Read the instructions. Use a prefix with the word on the left to complete the table.
Word | Instruction | Answer |
possible | Make an adjective with the opposite meaning. | |
1. war | Make an adjective meaning ‘before the war’ | |
2. smoking | Make an adjective that means ‘you must not smoke here’. | |
3. price | Make an adjective that means ‘50% of the price’. | |
4. send | Make a verb that means ‘send something again.’ | |
5. girlfriend | Make a noun that means ‘someone who was someone’s girlfriend but is not any more.’ | |
6. happy | Make an adjective with the opposite meaning. | |
fortable | Make an adjective with the opposite meaning. | |
8. tell | Make a verb that means ‘tell something again’. | |
9. formal | Make an adjective with the opposite meaning. | |
10. finished | Make an adjective with opposite meaning. |
Make up nouns with the help of the following suffixes. Translate the words into Russian.
1. -er(-or): to buy, to, direct, to inspect, to invent, to produce;
2. -ist: telegraph, drama, economy, alarm;
3. -less: hope, use, fruit, shame, home;
4. -ful: beauty, care, doubt, fruit, use;
5. -ous: courage, danger, fame, glory;
6. -y: cloud, dirt, fog, frost, rain.
7. -ant: to account, to apply, to assist.
Give nouns corresponding to the following verbs:
to handle, to base, to testify, to outline, to lose, to agree, to deny, to instruct, to doubt, to confess, to refuse, to nod, to try, to blame, to stain, to save, to investigate, to determine, to invest, to drip, to peddle, to remark, to cause, to challenge
Give nouns corresponding to the following adjectives:
efficient, frightful, shrewd, favourable, brutal, savage, slow, strong, curt, weak, steady, healthy, merciful, wretched, old
Put in the missing words. Choose from these words:
Brazilian Chinese French
Greece Ireland Lebanese
Omani Portugal Scotland
Switzerland Thai Vietnam
Canada Finnish German
Hungary Japan Mexican
Polish Russia Spanish
Taiwanese Turkey Wales
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Brazil…… Brazilian Finland Finnish
………….. Canadian ………. Irish
Germany …………. Poland ……….
.…………. Hungarian ………. Scottish
Mexico............... Spain ……….
………….. Russian ………. Turkish
………… ………… ………… …….…..
………… ………… ………… …….…..
………… …………. ………… …………
………… …………. ………… …………
- ese others
China ………….. France …………
……….... Japanese …..……. Greek
Lebanon …………. Oman …………
................ Portuguese ….…….. Swiss
Taiwan …………. Thailand …………
…………. Vietnamese ……….... Welsh
…………. ………… ………… …………
…………. ………… ………… …………
…………. ………… ………… …………
…………. ………… ………… …………
Complete the box. Use a dictionary if necessary.
verb | person noun | adjective | abstract noun |
oppressor | oppression | ||
prospect | |||
produce | |||
composer | |||
deported | |||
convert | convert |
Complete each sentence with a form of the word in brackets (with –ed, - ful, - ing or –y), for example:
It’s too …windy… to wear a hat today. (WIND)
1. Be ……. ! You might break something! (CARE)
2. If it’s ……. tomorrow, let’s go to the beach. (SUN)
3. Lenny looked very ……. when he saw us. (SURPRISE)
4. We’ve got some very ……. news for you. (SURPRISE)
5. We watched a very …….. show on
television last night. (FUN)
6. Mum gets ……. when Jill is so late. (WORRY)
7. In ……. weather like this the yachts
usually stay in the harbor. (STORM)
8. In my country most ……. men don’t wear
a ring. (MARRY)
9. I went o an ….. talk about finding a job. (INTEREST)
10. Bye! Have a …… holiday! (WONDER)
11. Shelia lives in a very ……. part of the
country. (BEAUTY)
12. John usually feels ….. after a big meal. (SLEEP)
13. A calculator can be very …… if you
work in a shop. (USE)
14. Gina was very …… when people stared
at her new hairdo. (EMBARRASS)
15. It’s really …… sitting at a computer all day. (TIRE)
16. As the plane came nearer the airport,
we all got very ……. . (EXCITE)
Make up new words from the following ones.
1. refuse → (noun)
2. example → (noun – person who takes an exam)
3. pay → (adjective – being paid too little)
4. appear → (noun – stop being visible)
5. deceive → (noun)
→ (adjective)
6. resist → (adjective – very attractive, charming)
7. danger → (adjective – being in danger of dying out)
8. effect → (adjective – lacking effect)
9. horror → (adjective – terribly scared)
10. surprise → (adverb)
11. large → (verb)
12. popular → (verb)
13. short → (noun – not having enough of something)
14. anxious → (noun)
Read the text. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line. Write the word in the boxes provided.
