- •Practice: Task 9
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- •Laboratory work 2
- •Practice: Task 17
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- •Laboratory work 3
- •Practice: Task 33
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- •Practice: shortening Task 39
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- •Word-formation Task 45
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- •Laboratory work 5
- •Practice: Task 75
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- •5. Tiresome because it seems to be interminable or to be marked by unremitting sameness
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Task 22
Identify the part of speech of the underlined words:
1. I have no say in the matter.
2. She is such a dear.
3. He liked to know the ins and outs.
4. Soap does not lather in hard water.
5. I shan't go into the whys and wherefores.
6. She reads only glossies and comics.
7. I don't want to be a bad third.
8. He was familiar with ups and downs of life.
Task 23
Match the word with the conversion model after which it was formed.
Oil, v a) N → V
Brown, v b) V → N
Natural, n c) N → Adj
Cut, n d) Adj → N
Ologies and isms, n e) Adj → V
Raven, adj f) Affix → N
E-mail, v
Street, adj
Task 24
Classify the pairs into two groups: a) formed after the model N →V, b) formed after the model V →N.
1 . line - to line 2. bottle - to bottle
3. weep - to weep 4. catalogue - to catalogue
5. hoist - to hoist 6. colour - to colour
7. push - to push 8. preface - to preface
9. hit - to hit 10. gossip - to gossip
Task 25
In these proverbs and sayings there are the words derived by conversion. Figure them out. Establish the model of conversion in each case.
1. Wolf never wars against wolf.
2. Extremes meet.
3. Pride goes before a fall.
4. Criminals often return to the scene of the crime.
5. Fine words butter no parsnips.
6. Let bygones be bygones.
7. Fortune favours the brave.
8. Two blacks do not make a white.
9. If ifs and ans were pots and pans.
Task 26
It is often difficult to say which of the two words within a conversion pair is the derived member. One of the reliable criteria for determining the direction of derivation is semantic-definitional. Study the definitions of the words forming the following conversion pairs and identify the direction of derivation in them.
1. shade
noun - light diminished in intensity as a result of the interception of the rays; partial darkness
verb - to cause shade in or on, to represent degrees of shade or shadow in
2. freeze
noun - the act of freezing, the state of being frozen
verb - to pass from the liquid to the solid state by loss of heat
3. blight
noun - a disease of plants that results in the drying upand dying of the diseased parts
verb - to infect or spoil with blight
4. bitter
noun- that which is bitter, bitterness
adjective - having a sharp taste like aspirin or unsweetened coffee, not sweet
5. harness
noun - an apparatus for controlling a horse, for fastening a horse to a cart, etc., consisting of leather bands held together by metal
verb - to put a harness on (especially on a horse)
6. blink
noun - an act of blinking
verb - to shut and open (the eyes) quickly, once or several times
7. spam
noun - a disruptive, especially commercial message posted on a computer network or sent as e-mail
verb - to send spam
8. assault
noun - a violent attack, especially a sudden one
verb - to make an assault on, especially an indecent assault
9. slash
noun - an act of slashing
verb - to make a cut or cut something with long sweeping violent strokes, using a sword, knife, or sharp tool
10. hall
noun - a frozen rain falling in a shower
verb - to fall as hail in a shower