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Here are the words that best complete the blanks in the passage: We earn our livelihood in America today in peaceful competition with people all across the Earth. Profound and powerful forces are shaking and making our world, and the urgent question of our time is whether we can make change our friend and not our enemy. This new world has already enriched the lives of millions of Americans who are able to compete and win in it. But when most people are working harder for less, when others cannot work at all, when the cost of health care devastates families and threatens to bankrupt our enterprises, great and small, when the fear of crime robs law abiding citizens of their freedom, and when millions of poor children cannot even imagine the lives

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Word Building

Here are the words that best complete the blanks in the passage: We earn our livelihood in America today in peaceful competition with people all across the Earth. Profound and powerful forces are shaking and making our world, and the urgent question of our time is whether we can make change our friend and not our enemy. This new world has already enriched the lives of millions of Americans who are able to compete and win in it. But when most people are working harder for less, when others cannot work at all, when the cost of health care devastates families and threatens to bankrupt our enterprises, great and small, when the fear of crime robs law abiding citizens of their freedom, and when millions of poor children cannot even imagine the lives

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WORDBUILDING

WORDBUILDING
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WORDBUILDING
WORDUILDING
Morphology of English Language

3 PRODUCTIVITY

Word-formation

• It is a productive process (word-forming or inflectional);

• It is said to be productive if it can produce new words and word-forms;

• Productivity is gradable – some processes are fully productive (like some


inflectional processes), some are semi-productive (partial productivity), and
some are no longer productive;
Morphology of English Language

3 PRODUCTIVITY

Word-formation

The most productive processes


Noun-forming processes

Verb-forming processes

Adjective-forming processes

The least productive processes Adverb-forming processes


NOUNS
 -ence
 Insistence
 Existence
 Reference
 Dependence
 Emergence
 Indulgence
 Preference
 Divergence
NOUNS
 -ion
 Addition
 Contribution
 Reduction

 Decision

 Education

 Creation
NOUNS
 -ment
 Accomplishment
 Amazement

 Retirement

 Assessment

 Commitment

 Development

 Punishment
NOUNS
 -ness
 Effectiveness
 Awareness

 Emptiness

 Sadness

 Illness

 Consciousness
 Attractiveness
ADJECTIVES
 -ous
 Ambitious
 Conscious

 Enormous

 Anxious

 Dangerous

 Serious

 Adventurous
ADJECTIVES
 -ful
 Deceitful
 Powerful
 Painful
 Harmful
 Bagful
 Armful
 Pocketful
 Spoonful
ADJECTIVES
 -less
 Powerless
 Painless
 Harmless
 Nameless
 Speechless
 Endless
 Flawless
 Helpless
ADJECTIVES
 -y
 Bloody
 Hairy
 Dirty
 Sunny
 Snowy
 Thirsty
 Muddy
NOUN VERB
 Communication communicate
 Government  Govern
 Invitation  Invite
 Development  Develop

 Explanation  Explain
 Education  Educate
 Decision  Decide

 Enjoyment  Enjoy
 Organization  Organize
 Improvement  Improve

 Employment  Employ
NOUN ADJECTIVE
 Science  Scientific
 Friend  Friendly
Happiness  Happy
 Difference  Different
 Danger  Dangerous
 Caution  Cautious
 Use  Useful
 Specialty  Special
 Noise  Noisy
 Ambition  Ambitious
COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH ONE OF THE WORDS FROM
THE PREVIOUS EXERCISE:

 My English improved___ a lot after I lived in London for a month.


 I have two ambitions in life. I want to be rich and I want to be famous.
 “I’m going to work hard from now on.” “That’s a good decision.”
 There are many differences between my two children. They aren’t similar at
all.
 Thank you for your advice. It was very helpful.
 I asked teacher for help but I didn’t understand his explanation.
 Motor racing is a very dangerous sport.
 Fish soup is a specialty of this area. You must try it.
 I’m having a party on Saturday and I’d like to invite_ you.
 This is the industrial/noisy part of my town. There are lots of factories and
businesses.
Morphology of English Language

3 PRODUCTIVITY
Traditional British fish and chips may soon become a thing of the past as cod is fast
becoming a(n) _______________ fish - there may soon be none at all!

a) Dangerous
b) Endangered
c) Danger
d) Endanger

It’s always a bit depressing when you come back to ________________ after a
wonderful holiday.

a) Normal
b) Normalness
c) Normality
d) Normally
Morphology of English Language

3 PRODUCTIVITY
What do you think was the most important ________________ ever? Maybe the
combustion engine, the internet, the wheel?

a) Invention
b) Inventment
c) Inventor
d) Inventing

A formal letter: “Dear Mrs Smith, thank you for your _______________ offer of
accommodation during my stay in Brighton. I am pleased to tell you that...”

a) Kindly
b) Kind
c) Unkind
d) Kindness
Morphology of English Language

3 PRODUCTIVITY
The new management consultant ___________ most of the company's problems within a few
months. Her advice helped to increase profits and motivate the staff.

a) Solved
b) Solution
c) Soluted
d) Solve

We wanted to go somewhere new and ____________ this year, so we booked a safari


holiday in Kenya.

a) Excited
b) Exciting
c) Excite
d) Excitable
Morphology of English Language

3 PRODUCTIVITY

We earn our _____ (LIVE) in America today in peaceful ______ (COMPETE) with
people all across the Earth. Profound and _____ (POWER) forces are shaking and
_____ (MAKE) our world, and the urgent question of our time is whether we can
make change our friend and not our enemy. This new world has already _____
(RICH) the lives of millions of Americans who are able to _____ (COMPETITION)
and win in it. But when most people are working harder for less, when others cannot
work at all, when the cost of health care devastates families and threatens to _____
(BANK) our enterprises, great and small, when the fear of crime robs law abiding
citizens of their _____ (FREE), and when millions of poor children cannot even
_____ (IMAGINATION) the lives we are calling them to lead, we have not made
_____ (CHANGE) our friend.

livelihood enriched imagine


competition compete change
powerful bankrupt
making freedom

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