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Today

- Quick check passives

- Vocab check

- Prefixes and suffixes

- Grammar reader

Changing Word Class

As we have seen before, a word always belongs to a certain Word Class. The biggest and most important ones being: nouns, verbs, adjectives & adverbs.

Many words, however, belong to more than one word class, depending on how they are used in a sentence.

For example, ‘book’ can be used as a noun or as a verb:

         ‘It’s an interesting book.’ (noun) ‘We ought to book a holiday soon.’ (verb)

And ‘fast’ can be used as an adjective or an adverb:

         ‘He loves fast cars.’ (adjective)

         ‘Don’t drive so fast!’ (adverb)

Changing Word Class

Many other words can be changed slightly to make them belong to a different word class.

For example: the verb ‘organise’, can be changed into:

    - ‘organisation’ or ‘organiser’ (nouns),

    - ‘organised’ (adjective or verb),

    - ‘organisable’ (adjective),

    - ‘organisationally’ (adverb).

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What are prefixes?

What are suffixes?

Teacher 

narrator

explorer

creator

noun

verb

teach

narrate (to tell a story)

explore (to discover)

to make something new

adjective

teachable

______

exploratory

creative 

adverb

__________

________

exploratively

creatively

What is the opposite of: honest?

What is the opposite of the verb:?
to pack

What is the adverb of the word: kind?

what is the verb of the word: negotiation?

What is the noun?(agree)

What is the opposite of the verb: (lock)

Now you! 

- Check your work!

- Grammar Reader: exercise 1, 2, 3, 4 p.36-40

- Done? Learn your vocab.

Nominalisation

Today

- Reading

- Nominalisation / suffixes

- Finish readers

- Alquin: Billie Eilish

NOMINALISATION

One way of making good use of changing words into different word classes is the common process of nominalisation.

Compare the two sentences:

a) We analysed the data from the experiment, and it revealed that children react when they have too much sugar.

b) The analysis of the data revealed children’s reaction to excessive sugar intake

In sentence a) two verbs are used: ‘analysed’ and ‘react

In sentence b) these verbs are substituted by nouns: ‘analysis’, ‘reaction’

Nominalisation is the changing of a verb, adjective or clause into a noun.

This style of speaking and writing of seen as more formal.

Now you! 

- exercise 5 p. 41

- Check all your work! 

- Finish reader

- Done?  --> pick up a trial test!

Reading Activity

Billie Eilish 

Alquin workbook p. 67. 

K. In depth - mixed questions. 1-11.

Group Discussion

Alquin p. 59 in groups of 4.

E. Watching and Listening --> c/d.

groups of four