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Use of English PART 3 Word formation
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Quick revision -ed -ing ignore use annoy hunger describe frighten
care real comfort wind decide fascinate satisfy peace pollute appear industry astonish finance sun bore relax beauty corrode success play entertain frustrate obey patient
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Adjectives 3 DIS- UN- IN- IR- IL- IM-
You can make an adjective NEGATIVE just by adding the following prefixes DIS- UN- IN- IR- IL- IM-
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Let’s practise! DIS- UN- IN- IR- IL- IM- Lucky / concerned / reliable
Experienced / competent / tolerant Legal / logical / legible Moral / mature / modest Practical / patient / perfect Regular /responsible /relevant Honest /obedient / satisfied unlucky / unconcerned / unreliable inexperienced / incompetent / intolerant illegal / illogical /illegible immoral / immature / immodest impractical / impatient / imperfect irregular /irresponsible /irrelevant dishonest /disobedient / dissatisfied
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Adverbs Just add –ly
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NOUNS 1 -OR -ER -ANT Activity – Transform these verbs into the people who perform these actions. Example: win – winner BOX – LISTEN – ORGANIZE – PLAY – RUN – SPECTATE – COMPETE PARTICIPATE - RIDE – CONTEST – SING – SPEAK – WRITE – VIEW - INVIGILATE KEY – BOXER – LISTENER – ORGANIZER – PLAYER – RUNNER – SPECTATOR – COMPETITOR PARTECIPANT – RIDER – CONTESTANT – SINGER – SPEAKER – WRITER – VIEWER INVIGILATOR
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employ / train electric / politcs novel / science mountain / engine
NOUNS 2 -IST -EER -EE -IAN Activity - Add a suffix to the pairs of words below to form the nouns for the corresponding people. employ / train electric / politcs novel / science mountain / engine KEY - employee / trainee electrician / politician novelist / scientist mountaneer / egineer
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NOUNS 3 Define these words : what meaning do the prefixes in bold have in the following words? undercook overheat prehistoric postgraduate hypermarket microelectronics misspell rewrite ex-wife extraterrestrial
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Activity – One of the following words is not normally used. Which one?
You need these words for the following activity, so copy them down onto your exercise book!
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LET’S PRACTISE 1!
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KEY 1. UNDERCHARGED 2. OVERGROWN 3. OVERSLEPT 4. MISPELT/MISPELLED 5
KEY 1. UNDERCHARGED 2. OVERGROWN 3. OVERSLEPT 4. MISPELT/MISPELLED 5. DISAPPEARANCE 6. UNCOMMON
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SOME EXAM PRACTICE!
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That’s it for today! THANK YOU
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