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• HELP WITH VOCABULARY
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• Word building (1): suffixes for adjectives
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• and nouns
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• and nouns from adjectives, by adding a suffix
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a Work in pairs. Look at the words in blue
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• each pair of words .
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• kind kindness
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• b Write the words in the correct places in
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• adjective noun suffix
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• kind kindness -ness
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• -ce
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• -y
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• -ity
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• noun adjective suffix
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• -ous
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• -able
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• -al
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• c Which words in Sb only add the suffix?
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• Which words have extra changes in spelling?
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• d Look at the suffixes of these words. Are
they adjectives (A) or nouns (N)?
knowledgeable A sadness N
traditional noisy confidence
William Boyd, Scotland adventurous activity musical
possibility honesty fashionable
I've been staying on Grenada, an island in the Caribbean, for three
weeks and I'm having a brilliant time! There are nine volunteers in famous touristy importance
our group and everyone's very kind and helpful. We're staying at a • laziness modesty
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campsite by the beach and I share a tent with two other volunteers. •
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At first I had a lot of difficulty getting to sleep and I missed the • e What are the nouns for the adjectives in
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comfort of my own bed, but I'm sleeping OK now and I love living in • Sd? What are the adjectives for the nouns?
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such a natural environment. We take turns to prepare meals for the •
• knowledgeable - knowledge sadness - sad
group, which is the worst part of the holiday for me because I hate •
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cooking. We have one day off a week, which I spend diving around • f Check in @1tt(;1:lllij;tff• p133 .
the coral reefs near here. But of course the main reason we're here
is to protect the turtles from other animals and people who want to Work in pairs. Take turns to test each other
steal their eggs. We also check each turtle's health and measure on the nouns and adjectives in Sb and Sd.
how big they are. Turtles have been living on our planet for 230
million years - they're even older than the dinosaurs - but now possible possibility
they're in danger of becoming extinct. You have to be very patient,
but it's incredible to watch a turtle walk out of the sea and lay her
eggs on the beach. That's definitely been the most amazing part of Work in groups of three. Student A p105.
the holiday for me. I'm not surprised voluntourism is increasing in Student B p110. Student C p113.
popularity and I'd definitely recommend coming to Grenada.

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