Theatre
0. Theatre is one of the ____ forms of entertainment. OLD
1. In the Middle Ages, early dramas were often ____ RELIGION
2. and ____ in churches. For instance, mystery plays STAGE
3. told Bible stories in a ____ a colourful way. DRAMA
4. The first ____ theatres were built in the times of ENGLAND
5. Shakespeare. These theatres were ____, it wasn’t COVER
6. until the late 1600s that theatres were ____ . ROOF
7. Many early plays were set in exotic ____. But in LOCATE
8. the last 100 years, ____ have written more about PLAY
9. ordinary characters and ____. In the 1960s, many SITUATED
10. plays were kitchen sinks dramas ____ life in very SHOW
ordinary homes.
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
Use a dictionary to complete the chart below.
NOUN | ADJECTIVE | VERB |
persuasionscandal aborigine | orchestralruled weak | objectreact socialize administer |
Литература
1. Веселова тренировочных и проверочных заданий в формате ЕГЭ. 9 класс. – М.: Издательство «Интеллект-Центр», 2009.
2. Веселова тренировочных и проверочных заданий в формате ЕГЭ. 10 класс. – М.: Издательство «Интеллект-Центр», 2009.
3. Веселова тренировочных и проверочных заданий в формате ЕГЭ. 11 класс. – М.: Издательство «Интеллект-Центр», 2009.
4. Кошманова по английскому языку. Орфография. Лексика. Грамматика. – М.: Издательство «Айрис-Пресс», 2008.
5. Test Your English/ Intermediate and Upper-Intermediate.- СПб.: Издательство «Каро», 2001.
6. Сигал к олимпиадам по английскому языку. 8 – 11 классы. - М.: Издательство «Айрис-Пресс», 2008.
7. , State Exam Maximiser. - Pearson Education Limited, 2008.
Приложение.
List of Prefixes
Prefix | Meaning | Example |
a-, an-, ab- | without, not | atypical, anhydrous, abnormal, afloat, atremble, anemic, asymmetric |
ana-/an- | up, against | anacardiaceous, anode |
ab-, abs- | away, departing from | abstract, abduct, abnormal |
Afro- | relating to Africa | Afro-American |
ambi- | both | ambivalent, ambitendency |
amphi- | two, both, on both sides | amphiaster, amphitheater, amphibian |
Anglo- | relating to England | Anglo-Norman |
ante- | before | antedate, anteroom, antebellum, antediluvian, antenatal |
anti- | against opposite | antislavery, antifascist, anti-clockwise, anti-war, anti-virus, anti-human, antisocial, anti-European |
apo- | away from | apomorphine |
arch- | supreme, highest, worst | arch-rival, archangel |
astro- | star | astrobiology |
auto- | self | automobile, autobiography, automatic |
be- | equipped with, covered with, beset with | bedeviled, becalm, bedazzle, bewitch |
bi- | two | biannual, bicycle, biweekly |
bio- | biological | biodegrade |
circum- | around | circumnavigate |
co-, com-, con-, col-, cor- | together with, joint, accompanying | coexist, coauthor, co-worker, coordinator, cooperation, confederation, commingle, colleague, correlation, cohabit, co-driver |
contra- | opposite | contradict |
counter- | opposite, against, in opposition to | counterattack, counteract, counterpart, counterterrorism |
cryo- | ice | cryogenics |
crypto- | hidden, secret | cryptography |
de- | -to reverse an action, to remove, to deprive of -down | - demobilize, decentralize, de-emphasise, decompose, devalue - depress |
demi- | half | demigod |
demo- | people | demography |
di- | two | dioxide |
dia- | across, through | diameter |
dis- | not, opposite of | disconnect, disobey, disloyal, disagree, disarm, dislike, disappear, disbelief |
dis-, di-, dif- | apart | differ, dissect |
down- | to make something lesser, lower or worse | downgrade, download |
du-, duo | two | duet |
eco- | ecological | ecosystem |
electro- | electric, electricity | electro-analysis |
en-, em- | to put into, to make into, to get into | enlarge, enclose, enmesh, empower |
epi- | upon, at, close upon, in addition | epidermis |
euro- | European | Eurocentric |
ex- | previous, former | ex-minister, ex-husband, ex-colleague, ex-boss, ex-president |
ex-, e-, ef- | out of | export |
extra- | outside, beyond | extracurricular |
for- | away, wrongly, extremely | forbid, forget, forgo |
fore- | before | forearm, forerunner, foretell |
franco- | French, France | Francophile |
geo- | relating to the earth or its surface | geography |
hemi- | half | hemimorphic |
hetero- | different | heterosexual |
homo- | same | homosexual |
hydro- | relating to water, or using water | hydroelectricity |
