Reading rules

b) Form nouns by adding –ship to the following nouns.
Leader, apprentice, owner, relation, professor, acquaintance, companion, citizen, member, friend, author, clerk, editor.


Exercise 49 Form adjectives by adding –y to the following nouns.
Grass, star, rain, velvet, chalk, room, water, foam, snow, fog, frost, wind, silk, mist, sand, slang, milk.
b) Express in one word.
Resembling wool (waves, stone), having the character of slang (trick), full of smoke (sun, mist, fog), covered with powder (dust, thorn, flour).


Exercise 50 Form adjectives by adding –ive to the verbs and translate them.
Collect, reflect, respect, attract, prevent, construct, correct, oppress, communicate, create, imitate, regulate, interrogate, illustrate, alternate, demonstrate.

Exercise 51 a) Translate the pairs of words.

space – spacious grace – gracious grief – grievous glory – glorious

humour – humorous scandal – scandalous marvel – marvellous synonym – synonymous

b) Define the nouns from which the following adjectives are formed.
Desirous, melodious, studious, pompous, murderous, dangerous, spacious, righteous, anxious, religious, joyous, thunderous, famous, mysterious, conscious, nervous, suspicious, jealous, adventurous.


Exercise 52 Translate the verbs.
Graduate, affiliate, facilitate, activate, accumulate, sanitate, legislate, originate, agitate, indicate, circulate, dedicate, fascinate.


Exercise 53 Form verbs by adding –en and use some of them in the sentences below.
heart, red, tight, bright, black, dark, white, length, short, weak
1. Mother often … the stove in the kitchen. She likes when it is white like snow. 2. ‘Pete, … the classroom. We shall watch a film’, said the teacher. 3. Ann says that her skirt is too long. She will … it. 4. My brother asked to … his trousers, because they are short for him now. 5. The boy’s strength was … , because he stayed in bed and did not move.