ENGLISH NOUNS, VERBS, ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS


1.      Derive verbs from the following words (e.g. hard – harden):

hard, intense, fat, beauty, glory, length, pure, American, deep, false, sterile, memory, sympathy,
apology, legal, popular


2.      Make adjectives from the following words and use them in meaningful examples, e.g. dispose
– disposable nappies/diapers:

articulate, dispose, attract, use, protect, retire, amuse, avoid, collapse, pattern, shame, cloud,
accident, dream, humor, comfort, friend, fool


3.      Some adverbs which have the same form as their corresponding adjective have a different
meaning from the form ending in –ly. Use the following words in example sentences as ADVERBS:


clean

cleanly

direct

directly

hard                      e.g.: adv.: I have to work hard today.      X      (adj.: She’s had a
hard life.)

hardly                   e.g.: adv.: There’s hardly any tea left.

high

highly

loud

loudly

right

rightly

short

shortly

wrong

wrongly



4. Check the pronunciation of the words in the following two charts. Fill it in. Use the IPA (RP).

                                     NOUN

                                           VERB

                                                 NOUN

                                                       VERB

                                     house

                                           house

                                                 relief

                                                       relieve

                                     advice

                                           advice

                                                 belief

                                                       believe

                                     use

                                           use

                                                 mouth

                                                       mouth

                                     shelf

                                           shelve

                                                 teeth

                                                       teethe


                                   vowel change

                                               noun

                                                       verb

                                   e→i:

                                               breath

                                                       breathe

                                   ɪ → aɪ

                                               emphasis

                                                       emphasise

                                    ʌ → i:

                                               blood

                                                       bleed

                                   u → i:

                                               food

                                                       feed


Word

       Noun

           Verb

               Adj.

                   Adv.

                       Other parts of speech

back

       ✓

           ✓

               ✓

                   ✓

                       ✓

home

       ✓

           ✓

               ✓

                   ✓

                       x

silence

       ✓

           ✓

               x

                   x

                       ✓

round

       ✓

           ✓

               ✓

                   ✓

                       ✓

5. Explain and comment on the table. Give example sentences in which these words are used as
different parts of speech.









6. Explain the words in the table and find examples in context.


Word

                                                                  Meaning

to ape

to bottle

to chair

to elbow

to milk

to tip-toe

a divide

do's and don'ts


a must (conversion!)


the poor

the rich


7. Give 20 examples of conversion for Covid-19 pandemic borrowings in Czech (5 nouns, 5 verbs, 5
adjectives, and 5 adverbs) and use them in example sentences: