СЛОВООБРАЗОВАНИЕ. 9 класс

СЛОВООБРАЗОВАНИЕ

Task 1. Decide on the part of speech for each of the words in bold in the following short passage. Choose between the following grammatical categories or parts of speech given in the table below:

noun        pronoun       gerund          verb - present participle

adjective       verb - past participle       phrasal        verb adverb verb

              It is exceedingly difficult to ascertain precisely what is meant by the word

 'culture'. The word is commonly used to refer to almost anything connected with a person's customary  behaviour when considered distinctive in form to that of a person

from another background. The problem is that this definition begs the question. Is it race that determines the difference in culture? Or is it nationhood? Certainly, there are noticeable cultural differences between citizens of various nations, although they may share membership of the same race. Is language perhaps the determinant of culture? Or class? After all, even within the same nation there are extreme differences between the lifestyle and language of the classes that make up society, as well as varying attitudes towards acceptable behaviour and  manners. The problem appears to be that, on closer  analysis, each and every one of us belongs to a unique culture, regardless of the apparent general culture into which we are categorised. It all depends on how narrowly the word is defined for its intended purpose. By analysing  the word 'culture', anthropologists are

beginning to accept that the word is much overworked.

Task 2. Certain suffixes indicate that the word is a noun, an adjective, a verb or an adverb. Sort the suffixes below into the correct boxes according to the parts of speech they indicate:

-al -ly -ment -er -ous -ise (-ize) -ish -tion -ive -ic -ism -ist -ship -fy -ness -ate

Task 3. There are mistakes with the part of speech or the form (positive or negative) of underlined words. Correct the mistakes.

1         Simon is really healthy. He smokes a packet of cigarettes every day and he never does any exercise.

2         It's very difficult to get a job without experienced and if you've just left school you probably don't have any.

3         He had the very good fortunate to meet someone who warned him about the current as he was going into the water.

4         He was able to finish the match because of an ankle injury.

5         My flatmate and I had a serious understanding about the housework and didn't speak to each other for a couple of days.

6         Our seats for the match were so far back that it was possible to see what was happening on the court.

7          Her feelings of insecure stopped her taking part in competitive sport.

8         I was unconscious of someone watching me but when I looked up round, I couldn't see anybody.

9         We calculated how long it would take us to get to the airport and we missed our plane.

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