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NATHALIA NEVES










NATHALIA NEVES` PROFILE




Nathalia writes about herself:
My name is Nathalia, a journalist, married and currently living in Sao Paulo. I was born in Brasilia, a beautiful city which I love.


So here we go .. Let's talk a little bit about Nathalia ...


I like candles, I like Malbec, I like watches, rare meat, snow-like pictures, sparkling wine, tuna, and I like laughing, boots, cooking, scarves, foot massage, painted nails, I also like green, buying perfumes, museums, quilts, basic black, the full moon, being kissed in the neck, popcorn, walking barefoot, pottery, pens, pizza, tea, mango, hug, slippers, smiles, planting, sunglasses, a hot bath; I like to break rules, tango, writing, talking nonsense, and Christmas tree, too. I enjoy the beach, Toblerone, jeans, shiver in the back, exotic locations, jello, the smell of basil, family, big earrings, going to the movies in the morning, picnic, starry sky, risotto, coffee… I like tongue kiss, Pavarotti, olive oil, taste of adventure, travel, and I enjoy campfires, challenges, wind on my face, cappuccino, chocolate, incense, soups, friends around, wood, lying on the carpet, pasta, seasonings, good music, lipstick, Chinese food, tattoos, getting to know churches, cheese cake, messing around, the internet, olives, and trusting others as well. Anyway, I love life ...

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.

SUFFIXES (I)

SUFFIX  -TY



ADD THE SUFFIX -TY TO AN ADJECTIVE TO FORM A NOUN

EXAMPLE

IMMUNE     + -TY                 =                             IMMUN ITY

NOW DO IT YOURSELF:

popular
normal
obese
vulnerable
available


NOW DO THE OPPOSITE

TRANSFORME O SUBSTANTIVO EM ADJETIVO DO MESMO RADICAL TIRANDO O SUFIXO -TY                        

EXEMPLO:

ACTIVITY  (substantivo atividade)                                                      ACTIVE  (adjetivo ativo)

Faça o mesmo com os seguintes substantivos

certainty
honesty
available anxiety
disability
possibility
equality
universality