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2º BACHILLERATO ACTIVITIES
ACTIVITIES: 21ST SEPT TO 25TH SEPT:
-TENSES: future perfect, future continuous, present perfect cont. and past perfect cont. (theory)
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- READING: page 10, activities 3, 4, 5, page 11, activity 6 and DO THIS ACTIVITY TOO:
- Page 12, activities 1 and two
- Study the vocabulary from the test:
- NOUN AND ADJECTIVE SUFFIXES:
SUFFIXES
In general suffixes usually change the word-class ( nouns from verbs “pollute = pollution, adjectives from verbs…) and the meaning of a word.
E.g.: The verb “drink” adopts the suffix –able to create “drinkable” which means “something you can drink” (potable, bebible)
If you recognize them, you may be able to guess the meaning of a word which is unknown for you. This time we are going to study those cases in which suffixes create adjectives.
NOUN SUFFIXES
dark, happy, ill |
-ness |
|
curious, generous,
secure |
-ity |
curiosity,
generosity, security |
elegant, important,
relevant |
-ance |
elegance,
importance, relevance |
intelligent,
obedient, patient, |
-ence |
intelligence,
obedience, patience |
efficient, fluent,
private |
-cy |
efficiency, fluency, privacy |
ADJECTIVE SUFFIXES
-ABLE : means “that can be done”: drinkable, washable, readable, recognizable, countable, forgivable, etable(edible, more common), belivable, reasonable…
-AL : musical, political, environmental, logical,
professional,…
-IBLE: horrible, sensible*, accesible, divisible
-IVE: offensive, receptive, attractive, creative, massive, decisive
-Y: lucky, rainy, cloudy, sunny, foggy, dusty, hairy, thirsty, hungry,sandy
-FUL: it usually means “that it poduces this, that it has it” : painful, colourful, harmful, succesful, peaceful…
-LESS: it is usually the opposite of –ful : painless, colourless, harmless, cloudless,useless.
-OUS: delicious, furuious, curious…
-ISH: it is a rather informal suffix that cab be added
to most common adjectives, ages and times to make them less precise: She is
thirtyish, / He has reddish hair/ Come about eightish.