May 17: Noun suffixes & vocabulary

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 2

Welcome to okapi week!

Bram, Jesper & Noa

Monday, May 17, 2021

Lesson plan

• Review the previous homework (5 min)
• Instruction on noun suffixes (10 min)
• Do the exercises (15 min)
• Work on the homework (10 min)

Lesson goals

After this lesson, you...

• ... can choose between the present simple passive and the past simple passive to correctly formulate a sentence.
• ... can identify suffixes as a separate part of a word
• ... can explain how suffixes change the meaning and purpose of a word 
• ... can match the correct suffix to a word, in order to form a noun

The previous lesson...

• Worksheet on the passives:
  https://elt.oup.com/student/solutions/preint/grammar/grammar_10_012e?cc=nl&selLanguage=en

Noun suffixes

• Mainly turn adjectives and verbs into nouns and to describe people.
  > Mr. Jansen needed treatment for shock after the train accident. (treat)
• Types of noun suffixes: -ment, -ation, -r, -er, -or, -ist
  > sensation, juggler, plumber, collector, receptionist
• Other ones are: -ant, -ess, -ive, -ian
  > assistant, waitress, representative, electrician

-r, -er, -or, -ist

• -er = added to verbs to form nouns. A person/thing does a specific action.
  > build - builder, buy - buyer, teach - teacher
• -r = is added when the noun or verb ends in an 'e'.
  > juggle - juggler, game - gamer
• -or = creates nouns from verbs. A person or thing performs an action.
  > act - actor, direct - director
• -ist = is added for existing nouns to describe people and what they do.
  > art - artist, novel - novelist

-ment, -ation

• -ment = mainly used for verbs, only sometimes for adjectives too.
  > Will they punish us for being late? (punish is a verb)
  > What will our punishment be? (punishment is a noun)
• -ation = mainly used for verbs.
  > Can you inform me on the time? (inform is a verb)
  > What information can you give me about the time?
  - If the word ends in an 'l': cancel - cancellation
  - If the word ends with an 'e': invite - invitation, reserve - reservation

The exercises (15 min)

• Read the text on SB p. 96.
• Do SB exercise 6 on p. 99 and SB exercise 4 on p. 104.

Finished? Continue with the homework...

Homework

• WB exercise 3 on p. 80
• WB exercise 5 on p. 81
• WB exercise 3 on p. 86