WORDBUILDING
SUFFIXES
AIMS:
1. TO LEARN THE MOST IMPORTANT SUFFIXES
USED IN ENGLSIH
2. TO LEARN SOME DERIVED WORDS TYPICALLY
USED IN CHEMISTRY TEXTS
THINK:
1. What’s the purpose of the placement test?
2. Where are you when compared to your
colleagues?
3. What are the things that you can do in order to
catch up with them?
1. It’s diagnostic. The results are supposed to give YOU
and me some idea of your knowledge.
2. This course is designed for INTERMEDIATE
students – those are the ones with the score of 40-65.
3. Dos and don’ts:
 Start learning from the day one
 Come and see me if you have any problems
 Use Power Book to get some additional practice
 DON’T SKIP English lessons
 DON’T THINK that you can learn everything in a few
days
WORDBUILDING = MAKING NEW WORDS
FROM THE SMALL ONES
We can use suffixes and prefixes to make new
words.
 Suffixes are used at the end of the word.
slow – slowly
important – importance
pure – purify
beauty – beautiful
 Prefixes are used at the beginning of the word.
happy – unhappy
appear – disappear
atomic – polyatomic
COMPLETE THE SENTENCES. MAKE NOUNS
FROM THE ADJECTIVES IN BRACKETS.
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They weren’t prepared for the ___________(dark) of
the polar winter.
They didn’t achieve their ___________ (ambitious).
The journey was a _______________ (disastrous).
They suffered from _____________ (exhausted).
They knew ____________ (dead) was near.
They are remembered for their _____________ (brave)
in the face of great difficulty.
THE EXAMPLES FROM P.9 ARE SIMILAR
TO THE EXAMPLES YOU’LL GET IN THE TEST
Adjectives → Nouns
 dark (adj.) → darkness
 ambitious (adj.) → ambition
 disastrous ( adj.) → disaster
 exhausted (adj.) → exhaustion
 dead (adj.) → death
 brave (adj.) → bravery
 difficult (adj.) → difficulty
Verb → Noun
 explore → exploration
 organise → organisation
 prepare → preparation
 succeed → success
Noun → Adjective
 pole → polar
 patience → patient
 ambition → ambitious
 courage → courageous
 success → successful
GENERAL ENGLISH
1. Money can’t bring you
_____________ (happy).
2. He is a very ___________
(ambition) young man.
3. It was a ____________
(disaster) decision.
4. His _________ (dead)
came as a shock.
5. They will be
remembered for their
great _______ (brave).
6. Their experiment was a
complete ________
(succeed).
7. What’s more important –
_________________
(educate) or experience?
8. Their __________ (explore)
led them into the deserts
of central Asia.
9. You’ll have to be
_________ (patience) with
her. She’s a slow learner.
10. ________________ (pole)
ice is very important for
the world’s climate.
USE THE WORD IN BRACKETS TO MAKE A
NEW WORD AND COMPLETE THE SENTENCE
IN THE BEST WAY.
1. Money can’t bring you
happiness (happy).
2. He is a very ambitious
(ambition) young man.
3. It was a disastrous
(disaster) decision.
4. His death (dead) came as a
shock.
5. They will be remembered for
their great bravery
(brave).
6. What’s
more important –
education (educate) or
experience?
7. Their experiment was a
complete success (succeed).
8. Their explorations (explore)
led them into the deserts of
central Asia.
9. You’ll have to be patient
(patience)with her. She’s a
slow learner.
10. Polar (pole) ice is very
important for the world’s
climate.
Chemistry
Chemistry was my
favourite subject at
school.
Chemical = hemikalija
Chemist = hemicar
Chemical = hemijski
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Biology
Biology is a very
interesting science.
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Biologist = biolog
Biological = bioloski
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Don’t touch that. It’s a very
dangerous
_______(chemistry).
Do you know enough about
your ____________ (biology)
clock?
A chemical __________
(react) transforms one or
more substances into
different substances.
It’s a ___________ (poison)
gas.
Water is
___________(colour).
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Is _______________ (soluble)
influenced by temperature?
You should destil it under
normal _______________
(press).
The______________
(molecule) mass
(abbreviated M) of a
substance is the mass of one
molecule of that substance.
The chemistry of carbon is
called _____________
(organ) chemistry.
For each compound, an
____________ (oxygen)
number for iron is given.
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Don’t touch that. It’s a
very dangerous chemical
(chemistry).
Do you know enough
about your biological
(biology) clock?
A chemical reaction (react)
transforms one or more
substances into different
substances.
It’s a poisonous (poison)
gas.
Water is colourless
(colour).
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Is solubility (soluble)
influenced by
temperature?
You should destil it under
normal pressure (press).
The molecular (molecule)
mass (abbreviated M) of a
substance is the mass of
one molecule of that
substance.
The chemistry of carbon is
called organic (organ)
chemistry.
For each compound, an
oxidation (oxygen) number
for iron is given.
FILL IN THE GAPS IN THE SENTENCES BELOW
USING WORDS BASED ON THE ROOT IN BRACKETS.
The chart shows the relative ________________
(abundant) of some of the elements in the lithosphere.
 The _________________ (rare) of these minerals in the
crust makes them very expensive.
 They generally have the similar properties of
________________ (hard), high melting and boiling
points, and low electrical _________________
(conduct).
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The chart shows the relative abundance of some
of the elements in the lithosphere.
 The rarity of these minerals in the crust makes
them very expensive.
 They generally have the similar properties of
hardness, high melting and boiling points, and
low electrical conductivity.
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Graphite is also used as a _________________
(lubricate), and as an electrode in electrolysis for example, in the manufacture of aluminium.
 Ammonia is used to make the __________________
(fertile) that farmers spread on the soil to feed
their crops.
 The source of carbon for this __________________
(reduce) is coke, obtained by heating coal in the
absence of oxygen.
 It is possible to tell if a solution is acidic or
alkaline by using an ___________ (indicate).
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Graphite is also used as a lubricant, and as an
electrode in electrolysis - for example, in the
manufacture of aluminium.
 Ammonia is used to make the fertiliser that
farmers spread on the soil to feed their crops.
 The source of carbon for this reduction is coke,
obtained by heating coal in the absence of
oxygen.
 It is possible to tell if a solution is acidic or
alkaline by using an indicator.
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able – ability
absent – absence
absorb – absorbent –
absorption
acid – acidify
active – activation
add – additive
analyse – analysis –
analytical
anhydride – anhydrous
atmosphere – atmospheric
atom – atomic
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attract – attraction –
attractive
calculate – calculation
carbon – carbonation –
carbonic
character – characteristic
class – classify
collide – collision
colour – colourless
concentrate – concentration
conduct – conductivity
connect – connection
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corrode – corrosion –
corrosive
detect – detection –
detectable
deep – depth
evaporate – evaporation
experiment –
experimental
flame – flammable
gas – gaseous
high – height
ion – ionic – ionize –
ionization
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line – linear
long – length
magnet – magnetic –
magnetism
move – movement
nature – natural
odour – odourless
pure –purity - purify –
purification
react – reaction – reactive
strong – strength
tend – tendency