Exercise 1. Comment on the formation of the words given below: to burgle, to springclean, to typewrite, to beg, to note.
Exercise 2.
Explain the formation of the following blends: flush, glaze, good-bye, electrocute, pomato, twirl, dollarature, cablegram, galumph, frutopia drink
Exercise 3.
Give verbs corresponding to the nouns that have been underlined. Compare the place of the stress in the noun and the verb.
1. He looked up all among the trees he saw moving objects, red like poppies, or white like May-blossoms. 2.1 am not sure that I can define my fears: but we all have a certain anxiety at present about our friends. 3. Accent is the elevation of the voice which distinguishes one part of a word from another. 4. Her conduct was deferential.
Exercise 4.
Abbreviate the following nouns to the first syllable.
Mitten, doctor, grandmother, cabriolet, public, house, gymnasium, proprietor, fraternity, labouratory, margarine, sister, mathematics, trigonometry, veterinary, gladiolus.
Exercise 5.
Comment on the way the underlined words are formed.
1. After dinner, the woman cleared the table. 2. Finally, to quiet him, she said that she hadn't really meant it. 3. The differences are now being narrowed 4. Her face, heated with his own exertions, chilled suddenly. 5. Warmed by the hot tea, he warmed to the argument. 6. She came dressed up to the nines. 7. A win in this match is a must. 8. Turn your ought into shalls.
2. Exercise 6.
Supply the corresponding full names for the given abbreviations of American state (e.g. Colo - Colourado) and so: Ala., Cal., Fla., Ga., Ill., Ind., Kan., Ken., Md., N.D., NJ, NY, Oreg., S.C., Tex.