Упражнения на словообразование
методическая разработка по английскому языку (10 класс) по теме

WORD FORMATION

1        Which prefix forms the opposite of these words? (The bottom line are all verbs, the rest are adjectives.)

        happy                patient                polite                legal

        correct                regular                visible                possible

        legible                friendly                employed                honest

        pack                lock                agree                like

2        Agree with these statements, using words from the left-hand page which have the same meaning as the underlined words.

Example: A: He doesn't have a job, does he?       B: No, he’s unemployed.

1        It's against the law, isn't it?                         Oh yes, __________

2. His room is always in a mess, isn't it?     Yes, ______________
3. He took off his clothes!       Yes, _________________

4        This handwriting is impossible to read.             Yes I know, ______________

5. She can never wait for five minutes, can she?            No, ________________
6. I thought it was rude, didn't you?          Yes, it was very _______________

3        Complete the verbs in these sentences.

1. I'm sorry, I mis____________ her message completely.
2. We un_______________ as soon as we got to the hotel, then went out for a walk.
3. She was here a minute ago, but then she dis________ I'm afraid I don't know where she is now.

4        We normally have similar opinions but I dis_________ with him totally on the subject of drugs.

5. My homework was so bad that I'll have to re___________ it.
6. Apparently her alarm clock didn't ring and she over_______________
7. She finally managed to un_______________ the door and we were able to go inside.
8. I dis_______________ the film, but the others enjoyed it.
9. I don't think I'll pass the exam, but I can always re_____________ it in September.

10. The post office shuts for lunch but it should re______________ at 2.00 p.m.
11. She's over______ at the moment. She really needs a holiday and a complete break from her job.

12        My sister wrapped up my present so well that it took me about five minutes to un______ it.

4. Form the nouns and mark the stress on each word.

Educate, improve, jog, spell, hesitate, arrange;     stupid, dark, weak, similar, punctual, sad, popular.

5.  Combine the suffixes on the right with the verbs or adjectives on the left, and then complete the text below. (Remember you may need to make a small spelling change.)

Improve, televise, elect, educate, weak,                                             -ment, -ity, -ion, -ation, -ness.

manage, govern stupid.

In his first broadcast on _____________ since he won the _____________ last month, the Prime Minister promised to make health and _____________ two of his priorities. And a strong attack on the previous ________________, he said that the present ______________ of the British economy was caused entirely by their _____________ and bad __________________. He said he would act immediately and he hoped the British people would be able to see clear signs of an _______________ in the economy by ht end of the year.

6. Write down an adjective (or adjectives) formed from these nouns or verbs.

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7. Fill the gaps with suitable adjectives from the opposite page.

1. You must be very _____________ when you drive in wet weather.
2. It was so _______________ this morning that I couldn't see more than twenty metres in front of me.

3. Everyone in my country has heard of her; she's very _______________________
4. The people in the tourist information office were very ___________ and answered all our questions without any problems.

5        This is a very ______________ road; there were at least three serious accidents on it last year.

6. It was very ________________ when I hit my leg against the corner of the table.
7. This bag is very ____________ because I can use it for work or when I go on holiday.
8. We've never had any problems with our TV in ten years; it's been very ________________
9. The factory is in the middle of the ____________ part of the city, surrounded by other factories.

10. I made some coffee but it was horrible. In fact, my sister said it was ______________
11. I'm afraid my working hours are very ________________; I have to start at exactly the same time every day and finish at the same time every day.

12        It seems terrible to me that there are so many ________________ people living in a city with thousands of empty houses.

8 Сhoose three adjectives which could describe each of these people or things. (You can use the same adjective more than once.)

1. the weather _____________________________________
2. someone who is a very bad driver    _____________________________________
3. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart    ___________________________________________
4. a large city     _______________________________________________________
5. Albert Einstein   ______________________________________________________
6. a new car     ____________________________________________________

7. a speech ___________________________________________________________
8. yourself ______________________________________________________________