Divide the words into four columns according to their part of speech (verb, noun, adjective, adverb).

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 566.

Match the words with the opposite meaning.

Here are some suffixes to make an adjective. Translate them into Russian.

A. Verb + -able, -ible

reproduce (воспроизводить) reproducible (то, что можно воспроизвести,

воспроизводимый)

repair (…) repairable (…)

break (…) breakable (…)

represent (…) representable (…)

rely (…) reliable (…)

predict (…) predictable (…)

consider (…) considerable (…)

prefer (…) preferable (…)

B. Verb + -ant, -ent

differ (различаться) different (различный)

depend (…) dependent (…)

resist (…) resistant (…)

C. Noun + -al

centre (центр) central (центральный)

mechanic (…) mechanical (…)

technology (…) technological (…)

stabilize, stabilizer, stabilization; representation, representable; reliability, reliably; predictable, prediction; discontinuous, discontinuity; blacken, blackness; careful, careless.

5. Put in the missing words, using the words from the table above:

1. Don't forget to switch the … off when you go out.

2. The moon is a … of the Earth.

3. One … of the transistor is that it is small and light, permitting miniatuarization of electronic equipment.

4. A disadvantage of transistors is their … to heat.

5. Solar panels are used for … energy from the sun.

6. Now we shall discuss the … principles of absorption and emission measurements.

7. The article made no … to previous research on the subject.

8. The classroom is … in shape.

9. A semiconductor diode conducts current in only one direction, but the physical …, which permit it to do this, are quite different.

10. Diode is a device that … a current to flow through it in only one direction.

11. What is the … of the experiment?