SUFFIXES

EXERCISES WITH SUFFIXES

EXERCÍCIOS COM SUFIXOS



O sufixo –ation, -ition forma substantivos

ADD -ation or -ition TO A VERB AND MAKE IT A NOUN



1-Transforme verbos em substantivos acrescentando o sufixo –tion conforme os exemplos


verbo Substantivo (noun)
educate   - e   +  ion =   education
infect              +  ion =      infection
Relate
Populate
Inform
Recommend
Determine
Prevent
contribute


2-Now do the opposite. Change nouns to verbs:




Noun (n.)               Verb (v.)
Relation                       Relate
Consumption               Consume
Reduction
Examination
Concentration
Evaluation
Division
Collection
participation





FORM ADJECTIVES BY ADDING THE SUFFIX -AL TO A NOUN


O sufixo –al forma adjetivos.

3-Transforme substantivos em adjetivos acrescentando –al:




Nouns (n.)                             Adjectives (a.)
Biology                                          Biological
Nation                 + -al             =    National
Gastrointestine
Addition
Phisiology
Region
Controversy
Culture


4-Agora faça o oposto: change the adjectives ending in –al to nouns


Adjectives (a.)                                Nouns (n.)
Arterial                                            Artery
central Centre
Epidemiological
Environmental
Occupational
Peripheral
Spinal
sexual


HOW TO USE A DICTIONARY TO DO THE EXERCISE 1:

Look up for the verb, and then near it, you´ll find the noun, it´s written n. for noun.

Como usar o dicionário p fazer o exercício 1: procure pelo verbo, veja pouco acima ou abaixo dele a palavra com o mesmo radical, onde tiver o símbolo n. de noun é o substantivo que está procurando.