Verbs made from adjectives

Verbs made from nouns

UNIT 4 VERB-BUILDING SUFFIXES

-ate	active	активный	to activate	активизировать
-en	short	короткий	to shorten	укоротить
-fy, -ify	pure	чистый	to purify	очищать
-ize	character	характер	to characterize	характеризовать
-ise	real	реальный	to realise	осознавать

Некоторые глаголы образуются путем прибавления приставки en- к прилагательным или существительным, например large (большой)- to enlarge (увеличивать), sure (уверенный) – to ensure (обеспечивать).

4.1 Read the following verbs correctly. Mind the stress.

`justify, `memorize, app`ly, in`tesify, `occupy, re`ly, con`taminate, supp`ly, imp`ly, `qualify, `simplify, `regulate, `penetrate, in`vestigate

4.2 Make verbs ending in – en, – ify, – ize from the following words. Translate them.

–en: length, strength, height, light, wide, broad, bright, hard, weak, thick, dark

– ify: solid, pure, simple, intense, electric, quality

–ize: magnet, revolution, organ, crystal, character, special, active, real, economy, energy

4.3 In each space below put a verb made from the noun in brackets after the sentence.

1 The teachers ________ the pupils to study. (courage)

2 I want to __________ my house by building an extra room. (extent)

3 Fireworks _________ dogs and cats. (fright)

4 The doctor gave her some tablets to _________ the pain. (relief)

5 If the ambulance doesn’t come soon, he’ll _______ to death. (blood)

6 The police can’t ________ that he committed the crime. (proof)

7 More floods could ________ hundreds of homes. (danger)

8 The police are trying to ________ the body. (identity)

9 They plan to ________ the bridge by building more stone supports.

(strength)

10 She said women must _________ themselves from male domination.

(liberty)

11 The smoke was so dense that we could hardly _______. (breath)

12 My brother and I decided to _______ the money we found. (half)

13 Why can’t they ________ the break so that we have time for a coffee?

(length)

4.4 – en Make verbs ending in - en from the following adjectives, making

any necessary spelling changes, then put them in their correct places

in the sentences below.

tight / less / sweet / loose / deep / straight / weak / flat / worse / sharp / bright / light / ripe / quiet / broad / dark / deaf / wide

1 Tomorrow will begin dark and cloudy but it will _______ later.

2 You can _______ the risk of theft by locking your bicycle.

3 These apples _______ in June.

4 You should _______ this dish by adding sugar.

5 The hospital phoned to warn that her husband’s condition was beginning to ________.

6 This road is very narrow but they’re planning to ________ it.

7 He managed to ________ the ropes round his wrists and escape.

8 They decided to ________ the ship by throwing some machinery into the sea.

9 I don’t know how that loud disco music doesn’t ________ people.

10 They are going to _________ that rough area to make a football pitch.

11 When the evening began to _________, we turned on the lights.

12 They are going to ________ the harbour so that it can take bigger ships.

13 Have you a knife? I want to ______ my pencil.

14 Foreign travel will _______ your experience.

15 She gave the noisy baby a toy to _______ it.

16 Can you _________ that picture on the wall? It’s crooked.

17 That screw’s loose. _______ it with a screwdriver.

18 The boxer began the fight strongly but began to ________ in the fifth round.

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