Урок 20. Word-building
материал для подготовки к егэ (гиа, 10 класс) на тему

GRAMMAR REVIEW

WORLD BUILDING

Suffixes

Prefixes

1. Use prefixes to form new words. Translate the words.

re – to construct, to make, to build, to heat, to produce;

super – man, critical, low, to cool, to heat;

sub – group, way, normal, tropical, to divide;

over – to work, to boil, to produce, to value, to pay, pressure;

semi – automatic, conductor, official, circle;

inter – national, atomic, act, change, communication;

un – able, profitable, capable, productive, important, successful, natural, limited,

equal, known, practical, suitable, predictable, certain;

in – efficient, dependent, visible, complete, definite, convenience, exact;

im – possible, pure, measurable, precise;

non – parallel, metallic.

2. Translate phrases into Russian. Mind prefixes.

A lot of unsolved problems, under unusual conditions, inaccurate

amount, irregular form, impossible situation, to misunderstand the word, to reassemble the model, to reread the article, supernatural phenomenon, to overcool the substance, to overvalue the factor, semiconductor materials, semiautomatic machine-tools, intercontinental communication.

3. Read the sentences below and define the parts of speech words in bold belong to. Translate these sentences into Russian.

To conduct a time service, a conductor of electricity, a semiconductor

device, the conductivity of this metal, the conduction of electrons,

good conductance, conducting capacity, to observe stars, an accurate observation,

a careful observer, astronomical observatory instruments, an

observable phenomenon, electric power, a power station, a powerful telescope,

technical progress, highly skilled technician, modern technique.

4. Use suffixes given below to form nouns. Translate the words.

-ist: physic(s), telegraph, special, social, economic;

-er: transform, design, build, read, report, lectur(e);

-or: generat(e), escalat(e), construct, translate, act;

-ing: engineer, build, read, draw, begin;

-ment: measure, equip, employ, require, develop, manage, improve;

-ion: construct, , illustrat(e), express;

-ation: combin(e), inform, appl(y), accredit, confirm, implement, compete;

-sion: divi(de), deci(de), conver;

-ssion: transmit(t), permi(t), admi(t).

5. Read adjectives below and use suffix -ly to change into adverbs. Translate the words.

Simple, normal, usual, complete large, near, great, high, hard.

6. Use suffixes given below to form adjectives. Translate the words.

-ful: help, wonder, use, power;

-less: use, help, power, motion, weight;

-ic: period, metr(e), atmosphere(e), bas(e);

-al: physic(s), natur(e), experiment, mathematic(s);

-able: valu(e), change, measure(e), compare(e), profit;

-ant: import, resist;

-ent: differ, insist;

-ive: effect, act, compete.

WORD-BUILDING (Test)

V-1

Уровень «3»

1. Определите, к какой части речи относятся данные слова. Переведите их:

 Beautiful, function, artist, musician, heartless, economic, worker, badly, act, action, active, basic, fruitless, population,  movement, historic, democratic, work, daily, literature, picture, organization, friendship, highly, leader, fight, fighter, national, impressive, hopeful, hopeless, beautiful, special, specialist, define, definition, humanism, humanist, humanistic, use, useful, useless.

Уровень «4»

2. Переведите слова на русский язык. Определите префикс и его значение:

Coauthor, undress, disarm, postwar, illegal, unkind, reconstruct, deformation, prewar, antihero , ex-champion, superhuman,disagreement,

Уровень «5»

3. The word in capitals above each of the following sentences can be used to form a word that fits suitably in the blank space. Fill each blank in this way.

1. This is the most . . . . . . concert I‘ve ever been to. (Expense)
2. Her husband’s not a very…...person. (Patience)
3. Susan is very…...and wants to do well. (Ambition)
4. Show some……. Don’t you like the idea? (Enthuse)
5. Her problem is that she has not enough……in herself. (Confide)
6. Dan is really very……, even rude sometimes. (Polite)
7. I haven’t been to the cinema…… . (Recent)
8. Mary…… and they never s aw her again. (Appear)

WORD-BUILDING (Test)

V-2

Уровень «3»

1. Определите, к какой части речи относятся данные слова. Переведите их:

 Beautiful, function, artist, musician, heartless, economic, worker, badly, act, action, active, basic, fruitless, population,  movement, historic, democratic, work, daily, literature, picture, organization, friendship, highly, leader, fight, fighter, national, impressive, hopeful, hopeless, beautiful, special, specialist, define, definition, humanism, humanist, humanistic, use, useful, useless.

Уровень «4»

2. Переведите слова на русский язык. Определите префикс и его значение:

Coauthor, undress, disarm, postwar, illegal, unkind, reconstruct, deformation, prewar, antihero , ex-champion, superhuman,disagreement,

Уровень «5»

3. The word in capitals above each of the following sentences can be used to form a word that fits suitably in the blank space. Fill each blank in this way.

1.        Most people have no real…… in ghosts.(Believe)

2.        Mark Twain wrote many…… stories. (Humour)

3.        The children’s…… at the concert was excellent. (Behave)

4.        Rita asked for a …… and cashier gave her one. (Receive)

5.        Do you think you have the…… to pass the exam? (Able)

6.        You need a lot of …… to write a good story. (Imagine)

7.        I read an interesting …… in the newspaper. (Advertise)

8.        Their friendship began in their …… . (Child)