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Chapter: 1
Section: 2 Exploring Language
Lesson: 1 Working with words
Copy the table below into your
notebook, then go back to passage 1
about ‘ Trees’. Fill in the table with
nouns which have similar endings. Add
other words which you know to each
column.
Nouns ending in…………………
…tion ..ment ..ion
population
environment
production
development
malnutrition
improvement
..ity
million
productivity
erosion
university
session mobility
..th
health
wealth
truth
B) Now do the same with adjectives:
Adjectives ending in ………..
…y
healthy
…ive
…al
productive agricultural
…d/ed
expected
wealthy creative medical planted
really active
actual
used
..
uous
poisonous
generous
continuous
c)Use the words to make up questions
to ask the rest of the class.
Example1: erosion.
Why is soil erosion not good?
Because trees need water to grow.
Example: 2 healthy.
How can people stay healthy
By using having balance diet.
D) In the same reading passage we
find the word ‘ firewood ‘. It is like
other words such as ‘ policeman’ and
‘headache’. What do you notice
about these words? We call them
compound words. Can you complete
the sentence? A compound word
then, is a word which…………………..
contains more than one word.
Complete the following to make
compound words you have already
learned then make a quiz which
include these words.
Black… blackboard Bath… bathroom
Egg… eggplant Scarce… scarecrow
Bed… bedroom
Arm… Armchair…
skyline
Cup… cupboard Sky…
Example: blackboard.
What is a blackboard made of?
It is made of wood.
E) We often use abbreviations to save
time and space. The United Nations
for example, is often called the UN.
Please turn over is often written PTO.
Work in pairs and write out what
each abbreviation stands for.
UN United Nations
WHO World Health Organization
VIP Very Important Person
ARABSAT Arab Satellite
SUDATEL Sudan Telecommunications
a.m.
In the morning
p.m. In the evening
m.p.h. Meter per hour
UK
United Kingdom
USA United States of America.