Target Vocabulary 2

Section Five: Word-building

Prefixes 1

dishonest irresponsible disadvantage informal rewrite incorrect misprint independent disagree dislike

óheiðarlegur óábyrgur ókostur óformlegur endurskrifa vitlaust prentvilla sjálfstæður vera ósammála líka ekki við e-ð

Prefixes 1

1. dishonest2. irresponsible3. disadvantage4. informal5. rewrite6. incorrect7. misprint8. independent9. disagree10. dislike

Prefixes 2

impatient unfriendly illegal uncertain non-violence impossible untrue uncomfortable impolite unemployed

óþolinmóður óvingjarnlegur ólöglegur óákveðin ekki ofbeldisfullur ómögulegt ósatt óþægilegt ókurteis atvinnulaus

Prefixes 2

1. impatient2. unfriendly3. illegal4. uncertain5. non-violence6. impossible7. untrue8. uncomfortable9. impolite10. unemployed

Follow up

dis- appear loyal obey satisfied ir- regular relevant

il- literate logical mis- behave treat understand

Follow up

im- mature moral non- fiction smoker

in- complete consistent expensive experienced human un- common expected fortunately happy lucky

Suffixes: Changing words into nouns for people

librarian survivor owner artist director writer politician guitarist terrorist collector electrician manager

bókasafnsvörður sá sem lifir af eigandi listamaður leikstjóri rithöfundur stjórnmálamaður gítarleikari hryðjuverkamaður safnari rafvirki framkvæmdastjóri

Suffixes: Changing words into nouns for people

1. librarian2. survivor3. owner4. artist5. director6. writer

7. politician8. guitarist9. terrorist10. collector11. electrician12. manager

SuffixesChanging words into adjectives 1

1. frightening2. windy3. careful4. homeless5. angry6. healthy

7. useless8. doubtful9. boring10. painless11. exciting12. beautiful

SuffixesChanging words into adjectives 2

1. dangerous2. optimistic3. central4. creative5. reliable6. accidental

7. comfortable8. famous9. artistic10. musical11. courageous12. attractive

SuffixesChanging words into nouns 1

1. difficulty2. intelligence3. trial4. apology5. importance6. refusal

7. arrival8. discovery9. absence10. performance11. difference12. insurance

SuffixesChanging words into nouns 2

1. election2. pronunciation3. invention4. mileage5. suggestion6. Education

7. marriage8. discussion9. explosion10. invitation11. description12. postage

SuffixesChanging words into nouns 3

1. disappointment2. sadness3. advertisment4. weakness5. equality6. arrangement

7. activity8. treatment9. government10. darkness11. popularity12. illness

Changing words into nouns 4

1. knowledge2. signature3. depth4. loss5. strength6. choice

7. heat8. height9. anger10. death11. length12. flight

Changing nouns into adjectives

1. ambitious2. cloudy3. daily4. helpful5. hungry6. legal/illegal7. lucky8. medical9. mountainous10. mysterious

11. national12. poisonous13. professional14. reasonable15. sensible16. southern17. successful18. sympathetic19. tasteless20. useful

Changing adjectives into nouns

1. ability 2. beauty3. boredom4. distance5. ease6. envy7. fame8. freedom9. friendship10. gratitude

11. happiness12. health13. horror14. poverty15. pride16. reality17. shortage18. thirst19. truth20. value

Changing verbs into nouns

1. appearance2. behaviour3. belief4. comparison5. competition6. decision7. departure8. destruction9. entertainment10. information

11. meeting12. painting13. permission14. pleasure15. proof16. robbery17. service18. speech19. translation20. weight

Nouns form phrasal verbs

1. f2. j3. e4. h5. a6. i7. d8. b9. g10. c

1. downpour2. write-off3. breakdown4. write-up5. drawback6. break-up7. output8. check-up9. break-in10. hold-up