Word Formation

word WORD FORMATION
-able dependable, lovable, washable, valuable
-ful truthful, hopeful, harmful
-ive active, creative, supportive, alternative
-ous nervous, furious, famous
-al natural, national, cultural
-ly friendly, cowardly, heavenly, completely, generally, highly
-y funny, healthy, wealthy, discovery, noisy
-less hopeless
-ship relationship
-ity personality
-ment development-ity activity -ies activities
-ed interested
-ion connection, association, organization, demonstration, solution, isolation
-ing meeting, according
-ify identify
-t complaint, confident
-icy privacy
-ance appearance
im impossible
un unfriendly, unhealthy
EXERCISES
See exercises of scannered word transformation 1: At first I thought Tracey…
2. Friends 3. Sharing place
Answers:At first…1. valuable 2. famous 3. hopeless 4. supportive 5. unhealthy 6. Active
Friends…. 1. Personality 2. Natural 3. Completely 4. Nervous 5. Unfriendly 6. Development 7. Generally 8. Activities 9. Truthful 10. supportive
Sharing place… 1. Privacy 2. Impossible 3. Confidential 4. Solution 5. Isolation 6. Alternative 7. According 8. Noisy 9. Appearance10. Placed

VOCABULARY 1
1. I wrapped up a present.
2. I closed up the whole house.
3. I finished up all the sandwiches.
4. I tidied up the bedroom.
5. I zipped up my jacket to keep the wind out.
6. I sewed up the hole in my jeans.
7. I gathered up all my books and left the library.
8. I washed up all the dirty dishes.
9. I drank up my orange juice.
10. Isaved up enough money to buy a car.
11. I picked up my suitcase.

EXERCISES
1. Please __________________ the classroom and take the keys with you.
2. She ____________________ all my coke.
3. _______________ your bags and get quickly into the train.
4. I was so hungry, that I _________________ my lunch very quickly.
5. I need to _________________ money to buy an i-phone.6. I’ll ________________ this present and then I’ll put it below the Christmas tree.
7. My dress has a hole. I need to _______it _______ before the party.
8. I must _______________ my anorak when it’s snowing.
9. After the dinner, I had to _______________ all the dirty cups.
10. You must ____________ your bedroom before going out. It’s a mess.
11. I _______________________ allmy belongings which were all spread on my desk.

Answers: 1. close up 2. drank up 3. pick up 4. finished up 5. save up 6. wrap up 7. sew it up 8. zip up 9. wash up 10. tidy up 11. gathered up

VOCABULARY 2
1. classic = clásico
2. cotton = algodón
3. dark = oscuro
4. slip-on = que no se amarran, sólo se mete el pie
5. leather = cuero
6. pale = pálido7. silk = seda
8. wool = lana

EXERCISES
See exercise of scannered vocabulary: fashion A
1. dark 2. wool 3. classic 4. pale 5. cotton 6. silk 7. slip-on 8. leather

VOCABULARY 3
1. beige = beige
2. bright = brillante, luminoso
3. brown = café
4. looks well = se ve bien
5. matches = hace juego con, le aviene, le pega
6. casual = casual, no elegante7. round neck = de cuello redondo
8. waterproof = a prueba del agua, resistente al agua

EXERCISES
See exercise of scannered vocabulary: fashion B
Answers: 1. bright 2. round-neck 3. matches 4. water-proof 5. looks 6. beige 7. brown
RELATIONSHIPS
1. mother-in-law = suegra
2. nephew = sobrino
3. great-grandmother = bisabuela
4. aunt = tía
5. cousins = primos6. stepbrother = hermanastro
7. great-uncle = bisabuelo o tío abuelo
8. niece = sobrina
9. brother-in-law = cuñado
10. grandson = nieto
11. sister = hermana

EXERCISES
1. They are my aunt’s children. ____________________
2. She is my mother’s daughter. ____________________
3. He is my stepfather’s son. _______________________
4. She is my mother’s...