Word building

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Pre-text exercises

14. Look at the following international words, guess their meaning and check the pronunciation:

parabolic, telescope, phase, talented, publicist, popularize, alternative, dynamics, basis, gravity, demonstration, experiment, idea, pioneer, provision, practice, elements, mass, energy, alchemists, metal, argument, gas, phenomenon, process, organic, system, symbol.

15. Translate the following derivative words:

verb + -ment → noun

to depart – department, to measure – measurement, to govern – government, to equip – equipment;

adjective +-ity → noun

responsible – responsibility, electric – electricity, probable – probability, possible – possibility, able – ability;, grave – gravity;

noun + -ous → adjective

danger – dangerous, religion – religious, glory – glorious, ambition – ambitious, fame – famous.

16. Form the words using suffixes:

-ment: to move, to improve, to achieve; -ity: human, proper, curious, active, vain; -ous: autonomy, prestige, industry, victory, religion.

17. Form nouns using suffixes –ment, -tion, -ion, -ation. Translate the following derivative words:

to transform to produce to develop

to promote to reflect to construct

18. Form nouns using suffix –cy from the following adjectives. Translate the following derivative words:

accurate private frequent

vacant urgent efficient

19. Choose the correct translation of the following words:

understandable понимать понятный понимание

meaningful значение значительный незначительный

creative творчество создавать творческий

solution решать решение разрешимый

competition конкурировать конкурент конкуренция

previously прежде, раньше предыдущий предшествовать

application применять применение применяемый

consumption потреблять потребление потребляемый

definition определять определение определяющий

efficiency эффективный эффективность давать эффект

20. Define to what parts of speech the following words belong, translate them:

architecture, winner, university, international, lecturer, constantly, organization, highly, exceptional, electronic, educational, historian, scholarship, racial, bountifully, treeless. communication, satisfy, dependency.

21. Translate into Russian the following phrases:

mathematical physicist, falling bodies, parabolic motion of projectiles, unfortunate controversy, significant contribution, motion of the earth, greatest achievements, half a century later, importance of demonstration, observation and experiment, modern science.