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advanced students.
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July 2007 - Issue
005
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Instituto Cultural Argentino de Inglés
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Av. Rivadavia 8980
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(011) 4672 1206 - info@idiomasicadi.com
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SUMMARY
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Grammar:
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Word
Formation - Adjective Formation
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Phonology: |
Pronouncing
British placenames
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Words: |
Riddles
for your students
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Word
Formation - Adjective Formation
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An
adjective modifies a NOUN or a PRONOUN
by describing, identifying, or quantifying words.
An adjective usually
precedes the noun or the pronoun which it modifies
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An
adjective can be modified by an ADVERB
or by a phrase or CLAUSE
functioning
as an adverb.
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Noun
+ -al / ial |
relating
to something |
central,
political,
national |
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Noun/Verb
+ -less |
Without….
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Hopeless
- tireless
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negative/opposite
of words ending in -ful, as in careful/careless
words that had no counterpart ending in -ful:
headless, loveless, motherless.
sometimes
it attaches to verbs, as in tireless
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Noun
+ -full. |
ull
of …, having the feature…. |
careful,
hopeful |
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Noun/Verb
+ -ive |
used
to say that sb or sth does or is able to do sth |
attractive, effective,
imaginative |
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Noun
+ -ic / -ical |
relating
to |
Atomic,
energetic,
grammatical
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Noun
+ -en |
made
of something |
wooden,
golden |
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Noun
+ -ed |
having
a particular thing |
bearded,
armed |
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Noun
+ -ty |
covered
in something or having a lot of sth, or having a
particular quality |
Dirty,
dusty, rainy, noisy
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Noun
+ -ly |
1.
behaving in a way that is typical of a
particular kind of person
2.
happening regularly
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friendly,
motherly
hourly,
weekly, monthly |
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Noun
+ -ish |
1.
relating to a country
2.
like or typical of
3.
quite or slightly |
British,
Spanish
childish
smallish,
greenish |
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Noun
+ -like |
like
or typical of |
childlike,
godlike |
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Noun
+ -oid / -al |
Like
- resembling
Words
ending in -oid are generally adjectives but can also be nouns.
Humanoid
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having
human characteristics or form (adj)
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a
being having human form (noun)
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trapezoid -> trapezoidal
Spheroid
-> spheroidal /
Spherical
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-ous |
having,
full of
Adj.
ending in -ous often
have related
nouns ending in -ousness / -osity
generosity, copiousness
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copious,
dolorous,
generous
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Verb
+ -ent |
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different,
dependent, excellent |
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Verb
+ -able / -ible |
that
can ve V-ed |
Acceptable / Convertible |
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Verb
+ -ing |
That
V-s / -es |
exciting |
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Negative
+ Adjective >>>> Adjective |
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un-
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unfortunate,
uncomfortable,
unjust
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im-/in-/ir-/il-
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immature,
impatient,
improbable,
inconvenient, irreplaceable, illegal
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non-
+ ADJECTIVE
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non-essential
/ non-metallic
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non-
+ VERB
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non-stop
/ non-skid
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dis-
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disloyal,
dissimilar,
dishonest
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Phonology
tips |
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Pronouncing
British placenames |
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The
ending -cester, from the old
English caester (meaning
'fortified towns') is usually pronounced /st«/.
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Leicester
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'lest«
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Worcester
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'wUst«
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Gloucester
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'glost«
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Cirencester
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'saI«r«nsest«
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Towcester
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't«Ust«
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Bicester
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'bIst«
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The
endings -wich and -wick
(meaning 'village or town' and also 'dairy farm') are pronounced in
different ways:
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Gatwick
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'gQtwIk
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Norwich
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'no
ùTwItS
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Warwick
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'woIk
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Hawick
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'ho
ùIk
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Keswick
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'kezIk
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Greenwich
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'grInIdZ
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| If you cannot see the
phonetic symbols properly you have to install a Unicod IPA Font on
your compute. You can download one from SIL
International site |
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Some
riddles for your students |
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What
do the following words have in common?
FAST THROUGH
DOWN AWAY WATER NECK
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Peter
picked one pepper more than Paul. Pat picked one pepper more
than Pam. Peter and Paul picked 10 more peppers than Pat and
Pam. Peter, Paul, Pat and Pam picked 60 peppers. How many
peppers did Peter pick?
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Can
you think of a 9-letter word that contains only one vowel?
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If
20 blackbirds are on a fence and you shoot one, how many
remain?
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Where
do fish keep their money?
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What
is put on a table and cut, but never eaten?
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There
is a common English word that is nine letters long. Each
time you remove a letter from it, it still remains an
English word - from nine letters right down to a single
letter. What is the original word, and what are the words
that it becomes after removing one letter at a time?
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What
7 letter word becomes longer when the third letter is
removed?
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I
have no feet but I can run. I give you health and give you
fun!
What am I?
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Almost
everyone sees me without noticing me, For what is beyond
is what he or she seeks. What am I?
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Answers:
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Each
can be preceded by break to form a new word.
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18
peppers.
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Strengths
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None,
they would all fly away from the sound of the shot.
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In
a riverbank.
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A
pack of cards.
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The
base word is Startling - starting - staring - string - sting
- sing - sin - in - I
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Lounger
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Water
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A
window
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