hyper- | overly, excessive, above | hypertension, hyperthermia |
hypo- | under or below something, low | hypothermia |
ideo- | image, idea | ideograph |
idio- | individual, personal, unique | idiolect |
in-, il-, im - ir- | not, without, lacking, opposite of | incomplete, irregular, illegal, illegible, illiterate, inexect, inattentive, incapable, independent, inexperienced, indirect, incorrect, inconvenient, irresponsible, immaterial, immoral, immobile, impossible, impolite, impractical |
in- | in, into | insert |
indo- | relating to the Indian subcontinent | Indo-European |
infra- | below, beneath | infrastructure, infrared |
inter- | between, among | international, intercede, interchangeable, intercontinental |
intra- | within, inside | intravenous |
iso- | equal | isochromatic |
macro- | large, long | macrocomputer, macrobiotic |
mal- | bad, wrongful, ill | maltreat, malnutrition, malnourish |
maxi- | very long, very large | maxi-skirt |
medi- | middle | medieval |
mega- | great, large | megastar, megapolis |
meta- | after, along with, beyond, among, behind | meta-theory |
micro- | small | microchip, microbacillus |
mid- | in the middle of | mid-June, midlife, midnight |
midi- | medium-sized | midi-length |
mini- | small | minimarket, mini-room |
mis- | wrongly, bad, astray | misbehave, misinformation, misguide, misinterpret, misunderstand, misspell |
mono- | one, single, sole, only | monorail, monogamy |
multi- | many | multipurpose, multi-storey, multinational |
neo- | new, recent | neoconservative, neolithic |
non- | not | non-essential, nonexistent, non-fiction, non-elastic, non-swimmer |
omni- | all | omnipotent, omnipresent |
out- | better, faster, longer, beyond | outreach, outcome, outnumber |
over- | too much | overreact, overact, overwork, overdo, overcrowded |
paleo- | old | paleolithic |
pan- | all, worldwide | pan-African |
para- | beside, beyond | parallel |
ped-, pod | foot | pedestrian, podiatrist |
per- | through, completely, wrongly, exceedingly | permeate, permute |
peri- | around | perimeter, periphrase |
photo- | light, photography, photograph | photoelectric |
poly- | many | polygon |
post- | after | postwar, postpone, post-election, post-graduation, postdate |
pre- | before | prehistoric, predict, pre-election, pre-enter, prearrangement |
preter- | beyond, past, more than | preternatural |
pro- | in favour of, for, on the side of | prodemocratic, pro-life, pro-government |
pro- | substitute, deputy | proconsul |
pro- | before | procambium |
pros- | toward | prosthesis |
proto- | first, original | protoplasm, prototype |
pseudo- | false, imitation | pseudonym |
pyro- | fire | pyrokinetic |
quasi- | partly, almost, appearing to be but not really | quasi-religious |
re- | again, back | reeled, reopen, rerun, redecorate, rewrite, reread, relive, rebuild |
retro- | backwards | retroactive, retrograde |
self- | self | self-sufficient |
semi- | partly, half | semicircle, semi-final, semi-literate |
soci- | society, social, sociological | sociopath |
step- | family relation by remarriage | stepbrother |
sub-, su-, suc-, suf-, sug-, sum-, sup-, sur-, sus- | under, less than normal, below | subway, subnormal, submerge, success, support, surreptitious, suspect, sustain, submarine, subgroup, sub-committee, substandard |
super- | above, beyond, greater than | supermarket, superman, supervisor, superhuman |
supra- | above, over | suprarenal |
sur- | above, over | Surname, surreal, surrender |
syn-, sym-, sy-, syl-, sys- | together, at the same time, with | synthesis, symbol, syllable, system |
tele- | at a distance | television |
trans- | across | transatlantic, transverse, transcontinental |
tri- | three | tricycle |
twi- | two | twibill, twilight |
ultra- | extremely, beyond | ultramodern, ultramagnetic, ultraviolet |
un- | - not, opposite, - to reverse an action | - unknown, undisturbed, unnecessary, unequal, uncommon, untrained, untranslatable, unhappy - undo, untie, unfold, unlock |
under- | below, beneath, lower in grade/dignity, lesser, insufficient | underachieve, underground, underpass, undercooked, underestimate, undercharge |
uni- | one | uniform, unicycle |
up- | to make something greater, higher, or better | upgrade |
vice- | deputy | vice-president, vice-principal |
with- | against | withhold, withstand |
Groups of Prefixes
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