Nouns for people 1 Когда вы смотрите в словарь, то несомненно замечаете слова, у которых есть один корень: act action active activity actor actress

Когда вы смотрите в словарь, то несомненно замечаете слова, у которых есть один корень:

Иногда эти слова имеют добавочное значение, не схожее с основным. Поэтому необходимо посмотреть в словаре все значения, чтобы выбрать нужное. Образуйте новые слова, добавляя окончание к слову в кавычках. Все слова, полученные с помощью суффиксов, должны обозначать людей, которые выполняют действия.

Например,

She's a very good ....worker... (WORK)

2. He's a good ........boxer........ He wins all his fights. (BOX)

3. The police are looking for a dangerous .......criminal....... (CRIME)

4. The ..........detective...... wants to interview all of us. (DETECT)

5. I try to speak clearly when I meet a ......foreigner.... (FOREIGN)

6. Our ........instructor..... makes us practise a lot. (INSTRUCT)

7. She's the ........inventor...... of this machine. (INVENT)

8. Who is the .......leader........ of that group? (LEAD)

9. Can I have a ..........magician..... at my party? (MAGIC)

10. Do you know the .......writer......... of this book? (WRITE)

11. Are you the .........owner.......... of this car? (OWN)

12. He talks so much because he's a ....................... (POLITICS)

13. The ........reporter........ wants to know everything about me. (REPORT)

14. That ........rider.......... is going very fast!(RIDE)

15. Do you think that man with a gun is a .........robber.......? (ROB)

16. If you're a ......scientist......... , you have to work hard. (SCIENCE)

17. She's a ....................... at the same college as me. (STUDY)

18. She's a ....visitor............ so you must be polite. (VISIT)

Form the word for the person by putting an ending to the word in brackets, for example:

He's a ...stranger... in this town. (STRANGE)
1. An ......................... should be good at maths. (ACCOUNT)

2. Every .........astronaut........ hopes to discover a new star. (ASTRONOMY)

3. The ........................ sat there asking for money. (BEG)

4. He's a well-known ......broadcaster...... on the radio. (BROADCAST)

5. Look out! That crazy ........................... is going too fast! (CYCLE)

6. Alfred Hitchcock was a famous film ........director........ (DIRECT)

7. Every .........gambler....... dreams of winning a fortune. (GAMBLE)

8. She was the .........winner....... of last month's competition. (WIN)

9. She was the only ........inhabitant...... left in the town.

10. Her ...........kidnaper........ wants $ 10,000 for her safe return. (KIDNAP)

11. Their ......................... thinks they might go to prison. (LAW)

12. His ambition is to be a .......millionaire.... one day. (MILLION)

13. Agatha Christie is a ............................ famous for her detective stories. (NOVEL)
Занятие 9
Word formation - 1

Данное занятие включает задания, схожие с предыдущим. Удачи!

Remember that when you look up a word in a dictionary, you should see if any other words can be formed from it. Grouping these words together should help you remember them, for example:

direct direction directly director directory

Вы должны образовать существительные от глаголов. Выпишите незнакомые вам слова и выучите их, пробуйте написать с ними свои предложения.

Change the word in brackets to complete the sentence.

1. We are waiting for the ..arrival.... of his plant (ARRIVE)

2. There was a .....competition.................... to find the best cook. (COMPETE)

3. We must make a ......decision....... about where to go. (DECIDE)

4. The train made a late ..........departure........ (DEPART)

5. The boss wants you to take some ..........dictation......... (DICTATE)

6. What kind of ..........entertainer... is there in this town? (ENTERTAIN)

7. There's some new ........equipment...... in the laboratory. (EQUIP)

8. Could you repeat that ........explainer.......? (EXPLAIN)

9. He had a strange ....................... on his face. (EXPRESS)

10. Put the ice-cream in the ........................... , please. (FREEZE)

11. Is there any more ............informer......... about the accident? (INFORM)

12. You must read the .........introduction......... to this book. (INTRODUCE)

13. I have an .........invitation........ to a party tonight. (INVITE)

14. Are you going to the .......meeting.......... tomorrow? (MEET)

15. That .........painting...... is by Picasso. (PAINT)

16. ......photographing........ is my favourite hobby. (PHOTOGRAPH)

17. What's the correct ......................... of this word? (PRONOUNCE)

18. I have a lot of ......shopping......... to do. (SHOP)

Change each word in brackets to complete the sentence, for example:

Be....careful.... when you open the door. (CARE)
1. This is my favourite chair. It's so ......comfortable............... ! (COMFORT)

2. It's ..dangerous......to drive so fast. (DANGER)

3. I must clean this ........dirty....... floor. (DIRT)

4. Elvis Presley was a ..........fames....... pop singer. (FAME)

5. It was .........foggy....... so they had to drive very slowly. (FOG)

6. Is lunch ready yet? They're very ..........hungry..... (HUNGER)

7. Be careful. The roads are very ............ice......... (ICE)

8. I'd like a nice .........juicy......... orange. (JUICE)

9. How many ..........national...... holidays do you have? (NATION)

10. Why do they give such ........noisy..... parties? (NOISE)

11. His broken arm is still very .......................... (PAIN)

12. The President was a very .........powerful..... man. (POWER)

13. The children always get bored on a ........rainy........ day. (RAIN)

14. He always feels ......sleeping... in the morning. (SLEEP)

15. I live in the ......southern..... part of the country. (SOUTH)

16. The film was ......successful...... and he became very rich. (SUCCESS)

17. I hope we have ....................... weather for our holidays. (SUN)

18. We have a ........week....... newspaper in this town. (WEEK)