Kaci Lakhdar – Ath Mansour High School

READ THE TEXT THEN ANSWER

THE QUESTIONS THAT FOLLOW:

Some businessmen are responsible for

counterfeiting. Honestly speaking, they are
stupid, cruel and unscrupulous. A few people
approve this illegal activity but most of them
say that it is unfair to imitate genuine
products. Thus, it’s high time it disappeared in
our daily life.
What is the problem stated /raised in the text?

Who is the main cause of counterfeiting?

How are they described?

What is the noun that can be derived from the adjective “stupid”?

Stupid (adjective) + suffix (ity)= stupidity (noun)

Pick out from the text words that are built in the same way

Legal Legality
Responsible Responsibility

Remark: We sometimes add the suffix “ty” to form nouns

Example: Loyal + suffix (ty) = Loyalty
Activity: Form nouns from the following adjectives

Adjectives Nouns

Similar Similarity
Cruel Cruelty

Moral Morality

Anxious Anxiety

Safe Safety

Certain Certainty
 Consider the following verb : disappear
What is it composed of ?

Dis ( prefix) + root (appear) = disappear

When do we use the prefix “dis”?

We use the ( prefix “dis”) to supply the opposite

Have we changed the root of the verb “appear”? NO

What are the different prefixes used to form opposites by

keeping the same roots of the words?

im Possible Impossible

ir Regular Irregular

il Legal Illegal

in Correct Incorrect
Countable Uncountable
un
 Words Opposites Words Opposites

Happy Necessary
Literate Able
Mobile Pure
Rational Fair
Complete Advantage
Perfect Licit
 The key

Words Opposites Words Opposites

Happy UNhappy Necessary UNcessary

Literate ILliterate Able UNable /DISabled

Mobile IMmobile Pure IMpure

Rational IRrational Fair UNfair

Complete INcomplete Advantage DISadvantage

Perfect IMperfect Licit ILlicit

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