Word Formation

Opinion

Conversational formulas

I believe (think) that … - Я полагаю (думаю), что …

In my opinion … – По моему мнению …

I am convinced that … - Я убежден, что …

It seems to me that … - Мне кажется, что …

There’s no doubt that … - Нет сомнения, что …

I’d like to point out that … - Хотелось бы отметить, что …

16. Interview your partner and find out:

a) about his/ her way of learning languages;

b) about his/ her suggestions for effective learning;

c) about the most important things in his/ her learning English.

17. Discuss the similarities and differences in grammar of the Russian and English languages.

18. Give a talk on the topic “The English We Learn”.

The most common word suffixes to form nouns are the following:

Verb Noun

- er (or) – someone or something that does (is doing)something;

- ation (ion) – the act, result or state of doing something;

- ment – the act, cause, means, or result of doing something;

Adjective Noun

- ity (ty) – the quality or an example of being…;

- ness – the condition, quality, or degree of being …;

19. Make the derivatives from the following words. Translate them into Russian.

20.

Agree, require, argue, improve, enlarge, teach, edit, educate, familiar, rich, possible, popular, regular, individual, pure, clean, bright, open, happy, flexible, polite, write, report, observe, speak, indicate, collect, admire, associate, examine, organize, discuss, impress, narrate, graduate, compose.

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