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Words in action
1 Fun with words and countries a) Find as many words for your table as you can to describe the countries
cities
culture
traditions
geography symbols
people
hobbies
b) If you want to add more categories, you are welcome.
2 Word formation Some words can be verbs and nouns. If you already know one form of the word, you can understand the other forms. a) Write the sentences where you use nouns as verbs. Example: That was a smell of a real Australian barbeque. I smelled a real Australian barbeque. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
I had a visit from my brother. There was a change in his voice at age 13. She felt the touch of snowflakes on her face. He did not like the sound of their composition. You can observe the travels of the planets around the sun.
b) Write the sentences where these words are used as verbs and nouns. force, wonder, accent, dress, break, practice, control.
3 Be an editor! Read the e-mail below. In every sentence, there is an extra word. Underline this word. Women are in an integral part of today’s society. They have a an active social life. They participate in at various social and cultural functions. A woman today is no longer lags behind the man in the most occupations. She plays the games of football, of cricket, and hockey. She draws the attention of to the world as an athlete. The women can no more be kept in behind the curtains doing only domestic duties. Our society is what accepting the wider participation of women. They are working as if pilots; and they are even holding the helm of a country’s administration. The women now work in offices both together as clerks and as officers. They participate at Assemblies and Parliaments as than the people’s representatives. Women, with her intelligence and personality, protect the family from out disruptions and disintegration.
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