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USE OF ENGLISH PART 3

-Types of structures: adjectives (comparatives and superlatives), nouns (plurals), adverbs, verbs

-Spelling changes: long → length, high → height


*Spelling must be correct

-Affixes:
*Jobs: -er, -ee, -ist, -ant, -or
*Negative prefixes: un-, in-, im-, dis-, ir-, mis-
Examples: unlikely, incredible, impossible, disadvantage, misunderstand, irregular.
*Adjective suffixes: -ful, -less, -able, -ous, -ive, -itive, -y, -ible.
*Noun suffixes: -tion, -ment, -ness, -ity, -ance, -ence, -ship.

-Examples:

-ABLE: enable (verb), ability (noun)


-ACCESS: in/accessible (adj), accessibility (noun)
-ACT: in/action (noun), in/activity (noun), in/active (adj)
-ADVENTURE: un/adventurous (adj), adventurer (noun)
-ANNUAL: annually (adv)
-ANXIOUS: anxiety (noun), anxiously (adv)
-ASTONISH: astonished/ing (adj), astonishment (noun), astonishingly (adv)
-ATTRACT: attraction (noun), attractive (adj)
-BORING/ED: bore (verb), boredom (noun)
-CHALLENGE: challenging (adj), challenger (noun), un/challenged (adj)
-CHOOSE: choice (noun)
-COAST: coastal (adj)
-COLOUR: colourful/less (adj)
-COMFORT: un/comfortable (adj), comforting (adj), comfort (verb)
-COMPETE: competition (noun), competitive (adj), in/competence (noun), in/competent (adj), competency (noun)
-COMPLETE: in/complete (verb/adj), completion (noun), in/completeness (noun), in/completely (adv)
-COMPLAIN: complaint (noun)
-CONSEQUENCE: consequent (adj), consequently (adv), in/consequential
-CREATE: creation (noun), creativity (noun), creative (adj), creator (noun)
-DAY: daily (adj)
-DELIGHTED: delight (noun), delightful (adj), delightfully (adv)
-DISMISS: dismissive (adj), dismissal (noun), dismissively (adv)
-EASY: ease (noun), easily (adv)
-EMPLOY: un/employment (verb), employee (noun), un/employed (adj)
-ENTERTAIN: entertaining (adj), entertainment (noun), entertainer (noun)
-ENTIRE: entirely (adv), entirety (noun)
-EVEN: evenly (adv)
-FASCINATE: fascinating/ed (adj), fascination (noun)
-FAMOUS: fame (noun),
-FORTUNE: un/fortunate (adj), un/fortunately (adv)
-GROW: growth (noun), growing (adj)
-HIGH: height (noun),
-HOT: heat (verb)
-HOPE: hopeful/less (adj), hopefully (adv)
-IMPRESS: impressive (adj), impression (noun), impressionable (adj)
-INHABIT: inhabitant (noun), inhabited (adj), inhabitable (adj)
-LOCATE: location (noun), local (adj)
-LOSE: loss (noun), loser (noun)
-MANAGE: management (noun), manager (noun), manageable (adj)
-MEASURE: measurement (noun), measuring (noun), measured (adj), measurable (adj)
-MOUNTAIN: mountainous (adj)
-NOISE: noisy (adj), noisily (adv), noiseless (adj)
-OPEN: opening (noun), openness (noun), openly (adv), opener (noun)
-OPPORTUNITY: opportune (adj), opportunist (noun), opportunism (noun), opportunely (adv)
-PARTICULAR: particularity (noun), particularly (adv)
-PERFECT: im/perfection, im/perfect (adj), im/imperfectly (adv), perfectionist (noun/adj)
-PRODUCE: production (noun), product (noun), un/productive (adj), productivity (noun)
-RECOGNISE: recognition (noun), un/recognized (adj), un/recognizable (adj)
-RELY: un/reliable (adj), reliance (noun), reliability (noun)
-REQUIRE: required (adj), requirement (noun)
-RESPONSIBILITY: ir/responsible (adj), responsibly (adv)
-SCIENCE: scientific (adj), scientist (noun), scientifically (adv)
-SEE: sight (noun)
-SPICE: spicy (noun)
-SUCCESS: un/successful (adj), un/successfully (adv)
-SUIT: un/suitable (adj), suitably (adv)
-SURPRISE: surprised/ing (adj), surprisingly (adv)
-TASTE: tasty (adj), tasteful/less (adj), tasting (noun), taster (noun)
-TECHNOLOGY: technical (adj), technological (adj), technique (noun)
-USUALLY: un/usual (adj)

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