Revision Unit 2

• English
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 5

What does this word mean? 

Longevity

Checking work unit 2

Word Formation: Adding prefixes or suffixes = affixes

NB: Look at the function of the word in the sentence. 

2.2 ex. 15: 

2.2 ex. 16 Word formation Use one of the words from the grid in exercise 15 to fill the gaps. You can use a word only once.

a In the early days there were not many persuasive arguments against the death penalty. 

b Could you please tell me, for clarity ’s sake, what it is we’ve done wrong exactly? 

c Britain had to  its plans regarding its convicts when it lost the American colonies. 

d This is the third time in a row you’re late. We’re waiting for your apology . 

g 104? I would probably die of boredom if I lived that long.

h How inventive the British were! They simply took their convicts to America and Australia to get rid of a lot of crime and criminals.

e.Was gambling legal in 18th century England?

f Australians saw the emergence of democracy when public opinion was on the side of the suppressed miners.

g 104? I would probably die of boredom if I lived that long.

h How inventive the British were! They simply took their convicts to America and Australia to get rid of a lot of crime and criminals.

2.4 ex. 9 Affixes

 2.4 ex. 9: Use the word given and one or more affixes to form a word that fits in the gap.

England's King Henry VIII becomes (a increase) increasingly (b despair) desperate for a male heir and casts his eye on the alluring Anne Boleyn.

Henry moves quickly to embrace Lutheran ideas, break with the Catholic Church, and marry Anne Boleyn in a secret, private ceremony, but his (c decision) decisive changes and

new loyalty oath set him against his chancellor and long-time mentor Thomas More. The queen gives birth to a baby girl, Elizabeth, even as (d loyal) disloyal people sow seeds of doubt about his new queen in Henry's mind. After Anne's (e carry) miscarriage , Henry finds a new love in Jane Seymour, sealing Anne's doom.

As the country rebels against Henry's (f Catholic) anti-Catholic sentiments

and the creation of a new Church of England, Henry brutally suppresses the uprising, which (g trauma) traumatises / traumatizes his best friend Brandon. Henry (h marry) remarries to Jane Seymour, who reunites him with his daughters during the holidays and gives birth to a son and heir.

2.4 ex. 10: Complete the sentences. Use the word given and one or more affixes to form a word that fits in the gap.

a Anne Boleyn had to (come) overcome quite a few obstacles to become Henry VIII's second wife.

b The King's most important criterion for any new wife seems to have been her (able) ability to bear him a son.

c Accused of cheating on the King, Anne Boleyn was later executed by means of (head) beheading .

d In those days, 'criminals' were (type) typically tried and executed in public.

e To modern eyes, the sentence doesn't quite match the (severe) severity of the crime.

f In fact, it seems rather (proportion) disproportionate . 

I understand affixes and can apply them well

1. sort of
2. I'm ok with them
3. I can do this well.
4. I am a pro at affixes!