Словообразование С

I. Study the examples of word formation.

♦ care забота careful заботливый, внимательный  carefully осторожно, осмотрительно

♦ careless небрежный, невнимательный carelessly небрежно, невнимательно; неосторожно

♦ certain определённый, неизменный, постоянный certainly конечно, непременно; несомненно; безусловно certainty уверенность

♦ chemist химик, фармацевт chemical химический chemistry химия

♦ child ребёнок children дети childhood детство childish ребяческий

♦ choose выбирать choice выбор

♦ circle круг, кольцо, окружение circular круглый. круговой

♦ collect собирать collection коллекция collector собиратель, коллекционер

♦ comedy комедия comedian комик, комедийный актёр,  автор комедий; комедиограф

♦ comfort утешение, поддержка comfortable удобный; комфортабельный; уютный uncomfortable неудобный; не комфортабельный

♦ communicate сообщать, передавать поддерживать связь, общаться communication связь, общение communicator человек, умеющий ясно выражать свои мысли для других людей

♦ compare сравнивать comparison сравнение comparative(ly) сравнительный/o comparable сравнимый, сопоставимый

♦ compose сочинять, создавать composition составление, построение; соединение

сочинение (какого-л. произведения) composer композитор

♦ conclude прийти к заключению, (с)делать вывод conclusion заключение, вывод

♦ confident уверенный confidence уверенность confidently уверенно

♦ confuse смущать, приводить в замешательство;  смешивать, спутывать confused смущённый; поставленный в тупик confusion смущение, замешательство путаница confusing сбивающий с толку

♦ connect соединять, связывать connection связь, соединение disconnect разъединять, разобщать, расцеплять

♦ cook готовить пищу cooker плита cookery кулинария; стряпня

♦ correct правильный, верный, точный; корректный correctly правильно correction исправление; правка incorrect неправильный, неверный correctness правильность, точность, корректность

♦ courage мужество, храбрость, смелость, отвага courageous(ly) смелый, отважный, храбрый, бесстрашный

II. Do the exercise.

1.       Michael is a very *** worker. [care]

2.       Be *** with that vase – it’s very fragile. [care]

3.       She *** folded the letter and put it in her pocket. [care]

4.       My son’s teacher says that his work is often rather ***. [care]

5.       His work is full of *** mistakes. [care]

6.       Follow the instructions on the back of the packet ***. [care]

7.       She threw her coat *** onto the chair. [care]

8.       *** speaking, this machine is easy to use. [compare]

9.       There are few absolute *** in life. [certain]

10.   She *** had a friend called Mark, but I don’t know whether he was her boyfriend.

11.   The *** industry produces such things as petrochemicals, drugs, paint and rubber. [chemist]

12.   She studied *** and physics at college. [chemist]

13.   How many *** do you have? [child]

14.   *** is not always a happy time. [child]

15.   He wasn’t enjoying the occasion so he thought he’d spoil it for everyone else – it was very *** of him. [child]

16.   It’s a difficult *** to make. [choose]

17.   Place your hands on your shoulders and move your elbows up, back, and down, in a *** motion. [circle]

18.   There’s quite a *** of toothbrushes in the bathroom. [collect]

19.   When told that everyone should collect something, Allan replied that he is a *** of dust. [collect]

20.   He started as a stand-up *** (=someone who tells jokes to an audience). [comedy]

21.   I don’t feel *** in high heels. [comfort]

22.   These shoes are really ***. [comfort]

23.   I’ve eaten so much, I’m really quite ***. [comfort]

24.   Television is an increasingly important means of ***. [communicate]

25.   Obviously teachers have to be good ***. [communicate]

26.   They made a *** of different countries’ eating habits. [compare]

27.   The girls are of *** ages. [compare]

28.   This concerto is one of her earlier/later ***. [compose]

29.   A *** is a person who writes music, especially classical music. [compose]

30.   I found the *** of the film rather irritating. [conclude]

31.   I don’t share your *** that the market will improve next year. [confident]

32.   Try to act ***, even if you feel nervous. [confident]

33.   We have to do what is right ***. [confident]

34.   I’m a bit ***. Was that her husband or her son she was with? [confuse]

35.   To avoid ***, the twins never wore the same clothes. [confuse]

36.   The instructions are terribly ***. Could you help me with them, please? [confuse]

37.   The children gave a *** account of what had happened. [confuse]

38.   The electricity company guarantees *** within 24 hours. [connect]

39.   Never try to mend a broken machine without *** it from the electricity supply. [connect]

40.   She ran back to the phone. The line was ***. [connect]

41.   People are needed who have experience in ***. [cook]

42.   Have I pronounced your name ***? [correct]

43.   He speaks with such *** (= care) that it sometimes sounds very formal. [correct]

44.   She was disappointed to see her essay returned with a mass of *** in red ink. [correct]

45.   It’s *** to address people by their first names at these formal events. [correct]

46.   It was ***of her to challenge the managing director’s decision. [courage]

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