VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT Word-building (2)
1 Look at the words from Unit 5. Use a dictionary to
identify what part of speech each word is.
STUDY SKILแL Suffixes
Identify the part of speech of a word
(verb, noun, adjective, or adverb) to help
you understand the meaning and
develop your vocabulary, for example:
inform (v), information (n)
informal (adj), infoirmally (adv)
forget
greatly
invitation
international
renewable
criticism
really
enjoy
2 Complete the table for each word with one example of each part of speech.
Mark the stressed syllable. Use your dictionary to help. Read STUDY SKILL
Suffixes give you clues to the part of
speech, for example:
" -tion, -ism, ment, ity, ness are noun
suffixes, for example, invitation
" -al, -ful, -able are adjective suffixes,
for example, jnternational
" -ly is an adverb suffix, for example.
formally
verb
adjective
adverb
noun
think
hopefuly
pain
pleasure
critical
3 Read STUDY SKILแ
Match meanings 1-10 with prefixes a-j.
STUDY SKILแ Prefixes
Use the example words in italics to help.
a auto- autobiography
antiseptic
bilingual
d micro- microphone
misprint
f multi- multimedia
Adding aprefix changes the meaning of a word. Each prefix
has a different meaning and can be found as a separate
entry in the dictionary. For example:
mis- means wrong or not e.g. misunderstand.
bi- means two or twice, e.g. biannual (twice a year).
1
against
2
wrong: not
b anti-
3
| small/tiny
( bi-
4
|after
| two/twice
under
5
e mis-
6
across; change
again
9
8 post- postgraduate
h re-
7
8
review
| by itself/oneself
i sub-
submarine
10
many
j trans- transform
4 Complete definitions 1-10 with an example word from exercise 3.
is to change something completely.
is a piece of electrical equipment that is used for making sounds and
1 To
2 A
voices louder.
3 Someone who is
can speak two languages equally welL.
4 A liquid or cream which stops a cut becoming infected is called an
5 A type of ship which can travel underwater is a
6 To
your work is to look at it again to make sure you understand.
7 An
is the story of a person's life written by that person.
8 A
is someone doing further studies at a university after his or her first
degree.
9
is using sound, pictures, and film as well as text on a screen.
10 A
is a mistake in printing or typing.
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