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Practice 2: more word formation

1. Unfortunately, the medicine was , so he didn't recover. (EFFECT)
2. His answers were very  so he failed the Maths exam. (ACCURATE)
3. It's  that people will ever live on the moon. (LIKELY)
4. He waited  for the train. (PATIENT)
5. It's  to smoke in public places nowadays. (LEGAL)
6. I would hate to teach children. They always . (BEHAVE)
7. The shirt he's wearing is completely  for a job interview. (APPROPRIATE)
8. His speech was . I thought he'd never stop talking. (END)

  

09.08.2021

 

First: word formation (negatives)

For the B2 First exam, there's nearly always at least one negative in the word formation part of the use of English. There are lots of prefixes and suffixes we can use to make negatives. Here is some useful general advice:

1. Negative prefixes can be used with nouns, verbs, adjective and adverbs. For example disapproval, disapprove, disapproving, disapprovingly.
2. Usually im + p (impatient) but not always (unpleasant).
3. Often il + l (illegal) but not always (unlikely).
4. Often ir + r (irregular) but not always (unresponsive).
5. Usually -ful changes to -less (harmful/less) but not always (endful / endless).
6. If you can't remember, choose un - it's the most common negative prefix.

All the words in the table below are adjectives (unless stated in brackets afterwards - do you notice anything interesting about dis- and mis-?). Look at the information in the table for a few minutes and try to remember the words. Then click below to hide the information and try to answer the questions at the bottom.

un-	in	dis-	im-
unexpected unaware unbelievable unknown unable	inaccurate inappropriate inefficient incapable ineffective	disapprove (verb) dislike (verb) disagree (verb) disbelieve (verb) dishonest (adjective)	improbable impossible impolite imperfect impatient
il-	ir-	mis-	-less
illegal illiterate illogical illegible	irregular irresponsible irrational irrelevant	misbehave (verb) misunderstand (verb) misspell (verb) misuse (verb)	careless harmless helpless endless

Practice 1: word formation

1. The politician was accused of being . (HONEST)
2. His story was so  I thought he was crazy. (BELIEVE)
3. She looked at him in  when he told her the shocking news. (BELIEVE)
4. Many people are  of the dangers of mobile phones. (AWARE)
5. He's invited me to his party. It would be  to say no. (POLITE)
6. Too many children nowadays are growing up  . (LITERATE)
7. That's not what I said! You've  me. (UNDERSTAND)
8. My dog is completely . I promise he won't bite. (HARM)  

  

Why does the narrator ask us to remember what we had for lunch 3 weeks ago?

To remind us about our diet

To show us how memories form

To show us an example of how some memories lost

What is experience converted into?

A pulse of electrical energy

A network of neurons

A memory

What are synapses?

Neurotransmitters

Memory neuron

Dedicated sites

How can long-term memories form?

It's a special event

Two neurons communicate repeatedly

The brain is affected by it.

What are the factors that make memories lost?

Aging, chronic stress, depression

Aging, chronic stress, depression, isolation

Aging, chronic stress, isolation

Which is NOT the way to preserve your memories?

Physically active

Healthy diet

Sleeping

 

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Why no can be followed by either a singular or plural noun

The reason that no can be followed by either a singular or a plural noun is that it can mean not a or not any. Usually, it means not any – zero – because when we use a negative we refer to plurals, I don’t have any books / I have no books. Negatives have plurals because we are showing nothing of a possible many things.

• There are no chairs left to sit on.
• No dogs allowed.
• He has no scruples.

Most of the time, it is therefore correct to follow no with a plural noun – if it is countable. If it is uncountable, we usually use the uncountable version of the noun, not a plural version (e.g. no butter not no butters).

However, sometimes there is only one thing possible, or we wish to emphasise a particular thing (for example when a singular thing has been asked about); in these cases a singular is more appropriate. Consider the following examples:

• I have no wife. (only one wife would be expected)
• She has no bike. (she would only expect to own one bike)

Singular nouns can also be more appropriate for emphasis, when no precedes a subject noun – because it may emphasise not a single thing. For example:

• No player has won this award more than once.
• No man is happy without chocolate.

Collocations of no

A number of common nouns combine with no idiomatically (and wouldn’t use not a or not any). Many of these are uncountable. These collocations include no idea, no time, no doubt, no amount, no reason, no need, no problem, no way, no point, no use, no way, no evidence.

• There’s no time left, we have to go.
• I have no idea what the answer is.
• No need to thank me, it was my pleasure.

These collocations often have idiomatic uses, which may be used differently to countable versions of the nouns. For example, no idea is used to mean no knowledge, but no ideas can be used to mean no creative thoughts or plans.

No – Singular or Plural Nouns Exercise

In the following sentences, decide if no (and the verb to be) should be followed by a singular or a plural noun (shown in brackets).

1. There __________ at the pond. (ducks)
2. __________ allowed in the lobby. (child)
3. I have __________ left. (milk)
4. You said there __________ we could afford. (car)
5. That rough man has __________ left. (tooth)
6. __________ of talking could persuade him to stop. (amount)
7. The rules state __________ can be taken home. (bottle)
8. There __________ we can get to the show in time. (way)
9. If there are __________ left to discuss, let’s end the meeting. (topic)
10. She taught __________ last week. (new material)
11. The police took __________ when raiding the building. (chance)
12. He had to walk because he had __________. (car)

  

 

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