..… the process at the conference, your boss will be pleased. As long as you can explain the process clearly at the conference, your boss will be pleased. GIVE you give a clear explanation of/about READING AND USE OF ENGLISH – PART 4 Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between three and six words, including the word given.