Define the part of speech of the following words. Use the letters N – noun; Adj. – adjective; V – verb; Adv. - adverb.

1. sulphuric 2. strengthen 3. accommodation 4. hardness 5. oxidize 6. complexity 7. arrangement 8. envision 9. automated 10. ensure

11. setback 12. initially 13. estimate 14. fraction 15. fairly 16. failure 17. inquisitive 18. rigid 19. radical 20. connection

 

2. Fill in blanks transforming the words in brackets:

1. The street was so _______ that Janet slipped and hurt her leg. (ice)

2. To his great _______, Jim was not selected for his country's swimming team. (disappoint)

3. Many people think that television is the cause of increasing _______ in modern society. (violent)

4. Mrs. Jones was not _______ with the hotel so she decided to complain to the manager. (satisfy)

5. Andrew improved his _______ of the world during the year he spent travelling. (know)

6. The _______ of the fire was welcome after our long journey through the snow. (warm)

7. Peter blamed his failure on his own _______. (stupid)

8. The explorers walked slowly into the forest, advancing very _______. (caution)

9. It always seems _______ to throw good food away. (waste)

10. I think William would make a good sports teacher, because he is so _______. (energy)

 

Form new words with the help of suitable suffixes or prefixes.

различать	differ	различный
забывать	forget	незабываемый
польза	use	бесполезный
мысль	thought	задумчивый
решать	solve	решение
менять	change	изменчивый
доказывать	prove	доказательство
соревноваться	compete	конкурентоспособный
случай	occasion	случайно
cила	power	сильный
связывать	connect	рассоединить

 

Choose the correct word for each sentence.

1. His daughter's success gave him great....

a) satisfied

b) satisfaction

c) satisfactory

d) dissatisfaction

 

2. It's... to speak to him; he's very stubborn.

a) useful

b) use

c) useless

d) user

 

3. Telescopes are very... instruments.

a) sensible

b) sensitive

c) senseless

d) sensational

 

4. That law is not... in this case.

a) applicable

b) application

c) applied

d) applicant

 

5. She's a very... secretary.

a) effective

b) effectiveness

c) efficient

d) effectively

 

 

Test 2

For each of the questions choose the one correct answer.

1. Long is an adjective. What is the related verb?

a. longing

b. lengthen

c. longthen

d. longering

2.What is the opposite of 'resistible'?

a. unresistible

b. irresistible

c. disresistible

d. inresistible

 

3.What is the opposite of ‘patient’?

a. impatient

b. inpatient

c. unpatient

d. dispatient

4. ‘Safe’ is an adjective, what is its related noun?

a. safely

b. safer

c. safety

d. safeness

 

5.What is the opposite of ‘tolerant’?

a. imtolerant

b. untolerant

c. distolerant

d. intolerant

 

6.What's the opposite of 'perfect'?

a. unperfect

b. inperfect

c. imperfect

d. deperfect

7. Which form of ‘walk’ starts this sentence? "________ is good for you."

a. To walk

b. Walk

c. Walking

d. Walked

 

8. Make a new word from ‘economy’ to fill the space. "My new car is

more ________ than my last one."

a. economical

b. economic

c. economise

d. economics

 

9. The Internet is an amazing ________.

a. invent

b. inventor

c. invention

d. inventive

 

10. What is a synonym of rude?

a. inpolite

b. dispolite

c. unpolite

d. impolite

 

11. Which word doesn’t make a word with -able? e.g. countable

a. help

b. understand

c. rely

d. respect

12. Which of the following adjectives ending in - ful doesn’t exist?

a. painful

b. beautiful

c. funful

d. fruitful

 

13. The following are all negative adjectives with un-. Which should be

dis-?

a. untidy

b. unhonest

c. unsociable

d. unreliable

 

 

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Contents

Пояснительная записка 3

Introduction 4

 

Unit 1. Noun suffixes 5