Grammar and Vocabulary Revision Word Formation Noun Verb

Grammar and Vocabulary Revision

Word Formation Noun Verb Adjective Adverb confusion confuse confusing / confusingly confused performance perform performing - performer origin originate original originally flattery flatter flattering/ flatteringly flattered profession - professional professionally advertisement advertise - - advertiser/ ad electricity electrify electric(al) electrician

Define the part of speech ? Noun ?Adjective ? Adverb shocking regularly different generally flattered competition performer determination contestant

Train your skills of word-formation The show was really… (ENJOY) The winner gave an excellent…(PERFORM) It was a big …to me that I couldn’t accept the invitation (DISAPPONT) I have to do a lot of …for my exam (PREPARE) The actress gave a long …of all the problems she’d had to face (EXPLAIN) The volunteers had to live on a desert island as a test of …(SURVIVE) The winner gave a big …to charity (DONATE) Many of the contestants have built on the fame …, and become very rich (FINANCE)

Additional material on word-buiding employ- employee; employment; employer shop- shopper invest – investor; investment invigilate – invigilator supervise – supervision cook – cooker dry hair – hair-dryer grate – grater

open tins – tin-opener sharpen (pencils) – pencil-sharpener wash-dishes – dishwasher wipe a windscreen – windscreen-wiper pay - payee equal – equality flexible - flexibility good – goodness great – greatness brother - brotherhood

admit – admittance, admission emerge – emergence achieve – achievement employ – employment enjoy - enjoyment excite – excitement form – formation alter – alternation complicate – complication educate – education

qualify – qualification oppose – opposition cohere – cohesion omit – omission revise - revision

Stative and dynamic verbs Stative verbs express a permanent state rather than an action and do not have continuous form. Verbs of senses feel, hear, see, smell, taste Verbs of feelings and emotions adore, appreciate, detest, dislike, enjoy, forgive, hate, like, loathe

Verbs of opinion: agree, believe, expect, see, suppose, understand other verbs: appear, seem, belong, concern, contain, depend, fit, have, know, prefer, owe, own, possess, need, prefer, want, weigh, wish, keep

! Some stative verbs have continuous forms but there is a difference in meaning THINK State Action Opinion Process He thinks he is I am thinking clever. About his offer.

TASTE State Action It’s flavour What does it taste? He’s tasting the food to see if it’s good HAVE Owns, possesses process He has 2 houses He’s having lunch

FEEL The silk feels soft Ann is feeling the (I has got soft texture) cat’s hair (she’s touching) SEE understand meet Do you see what I mean? I’m seeing Paula today. SMELL the state the process/ action

LOOK It looks as if it’s going He’s looking at going to rain (seems) the painting (He’s viewing it) APPEAR He appears to be working The opera singer (He seems) is appearing on stage tonight (will make an appearance)

WEIGH The box is very heavy. He is weighing It weighs a lot. the potatoes on the scales BE She is naughty She’s being very (usually) naughty today FIT These shoes fit her We’re fitting a (are of the proper size) new carper on the wall (putting, laying)