M3 Cam Use of English - word formation - prefixes and suffixes

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This lesson contains 23 slides, with interactive quizzes and text slides.

time-iconLesson duration is: 30 min

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Today: 

Word formation: an introduction 

Word formation: some help 

Word formation: an activity 

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You get two minutes to create as many new words as you can from the word given. 

Let's start with an example 

FORGET 

Take a minute to think.... 


timer
2:00

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FORGETFUL
FORGETTABLE 
UNFORGETTABLE 
FORGETTABLY
UNFORGETTABLY 

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Like

Slide 5 - Open question

Like
likely
unlikely
likeable
likeability
unlikeable
unlikeability
dislike
likewise
businesslike
likelihood

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Prefixes and suffixes 

You add a prefix at the BEGINNING of a word
You add a suffix at the END of a word. 

On the following page, which are prefixes and which are suffixes? Write them down in the correct column

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PREFIX 
SUFFIX
in 
hyper 
able 
ist 
ical 
dis
ify 
mega 

Slide 8 - Drag question

Verb
Noun (person)
Noun (thing)
Adjective
Adverb
Negative
Play
Player
Play
Playful
Playfully
 -  
Think 
Thinker
Thought
Thoughtful
Thoughtfully
Thoughtless
Produce
Producer
Product
Produce
Production
Productive
Productively
Unproductive
Advise 
Advisor
Advice
Advisable
Advisory
Advisably
Inadvisable

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I've been so .................. all day, I didn't get anything done.
A
Productive
B
Unproductive
C
Producer
D
Production

Slide 10 - Quiz

What is the correct ....... of "adjective"?
A
translator
B
translate
C
translation
D
transition

Slide 11 - Quiz

You shouldn't be so .................. to your parents!
A
unrespectful
B
disrespectful
C
disrespective
D
unrespective

Slide 12 - Quiz

I don't know if that shirt is in stock, I will check the ...... for you
A
avail
B
available
C
availableness
D
availability

Slide 13 - Quiz

Some parents ................ what their children do in their spare time.
A
ignorance
B
ignorant
C
ignoring
D
ignore

Slide 14 - Quiz

I didn't complete my homework, but my teacher was ..... about it
A
understanding
B
understandable
C
understood
D
understandand

Slide 15 - Quiz

During our holiday in Dubai we stayed in a ............... (luxury) and expensive hotel.

Slide 16 - Open question

I looked at the parking spot in ....... (believe). Someone had stolen my car!

Slide 17 - Open question

He's really bad at cheating, so not ................ (surprise) he was caught.

Slide 18 - Open question

Collecting garden gnomes may seem like an unusual ....... (act) but many people do it.

Slide 19 - Open question

The queue hasn't moved in five minutes. I'm getting a bit ....... (patience)

Slide 20 - Open question

The ............... (popular) of Rubik's cube sparked in the 1980s.

Slide 21 - Open question

When you have to show your passport, this is a way to ............ (identity) yourself.

Slide 22 - Open question

Over to you

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