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All good things come to an end

- sung by Nelly Furtado

 


(Liens vérifiés le 10/08/2009)


 

 


Examples
- Listening -
Interactive exercises
- Exercises to print -
Songs
- Poems - Cartoons

 


Pages complémentaires :

Formation des mots - Phobies

 

Examples :

  • Using suffixes - PowerPoint Presentation
    Click on ENGLISH / Suffixes
    (Primary Resources)

  • Killers and Killing - with definitions
    "All of these words end in 'cide', from Latin caedere, to kill.
    However, some of them refer exclusively to the act of killing a specific thing (e.g. herbicide) while others can refer alternately to the act itself or
    to the person performing the act (e.g. homicide)."

    (phrontistery.info)

  • Fighting and Combat - with definitions
    "These words, all very obscure, refer to fighting, combat or conflict, whether actual or metaphorical, using the suffix "machy"
    (from the Greek mache, a fight)."

    (phrontistery.info)

 

  • phobo-, phob-, -phobia, -phobias, -phobe, -phobiac, -phobist, -phobic, -phobism, -phobous

    ablutophobia - with a funny illustration (COPYRIGHT)
    (wordinfo.info)

 

  • Medical Terminology : (ec.hku.hk)
    Prefixes / Suffixes / Medical word roots / Word part lists / Self assessment tasks / Pronunciation / Glossary, a search engine
  • Bingo Lists - Préfixes et sufixes - Mots en -able / Mots commençant par dis- / etc (cyberonic)
  • -phobia - From Wikipedia - with a list of words ending in -phobia

 

Listening :

  • Past simple - pronunciation - (British Council) - LIEN MODIFIE
    "At the top are 24 regular verbs in the past simple.
    Below are 3 boxes, each for a differently pronounced ending.
    Can you put the words in the right boxes?"
  • Past Simple Ending Pronunciation - (Isabel Perez)
    "Choose the correct pronunciation for each verb"

 

INTERACTIVE exercises :

 

  • WORD FORMATION EXERCISES (interactive) - (english-language.webpark)
    "Use the word at the end of each gap to form a new word with which to fill the gap.
    While doing this exercise, look for clues which tell you what kind of word is missing
    (adjective, noun, verb, adverb).
    Make sure to take into consideration forms using various prefixes and suffixes, as well as negative forms. Once you have decided on the correct form of the word, click on the arrow in the gap to check your answer."
  • Suffixes - "Find out the word made of the word under the picture and the suffix." (Ghislaine Wulles)

  • Spelling Quiz - Word Endings - (a4esl)
    "Make a choice by clicking on the radio button, then compare it with the correct answer hidden under the answer button."
  • Suffixes : Match words (Many Things)
    - Work - Worker (Verb to Noun/Occupation with the Suffix "-er")
    - Sail - Sailor (Verb to Noun/Occupation with the Suffix "-or")
    - Move - Movement (Verb to Noun with the Suffix "-ment")
    - Leisure - Leisurely (Noun to Adjective with the Suffix "-ly")
    - Aware - Awareness (Adjective to Noun with the Suffix "-ness")
    - Create - Creation (Verb to Noun with the Suffix "-tion")
    - Tempt - Temptation (Verb to Noun with the Suffix "-ation")
  • suffix -ing : interactive exercise ( + er, ed and est ) - (Teaching and Learning Resources)

Exercises TO PRINT :

 

  • Dominoes - a lesson plan
    Type of activity: Vocabulary. Group work.
    Aim: To practise noun formation.
    Task: To match suffixes to words to form nouns using dominoes.
    - with Teacher's Notes
    (insideout.net)

  • Adjective endings - (Isabel Perez)
    "The table ... contains words that have been chopped in half.
    Find the pieces that fit together and write them in the answer area ..."

 

Songs :

  • Like the way I do by Melissa Ethridge :
    "Does she stimulate you, attract and captivate you?
    Tell me does she miss you, existing just to kiss you like the way I do?
    Tell me does she want you, infatuate and haunt you
    Does she know just how to shock you, electrify and rock you
    Does she inject you, seduce you and affect you like the way I do?"
  • -al
    The Logical Song by Supertramp - avec activités :
    "Now watch what you say or they'll be calling you
    A radical, liberal, fanatical, criminal...
  • -er
    The Joker by Steve Miller :
    "I'm a picker
    I'm a grinner
    I'm a lover
    And I'm a sinner
    I play my music in the sun..."
  • -tion / -sion

    - 'Music' by Steven Seagal (lyrics on the CD : Songs from the Crystal Cave)
    "Desperation, abomination, disintegration, degradation
    Poverty, treachery...
    .. the music will set us free"


    - Love Profusion by Madonna :
    questions / solution / resurrection / confusion / profusion / vibration / direction / comprehension / isolation / destruction / celebration / intention
    with the
    VIDEO (You Tube)



 

Poems :

 

 

Cartoons :