Lingua Inglese I – Unit 3

Proff. Maria Cristina Paganoni/Paola Catenaccio/Anna Anselmo

Corso di laurea triennale in Mediazione Linguistica e Culturale
a.a. 2019-20

Language Activity 6

1. For your reference, read the Cambridge Dictionary entry on word formation in
English here: reference entry on word formation by Cambridge
Dictionary: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/it/grammatica/grammatica-
britannico/word-formation_2

2. Use the Macmillan Buzzword worksheet to work on some new English words created
through blending. (keys are in the worksheet)

3. Read up on another tourism-related blend, “voluntourism”,

here: https://www.macmillandictionary.com/buzzword/entries/voluntourism.html

4. Use these CAE resources to practice derivation (you can check your answers on the
website):
a. https://www.flo-joe.co.uk/cae/students/strategy/wform/nouns1.htm
b. https://www.flo-joe.co.uk/cae/students/strategy/wform/nounvbad.htm
c. https://www.flo-joe.co.uk/cae/students/strategy/wform/compound.htm