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Exercise 3. Translate the following –ess-nouns and –ee-nouns into Russian. Pay attention to the corresponding Russian suffixes.
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Exercise 3
Translate the following –ess-nouns and –ee-nouns into Russian. Pay attention to the corresponding Russian suffixes.
a) stewardess, poetess, princess, lioness, traitress, huntress, interpretress, heiress, hostess, waitress, adventuress;
b) addressee, dedicatee, donee, grantee, interviewee, nominee, trainee, votee.
Exercise 4
Complete the following sentences:
1. If you are employed by a company, you are one of its _________s.
2. A _________ is someone whose job is politics.
3. A woman who works as a ________ does the same job as a waiter.
4. The __________ s in a discussion are the same people who participate in it.
5. The person who conducts an orchestra or choir is called the_______________.
6. Your _________ is the person who teaches you.
7. A ________ is someone who earns his living by playing the piano.
8. If someone examines you, you are the ________ and he or she is the _______________.
Exercise 5
Form diminutive nouns in – let, - ette, - et, - ie, - y, - ling from the following nouns. Translate them into Russian.
a) book, brook, cloud, eagle, king, lake, spark, stream, wave, wrist;
b) novel, usher, cellar, kitchen, cigar, piano, leader, room;
c) lad, grand-mother, doll, pig, sweet, cook;
d) young, fat, weak, first, fond, duck.
Exercise 6
a) Translate the following combinations of words into Russian:
a forkful of meat, an armful of hay, a canful of jam, a spoonful of honey, a churchful of people, a tableful of guests;
b) Translate the following sentences into English:
1. На месте раскопок ученые обнаружили кувшин, полный старинных монет.
2. Агроном взял пригоршню земли и растер ее между пальцами.
3. Тетушка дала Тому чайную ложку нового лекарства.
4. Хозяйка налила мне полную тарелку вкусного мясного бульона.
5. Постелью в ту ночь мне послужила охапка соломы.
6. Джон вернулся вечером с полными карманами газет.
Exercise 7
Translate these sentences into English using –ance/-ence, -(a)tion, -ness –nouns.
1. Враг оказал упорное сопротивление.
2. Их переписка носила деловой характер.
3. Посещение занятий в нашем учебном заведении является обязательным.
4. Примите наши поздравления по случаю национального праздника вашего народа.
5. Легко себе представить, какую выгоду получит наша экономика после завершения строительства этого завода.
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6. Неожиданность отъезда Генри вызвала недоумение.
7. Она была убеждена в правильности своей позиции.
8. Рассеянность этого ученого чуть ли не вошла в поговорку.
Exercise 8
Analyse the word-building meaning of the suffix –ship in the following groups of words:
1. workmanship, citizenship, musicianship, horsemanship.
2. chairmanship, ambassadorship, partnership, professorship.
3. spaceship, steamship, gunship, warship, cadetship.
4. membership, comradership, friendship, relationship, kinship.
Exercise 9
-phobia (fear or hatred of) - cide (killer, killing) – gamy (marriage)
Put each of the above suffixes in its correct place in the sentences below.
a) Those rose-bushes need protection. Spray them with insecti_____.
b) He gets very tense and nervous in enclosed spaces like lifts and the underground. He suffers from claustro____________.
c) The custom of having more that one wife or husband is know as “poly___________”.
d) Some people and some animals, are terrified of water. This aversion is known as aqua_____________.
e) His problems overwhelmed him and he finally committed sui _____________.
f) When he was arrested and charged with bi______________, both his wives stood by him.
g) His Anglo_____________ come from some bad experiences he had in England.
h) Following the man’s death, his wife was charged with homi ___________.
Exercise 10
-maniac (obsessed person) –phile (lover of) –monger (dealer in)
Instructions as above.
a) A person who makes and exploits war is called a war______________.
b) He has always been a biblio___________ and has amassed a vast collection of books over the years.
c) He has a shop selling post and pans, tools and other metal goods. He’s an iron_______________.
d) He’s unbelievably self-centred and arrogant. He’s a complete ego___________.
e) She loved the year she spent in Italy and has been an Italo____________ ever since.
f) Some journalists are perfectly honest and well-meaning but she just makes a profit from gossip and rumour. She’s just a cheap scandal_______________.
g) A klepto__________ is a person who has a compulsive desire to steal.
h) His fondness for drink became an addiction, and his doctor says he is now a dipso______________.
Exercise 11
Explain the meanings of the following words and phrases:
Xenophobia, patricide, agoraphobia, a fishmonger, an Anglophile, Francophilia, a pyromaniac, a film maniac, a monogamous society.
Adjectival Suffixes
Exercise 1
Form adjectives in –able (-ible) from the following verbs. Translate both the verb and the adjective into Russian.
Bear, break, credit, digest, drink, excite, express, move, pardon, pass, pronounce, solve.
Exercise 2
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Translate the following sentences into Russian. Point out to what stems the suffix –ly was added. State its meaning.
1. He bore no resemblance of a successful doctor, but was, on the contrary, wizened and slovenly.
2. Luckily, she had no money – a beggarly fifty pound a year.
3. They stood beside this thin and saintly Englishwoman.
4. Dr. Swain was taking his usual nightly walk before going home.
5. Edward masked a faint priestly blush by show of worldly candour.
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