Exercises
26.1 Which of the example words do these pictures illustrate?




                                  nstructor           wimmer




               appily          ord processor          seful
26.2 Match the adjectives with the nouns in the box. Some adjectives go
with more than one noun.

electric cooker / guitar
1 electric    3 beautiful        5 sunny         7 useful       9 useless
2 fast        4 sandy            6 hard          8 endless

    worker     cooker       beach      weather      car         idea
    book       swimmer       guitar      smile        picture     fun

2 fast worker / car / swimmer
3 beautiful picture / beach / book / weather / smile
4 sandy beach
5 sunny weather / smile
6 hard worker
7 useful idea / book / car
8 endless beach / fun
9 useless idea / book (Note that you can also say I'm a useless swimmer. It
is quite colloquial and means I am no good at swimming.)
26.3 Match these books with their subjects - sociology, psychology,
economics or politics.


1 The Role of the
  President in the US                           sociology
  Congress                                      psychology
2 British Society in the                        economics
  1950s                                         politics.
3 Banking Today
4 Why People Smile
26.4 Are there suffixes in your language? Write a translation or an
   explanation for the suffixes in the table.
26.5 What do you think these words and phrases mean? Use the
information about prefixes and suffixes in the table to help you.


1 zoology                            1 The study of animals
2 a traveller                        2 a person who travels
3 slowly                             3 the opposite of fast
4 hopeful                            4 with lots of hope
5 rainy                              5 weather when it is raining
6 painless                           6 it doesn't hurt
7 badly                              7 the opposite of doing something well
8 a tin opener                       8 a thing for opening tins
9 mathematics                        9 the study of maths
10 a footballer                      10 a person who plays football

Suffixes

  • 3.
    Exercises 26.1 Which ofthe example words do these pictures illustrate? nstructor wimmer appily ord processor seful
  • 4.
    26.2 Match theadjectives with the nouns in the box. Some adjectives go with more than one noun. electric cooker / guitar 1 electric 3 beautiful 5 sunny 7 useful 9 useless 2 fast 4 sandy 6 hard 8 endless worker cooker beach weather car idea book swimmer guitar smile picture fun 2 fast worker / car / swimmer 3 beautiful picture / beach / book / weather / smile 4 sandy beach 5 sunny weather / smile 6 hard worker 7 useful idea / book / car 8 endless beach / fun 9 useless idea / book (Note that you can also say I'm a useless swimmer. It is quite colloquial and means I am no good at swimming.)
  • 5.
    26.3 Match thesebooks with their subjects - sociology, psychology, economics or politics. 1 The Role of the President in the US sociology Congress psychology 2 British Society in the economics 1950s politics. 3 Banking Today 4 Why People Smile
  • 6.
    26.4 Are theresuffixes in your language? Write a translation or an explanation for the suffixes in the table.
  • 7.
    26.5 What doyou think these words and phrases mean? Use the information about prefixes and suffixes in the table to help you. 1 zoology 1 The study of animals 2 a traveller 2 a person who travels 3 slowly 3 the opposite of fast 4 hopeful 4 with lots of hope 5 rainy 5 weather when it is raining 6 painless 6 it doesn't hurt 7 badly 7 the opposite of doing something well 8 a tin opener 8 a thing for opening tins 9 mathematics 9 the study of maths 10 a footballer 10 a person who plays football