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3. Translate the derivatives; say to what part of speech they belong.

1. 
   event (n) – событие → eventful, eventless
   
2. 
   meaning (n) – значение; смысл → meaningful, meaningless
   
3. 
   use (n) – польза → useful, useless
   
4. 
   skill (n) – умение → skilled, skillful
   
5. 
   memory (n) – память → memorable
   
6. 
   move (v) – двигаться → movable
   
7. 
   polite (a) – вежливый → politeness
   
8. 
   rude (a) – грубый, невоспитанный → rudeness
   
9. 
   busy (a) – занятой → busyness
   
10. 
    able (a) – способный → ability
    
11. 
    mobile (a) – подвижный → mobility
    
12. 
    arrive (v) – прибывать → arrival
    
13. 
    refuse (v) – отказывать → refusal
    

4. Match the parts of speech (a–d) with the lists of typical suffixes (1–4).

verb	1 -able (-ible), -al, -ic, -ent, -ed, -ous, -ive, -ful, -less
adjective	2 -age, -er, -ing, -tion, -sion, -ence, -ance, -al, -ity, -ment, -ness
noun	3 -ee, -er (-or), -ist, -ian
noun (person)	4 -ate, -en, -ify, -ize (-ise)

5. Choose the corresponding English word.

1 опытный	a) experience	b) experienced	c) inexperienced
2 умный	a) intelligible	b) intelligence	c) intelligent
3 другой	a) differ	b) different	c) difference
4 различный	a) vary	b) variety	c) various
5 вежливость	a) politely	b) polite	c) politeness
6 род занятий	a) occupy	b) occupation	c) occupancy
7 заявление	a) application	b) apply	c) applicant
8 способность	a) able	b) enable	c) ability

6. Match the words of similar meaning.

1 clever	a different
2 keen on	b answer
3 various	c smart
4 memorable	d act or behave towards
5 treat	e very interested in
6 response	f well-known
7 famous	g unforgettable

7. Match the words to their opposites.

1 early	a single
2 easy	b inexperienced
3 polite	c late
4 different	d forget
5 married	e (the) same
6 experienced	f rude/impolite
7 remember	g difficult

8. Express the following in one word.

polite, greeting, attitude, clever, experienced, skill, introduce

1 to tell someone’s name to a person or group of people, so that they meet formally

2 a form of words or an action used on meeting someone

3 having or showing good manners and consideration for other people

4 way of feeling, thinking or behaving

5 knowing a lot about life, people, etc.

6 good at learning and understanding things quickly

7 ability to do something well
9. Read and translate the sentences.

1. Good evening, Raymond. Let me introduce David Bruce, one of my colleagues. 2. “Mrs Johnson?” “Please, call me by my first name.” 3. We don’t use surnames – it’s too formal. 4. Her name’s Tanya and she’s from Los Angeles. We both graduated from the same high school in LA. 5. Ever heard of a girl named Emma Handley? 6. When she was at school she was very good at art. 7. Actually I’m not very keen on modern art. 8. You may not like her, but you have to admit that she’s good at her job. 9. I must admit I never was very good at dancing. 10. I’ve always been interested in cars, ever since I was a child. 11. Margaret became interested in acting when she was a student at Cambridge. 12. She has her likes and dislikes as we all have. 13. I don’t know why you dislike my father so much. 14. Josh turned round to shake hands and exchange greetings with some of his friends. 15. Their behaviour towards their guests tends to be rather formal. 16. What time does Jim arrive? 17. Half our guests arrived late, making the usual excuses. 18. Let me know the date and time of your arrival. 19. Their guests were given a very warm welcome on arrival. 20. During my stay in Japan, I was treated with great politeness by everyone I met. 21. Mrs Thomas is a very able teacher. 22. Laura’s smart and she has plenty of ambition. She’s sure to get a good job. 23. You have to be very intelligent to go to Oxford University. 24. My sister was always the cleverest student in her class. 25. Ann has very good language skills. 26. Adrian was a skilled architect. 27. Gascoigne is an extremely skilful player. 28. I feel very proud when people admire my work. 29. Mr Bruce is a very experienced teacher; he has been working in this school for twenty years. 30. I realize now that at the age of eighteen I was very naïve and inexperienced. 31. The pop star’s wife politely refused any requests for interviews. 32. Alan tried to start a conversation, but when Lockwood made no response, he gave up. 33. Her response to his suggestion was a simple refusal. 34. His attitude to his new job seemed to be very negative. 35. When I told them I was a doctor their whole attitude changed. 36. Why did you choose such a bright colour? 37. You have a choice. You can go to university now or wait until next September. 38. I sometimes wonder why she chose Jerry as her assistant. He’s useless.
10. Fill in the correct word from the list below. Some words may be used more than once.

meet, introduce, polite, rude, behaviour, experienced, inexperienced, greeting, response

1. 
   “Good morning,” I said, but she didn’t return the ___.
   
2. 
   Let me ___ Mr Henry Shaw, our Marketing Manager.
   
3. 
   Mum, Dad, I want you to ___ my friend Sheila.
   
4. 
   He gave no ___ to my question.
   
5. 
   Don’t be so ___ to your father.
   
6. 
   It is not considered ___ to ask a lady how old she is.
   
7. 
   I was young and relatively ___ in dealing with members of the opposite sex.
   
8. 
   Paul liked to turn to more ___ people for advice.
   
9. 
   His ___ towards me shows that he does not like me.
   
10. 
    She’s always extremely ___ to me, but I never know what she is really thinking.
    
11. 
    What a ___ man! He just ignored me when I said “Good morning.”
    
12. 
    ___ managers often have problems with their staff.
    

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