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Word
Building
(In this unit we will learn more about
the affixation of word-formation in English. You already know that
the suffix –ly can be added to adjectives to form adverbs, but it
can also be added to nouns
to form adjectives, with the meaning “like in manner, nature, or
appearance”)
e. g.
saint + -ly,
®saintly:
like a saint; very holy
friend + -ly,
®friend1y: of a friend; kind
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I.Directions:
Now form adjectives by adding -1y to the nouns listed below and then
use them in the following sentences: 
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Key
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1. manly 2. cowardly
3. brotherly 4.fatherly
5. scholarly
6. beastly
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brother |
father |
man |
scholar (学者) |
coward (懦夫) |
1. Jack was __________ enough not to
have been frightened by the difficulties.
2. To run away at the first sign of
danger is a __________action.
3. The older boy gave the newcomer some
_________ advice.
4. There's always a _________smile on
Dr. Adams' face.
5. Cathy wears a pair of glasses, which
gives her a __________look.
6.
The ___________ behavior of
that gang (那一帮人) frightened Little Tom into crying. |
II
Directions: Study the following words. Then
use them correctly in the sentences below:
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Key
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1. 1) implication 2) implying
3) implied
4) implication
2. 1) surprised
2) surprise
3) Surprisingly
4) surprised
3. 1) response
2) responded 3)
irresponsible
4) responsible
5) responsibility 6) responsible
4. 1) Incorrect
2) correcting
3) correct
4) correctness
5) correctly
6) correcting
5. 1) smoothly
2) smoothing (out) 3) smooth
4) smoothness 5) smooth
6. 1) dead
2) deadly 3) deadly
4) died, death 5) dead
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Verbs
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Nouns
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Adjectives & Participles
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Adverbs
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imply
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implication
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implied
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surprise
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surprise
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surprising
surprised
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surprisingly
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respond
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response
resposibi1ity
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responsible
irresponsib1e
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correct
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correctness
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correct
incorrect
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correctly
incorrect1y
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smooth
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smoothness
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smooth
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smoothly
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die
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death
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dead
deadly
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deadly
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1. imply, implication, implied
1 ) She did not actually say that our plan
was Utopian (空想的), but that was the
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2) Are you
that I am a liar?
3) Can you figure out the __________ meaning
of his statement?
4) The teacher smiled, with the ______________
that he didn't believe me.
2. surprise (v. ), surprise (n. ), surprising,
surprised, surprisingly.
1) I was ___________ to hear that Tom had failed
his exam.
2) Aunt Sophia paid us a _______ visit last
Sunday.
3) _________, our team lost for the first time
in ten years.
4) The news ___________ all of us.
5) It is no _________that Jack got fired ----
he was always daydreaming at work.
6) A look of _________ came into his eyes as
he read the telegram.
3. respond, response, responsibility, responsible, irresponsible
1) The suggestions we put forward at the meeting
met with little _________.
2) Mary _________to the news by weeping all
day.
3) It is ________of her to leave the children
alone in the house.
4) Who is _________for the accident?
5) Mr. Black was fully aware that his new post
as general manager was a position of great
________.
6) Every adult (except a mad person) is ___________for
his own actions.
4. correct(v. ), correctness, correct (a ), incorrect,
correctly
1) ________ trans1ation of a single word could
lead to misunderstanding.
2) The teacher was busy _________our exercise
books when we called at his house.
3) You are _______ in thinking that my brother
is a little bossy.
4) Facts have proved the __________ of this theory.
5) I kept practising until I was able to pronounce
these words __________.
6) He spent a lot of time _________my pronunciation.
5. smooth (v.), smoothness (n.), smooth (a ), smoothly
1) The plane landed ____________.
2) Mother is __________ the sheets so
that the bed may be more comfortab1e.
3) His path in life had been quite ________until
he lost his job this spring.
4) Many Western visitors are impressed by the
________of Chinese silk and satin (缎子).
5) Before you paint (油漆)
the board you have to __________ it with sandpaper.
6. die, death, dead, deadly (a ), deadly
(ad. )
1) One winter morning the old beggar
was found lying ______ in the snow.
2) Peace-loving people all over the world
want these _____weapons (武器) done away
with
(废除).
3) He ___________serious about the matter.
4) She ________ for the people. Her __________
is weightier than Mount Tai (泰山).
5) When the ambulance (救护车)
reached the hospital, the wounded soldier was already _____. |
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