Task 8.

1. Complete the chart with the correct noun.

 

clue noun
1. s/he takes photographs 2. s/he plays the guitar 3. it washes dishes 4. the state of being able to do smth 5. the relationship you have with your friend 6. s/he designs roads, bridges and machines 7. s/he writes for a newspaper 8. he acts in films and plays 9. the thing we make when we build 10. the quality of being important 11. the period when you are a child 12. the feeling of being excited 13. the state of being happy 14. knowledge you get when you are educated 15. the act of dividing something 16. entering a place, or the cost of entering 17. the thing we open tins with 18. s/he is forced to seek refuge in a new country 19. smth we do when we are active 20. the state or fact of being great  

 

2. Add a correct prefix to the following words.

1……………dependent 2……………polite 3……………do 4……………driver 5……………approve 6……………behave 7……………logical 8……………zip 9……………inform 10…………..agree 11…………..eat 12…………..historic 13……………….Atlantic 14……………….behaving 15……………….moral 16……………….hear 17……………….interpret 18……………….national 19………………sleep 20……………….relevant 21……………….believe 22……………….crowded 23……………….understand 24……………….natal

3. Add a prefix to the correct form of the word at the end of each line and use the word in the space of the same line. The first (0) is given as an example.

Attempts to communicate in a foreign language can easily (0) misfire. I’m always (1)………………..by my attempts to get speak Greek. The waiter in Mykonos (2)…………………what I wanted and instead of beetroots brought me mushrooms. I (3)………….mushrooms intensely but when I asked him to (4)……………them with beetroots he smiled, went into the kitchen and (5)…………with a plateful of aubergines. He also (6)…………..…..my friendly attitude towards everyone I meet and when I complained that they had (7)…………….…..the meat, Manuel (that was his name if I’m not (8)……………..…) grinned and twirled the moustache. To cap it all, I (9)………………the bill and accused the poor man of (10)…………………me! It was just my awful Greek again. fire 1. appoint 2. understand 3. like 4. place 5. turn 6. take 7. cook 8. take 9. read 10. charge

4. Write abstract nouns for the following words, using one of the following suffixes: