Лексика

WORD FORMATION

1. Define the suffixes of nouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs

1. Verb 2. noun 3. adjective 4. adverb

- ent, -ment, -iar, -ly, -fy, -al, - ion, -er, -ize, -ous, -ity, -sure, -y, -en, -ic, -ive, -ture, -ness, -less, -ency, -ful, -an, -able, -ry, -ity, -ate.

2. Make the verbs using the follwing suffixes and translate them into Russian

a) -en, b) -fy, c) -ize, d) -ate

1. central 2. sharp 3. simply 4. memory 5. justy 6. evalue 7. real 8. pury 9. bright 10. threat

3. Make the nouns using the suffixes and translate them into Russian

1. to increase 2. to blacken 3. to characterize 4. to design 5. to memorize

6. to glorify 7. to trust 8. to release 9. to classify 10. to research 11to widen

12. to water 13. to deliver 14. to damage 15. to influence

4. Change the form of the word in order to fill in the blanks correctly

Every child comes into this world like wet clay, completely without any habits and ______ patterns. Socializing is the process by which a child makes himself and learns the process of _________ and surviving in society. There are various key factors that influence this process – the family, the peers, the school, society and ______ beliefs. The first point of contact to the child and also the most ______ factor is always the family. The ethics and behaviour that is followed at home is always copied ________ by the child. Parents are generally role models for children. Hence the socializing skills are passed on in most cases to the offspring. Elder children are also a source of influence. It is because of this reason that in the joint family system that existed previously in India, the ____ were always better adjusted to society.

BEHAVOUR ACTING RELIGION IMPORT CONCIOUSLY CHILD

5. Ask Liz questions. (Look at her answers before you write the questions.)

1. (where/from?) Where are you from?

From London originally.

2. (where/live/now?) Where ---

In Manchester.

3. (married?) ---

Yes.

4. (how long/married?) ---

12 years.

5. (children?) ---

Yes, three boys.

6. (how old/they?) ---

4, 7 and 9.

7. (what/husband/do?) ---

He's a policeman.

8. (he/enjoy his job?) ---

Yes, very much.

9. (arrest anyone yesterday?) ---

I don't know.

10. (how often/go/on holiday?) ---

Usually once a year.

11. (where/next year?) ---

We don't know yet.

6. Make questions with who or what.

1. Somebody hit me. _Who hit you?_

2. I hit somebody. _Who did you hit?_

3. Somebody gave me the key. Who ---

4. Something happened. What ---

5. Diane told me something. ---

6. This book belongs to somebody. ---

7. Somebody lives in that house. ---

8 I fell over something. ---

9. Something fell on the floor. ---

10. This word means something. ---

11. I borrowed the money from somebody. ---

12. I'm worried about something. ---

7. Put the words in brackets in the correct order. All the sentences are questions.

1. (when/was/built/this house) _When was this house built?_

2. (how/cheese/is/made)

3. (when/invented /the computer/was)

4. (why/Sue/working/ isn't/today)

5. (what time/coming/your friends/are)

6. (why/was/cancelled/the concert)

7. (where/your mother/was/born)

8. (why/you/to the party/didn't/come)

9. (how/the accident/did/happen)

10. (why/this machine/doesn't/work)

8. Read and translate the following compound nouns. Find compounds which are countable (8), uncountable (6) and those which are used either in the singular (6) or the plural (6).

heart attack, greenhouse effect, luxury goods, pedestrian crossing, contact lens, package holiday, food poisoning, mother tongue, birth control, roadworks, human rights, arms race, alarm clock, pocket money, hay fever, blood donor, blood pressure, data processing, generation gap, kitchen scissors, assembly line, sunglasses, labour force, race relations,windscreen wiper,brain drain

9. Match the words on the left (1-10) with their definitions on the right (a-j).

1) a baby-sitter a) your first language

2) a traffic jam b) money you pay on your

salary

3) a box office c) an office where you buy

tickets for trains

4) mother tongue d) an office where you buy

tickets for cinemas

5) income tax e) a person who patrols

streets to make sure you are not parked in the wrong place illegally

6) handcuffs f) a knife for opening

tins

7) greenhouse effect g) a person who looks

after children when their parents are out

8) ticket office h) a long line of cars

which move slowly because the road is busy

9) a traffic warden i) it is caused by hair

sprays and old fridges

10) a tin opener j) every policeman has

them

10. Rewrite the following phrases according to the example.

Example: a factory which produces automobiles — an automobile factory a man who drives a bus — a bus driver a machine that washes dishes — a dish washer paper for writing letters — writing paper

1} a shop that sells books; 2) an editor of a newspaper; 3) a person who pays taxes; 4) a brush for shoes; 5) cake made with raisin; 6) a garage for cars; 7) a company which provides insurance; 8) a bag made of leather; 9) a tool for sharpening pencils; 10) a book which has cheques; 11) a machine for washing clothes; 12) a license to drive a car; 13) a person who dresses and cuts hair; 14) аи office that sells tickets; 15) a device for opening tins.

11. Make up compound structures according to the example.

Example: a child who is five years old — a five year old child

1) a man whose height is six feet; 2) a walk which covers three miles; 3) a programme which lasts half an hour; 4) a flight which takes two hours and a half; 5) a hotel having four stars; 6) a lorry which can carry 5 tonnes; 7) a field of fifty acres.

В Paraphrase the sentences according to the example.

Example: She's got a flat of two rooms. — She's got a two-room flat.

His trip lasted four days. — He had a four-day trip,

1. He covered a distance of two miles. 2, Her holiday in California lasted 10 days, 3. They decided to take an interval of three hours. 4. She lives in a building that has sixteen storeys. 5. His call to Paris lasted five minutes. 6. While I was on holiday I met two charming girls of twenty years old. 7. He saw a film of two series yesterday. 8. She bought two bags of potatoes that weigh five kilos. 9. He gave us a banknote of fifty dollars to change. 10.1 wrote a composition which covered twenty pages.