Chapter: 1Section: 2 Exploring Language

Lesson: 1 Working with wordsCopy 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.

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Nouns ending in…………………

…tion ment ..ion ..ity ..thpopulation environment million productivity healthproduction development erosion university wealth

malnutrition improvement session mobility truth

B) Now do the same with adjectives:

Adjectives ending in..………

…y …ive …al …d/ed ..uous

healthy productive agricultural expected poisonous

wealthy creative medical

usedreally actual

planted generous

continuousactive

c)Use the words to make up questions to ask the rest of the class.

Example 1: erosion .

Why is soil erosion not good ?Because trees need water to grow.

Example: 2 healthy .

How can people stay healthyBy 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…

bathroomEgg…

eggplant Scarce… scarecrow

Arm… Armchair… Bed… bedroom

Cup…

cupboard Sky…

skyline

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 NationsWHO World Health OrganizationVIP Very Important Person

ARABSAT Arab SatelliteSUDATEL Sudan Telecommunicationsa.m. In the morningp.m. In the eveningm.p.h. Meter per hourUK United Kingdom

USA United States of America.