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If you speak English, you have plenty of people to talk to. It is spoken in more parts of the world than any other language.

English has many borrowings. It started out taking words from Latin, Greek, French, and German. Then English went on to borrow words from more than 50 languages. From Italian, it took pizza and violin. From Spanish and Portuguese, it borrowed the words alligator, canyon, and sombrero. The Caribbean islands gave English barbecue and cannibal. From Africa came chimpanzee and zebra; from India came bandanna, curry. From Australia came kangaroo and boomerang.

Science caused an explosion in words. Some words in science combine parts of Greek and Latin words. They include penicillin, supersonic. Others were borrowed from modern languages. Robot comes from a Czech word.

True

False

a)

There are quite a few borrowings in English.

b)

The origin of the word canyon has been traced to Portuguese or Spanish.

c)

The word boomerang came from Africa.

d)

Kangaroo is an Australian word.

e)

There are Greek or Latin roots in a word supersonic.

  1. Определите, к какой части речи относится выделенное слово:

Water and air are becoming more and more polluted.

You should water the flowers at least once a week.

There are government and public organizations that analyze data on land, forest and air.

In Hyde Park you could air your political views on public.

  1. Заполните таблицы на словообразование:

Noun

Verb

change

to achieve

to advance

development

to protect

to pollute

action

to increase

elimination

to interact

Noun

Adjective

variety

ecology

environment

danger

industry

globe

nature

safe

numerous

ocean

  1. Переведите производные слова. Дайте свои примеры. Составьте предложения:

Material – immaterial, limited- unlimited, important – unimportant, known – unknown, seen – unseen, perfect – imperfect, possible – impossible, legal – illegal, regular – irregular, mobile - immobile

Act – action – (in)active – actor, athlete – athletic – athletics, child – children – childhood, collect – collection – collector, entertain – entertainment, hero – heroic – heroine, music – musical – musician, play – player – playful, sail – sailing – sailor, sing – sang – sung – song – singer – singing.