Technical Reading

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 662.

Task7.

Task 6

Word Building

Translate the following derivative words:

noun+ -ous, -ious, -eous →adjective

autonomy – autonomous, prestige – prestigious, right – righteous, religion – religious, glory – glorious, ambition – ambitious, fame – famous, industry – industrious, victory – victorious

verb + -er/-or →noun

to provide – provider, to educate – educator, to separate – separator, to examine – examiner, to demonstrate – demonstrator, to investigate – investigator, to govern - governor

verb+ -tion, -ion, -ation →noun

to educate – education, to compete – competition, to combine – combination, to separate – separation, to administer - administration

Suffixes -ize/-ise

Study the statement:

The rotor is magnetized.

What does it mean? We can rewrite this statement as:

The rotor is made magnetic.

Verbs ending in -ize/-ise have a meaning of make + adjective.

Rewrite these sentences replacing the phrases in italics with appropriate -ize/-ise verbs.

(as a rule, -ize is American variant, -ise is mostly British; to be sure, look up the word in a dictionary).

1) Some cars are fitted with a security device which makes the engine immobile.

2) In areas where the power supply fluctuates, for sensitive equipment a device to make the voltage stable is required.

3) Manufacturers seek to keep costs to a minimum and profits to a maximum.

4) Most companies have installed computers to control their production line.

5) Companies may make their operation more rational by reducing the variety of products they make.