a) Translate, analyse the following words with different suffixes, and divide them into two groups: nouns and adjectives:
academic, human, fundamental, question, spiritual, intellectual, loneliness, friendship, humanist, philosophical, position, educational, institution, social, natural, literature, combination, philosopher, wisdom, curious, existence, nature, ancient, specific, possible, difference, action, relative, beautiful, wonderful, logical, solution, critical, discussion, argument, personal, contemplation, information, static, political, description, comparative, national, development, international, relation, public, administration, document, scientific, statistical, application, ju-rKjdiction, decision, descriptive, analytic, normative, important, relationship, obligation, function, punishment
b) Make up as many words as you can by combining different parts of the words:
nation | ||
friend | ||
education | -al | |
exist | -ence | |
inter- | differ | -ion |
in- | act | -ment |
wonder | -ship | |
discuss | -ful | |
person | -ent | |
develop | ||
relation | ||
punish |
c) The word in capitals at the end of each of the following sentences should be changed to form a word that fits suitably in the blank space:
1. They are solving... problems. EDUCATION.
2. What a... surprise! WONDER.
3. He is quite... to this problem. DIFFER.
4. He took part in the... conference. NATION.
5. The... of this city was quite rapid. DEVELOP.