UNIT 8, 8E Word Skills, Noun suffixes, page 90
Exercise 1
2 sadness
3 dark
4 advertisement
5 discuss
6 happiness
7 permit
8 treatment
9 argue
10 homesickness
11 explain
12 organisation
13 arrange
14 rudeness
Exercise 2
1 advertisement
2 rudeness
3 argument
4 permission
5 discussion, happiness
6 Homesickness
7 treatment
8 explanation
Exercise 3
1 suggestions
2 preparation
3 accommodation
4 Fitness
5 information
6 description
7 achievement
8 donations
Exercise 4
1 weak
example: He is still weak after his illness;
noun: weakness;
example: Crying isn’t a sign of weakness.
2 translate
example: Can you help me translate this into English?;
noun: translation;
example:He specialises in translations from English into Spanish.
3 high
example: She likes wearing high heels;
noun: height;
example: She is the same height as her sister.
4 decide
example: You decide what you want to do;
noun: decision;
example: He is bad at making decisions.
UNIT 8, 8F Reading, Against the odds, page 91
Exercise 1
2 Australian
3 Brazilian
4 British
5 Canadian
6 Chinese
7 French
8 German
9 Hungarian
10 Italian
11 Japanese
12 Polish
13 Russian
14 Slovak
15 Spanish
16 Swedish
17 Turkish
Exercise 2
1 E
2 D
3 B
4 B
5 D
Exercise 3
1 c
2 b
3 c
4 c
5 b
6 c