Енглески језик 7, уџбеник, старо издање, Нови Логос

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I can form nouns using suffixes.
Language and literature: Word building – nouns
7
1 Check the meaning of the words in
the box. Then look at the picture
and complete the text.
thunder softly wavy fools
pointed chins
The Time Machine
H. G. Wells
2 3.12 Read and listen to the text.
Check your answers in exercise 1.
3 Read the text again and choose
the correct words to complete
the summary.
The Time Traveller has built a
Time Machine and travelled
1
back / forward in time. He’s met
some people who all look
2
the same / different. He thinks
they are 3 attractive / ugly. They
seem 4 friendly and cheerful /
unfriendly and serious, but the
Time Traveller is surprised. He
thought that people from the
5
future / past would be very
6
stupid / intelligent, but they aren’t.
4 Make nouns using the suffixes in
the box. Then read the text again
and check your answers.
-ation -ness -ence -ing -ment
Verbs
Adjectives
1 mean 5 pretty
2 move 6 intelligent
3 converse 7 sad
4 feel 8 different
5 Look at the texts on pages 96–101 and
find verbs and adjectives. Then make
nouns from these words using suffixes.
Use a dictionary to help you. What
other noun suffixes are there?
wet – wetness
Looking closer at their faces, I saw some strange
difference in their sweet prettiness. They all had the same
1
hair and this came to a sharp end at the neck and
below the ears. There was none growing on their faces
and their ears were very small. Their little 2 came to a
point and their eyes were large and gentle.
Because they didn’t try to speak to me, but simply stood
smiling and speaking 3 to each other, I began the
conversation. I pointed to the Time Machine and to
myself. Then, after thinking for a moment how to describe
time, I 4 to the sun. At once, a pretty little figure
dressed in purple and white did the same and then made
the sound of 5 .
For a moment I was very surprised, though the meaning
of his movement was clear enough. The question had
come into my mind suddenly: were these people 6 ?
I had always expected that people living about 800,000
years in the future would have much greater knowledge
than us in science, art – everything.
But one of them had asked me a very simple question,
which showed him to be on the level of intelligence of one
of our five-year-old children. He had asked me, in fact, if I
had come from the sun in a thunderstorm!
A feeling of sadness came into my mind. For a moment, I
felt that I had built the Time Machine for no reason at all.
6 ACTIVATE Complete the sentences with a noun. Use
suffixes from exercise 4. Which suffixes do you use to
form nouns in your language? Give examples.
1 The ending spoiled my of the book. (enjoy)
2 She felt a strange as she walked into the empty
house. (sense)
3 People had a difficult during the war. (exist)
4 I could sense her . (happy)
5 I’d like to see a horror film. Have you got any ?
(recommend)
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