3rd lesson: Word formation

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• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 4

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Use of English part 3

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Today: Word Formation

Word Formation

• Base form (stem) in capital letters at the end of the line​
  
• Change to adjective, noun, verb or adverb​
  
  
  
• By using affixes (HONEST – DISHONESTY)​, (EXPECT – UNEXPECTEDLY)  
  
• Sometimes internal changes (STRONG – STRENGTHEN)​

Word formation

Verb:             to educate

Noun:           education, to educate

Adjective:   educational, educated

Adverb:        educationally

Last week we wrote down these terms: make sure you know them!

Try this:

Make nouns, adverbs and verbs from these adjectives:

long       weak       deep     strong     wide     short     warm

Make a table in your notebook to fill in, and for easy checking (in the next slide).

adjective	noun	adverb	verb
long	length	lengthy	lengthen
weak	weakness	weakly	weaken
deep	depth	deeply	deepen
strong	strength	strongly	strengthen
wide	width	widely	widen
short	shortage	shortly	shorten
warm	warmth	warmly	warm

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5 questions

Use the word in CAPITALS to finish the sentence.

Large spiders, _______ from South East Asia, are now being seen in the local countryside.
(ORIGIN)

Collecting garden gnomes might seem an unusual
____ , but many people do it.
(ACTIVE)

Professor Watkins wasn't only an _____ to me, but to thousands of others lucky enough to have met him.
(INSPIRE)

For someone so young, Carl is a very literate and
______ young man.
(ELOQUENCE)

The new year ____ in this area of the country involve dancing and a drink made from melons.
(CELEBRATE)

How to do part 3

1 Read the complete text.

2 Decide what kind of word you need (verb, noun, etc.)

3 Use the STEM to create such a word.
4 Things you should not forget: 

    A. Singular or Plural?

    B. Opposites?

Practice Word Formation on Flo Joe's website

part 2 Open Cloze

Homework

Prepare for your test: Use of English parts 1, 2, 3.