Unit 14: Extreme sports
Past perfect continuous
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- 1 Pop-ups
- 2 Hidden talents
- 3 Can't buy me love
- 4 Travellers' tales
- 5 The colleague from hell
- 6 Jurassic mystery: unpacking the past
- 7 Career changes
- 8 Art
- 9 Project management
- 10 The dog ate my homework!
- 11 The diary of a double agent
- 12 Fashion forward
- 13 Flat pack skyscrapers
- 14 Extreme sports
- 15 Food fads
- 16 Me, my selfie and I
- 17 Endangered animals
- 18 A nip and a tuck: cosmetic surgery
- 19 I'm really sorry...
- 20 Telling stories
- 21 Fakes and phrasals
- 22 Looking to the future
- 23 Becoming familiar with things
- 24 From rags to riches
- 25 Against the odds
- 26 Our future on Mars?
- 27 Where is it illegal to get a fish drunk?
- 28 Dodgy dating
- 29 Annoying advice
- 30 I'll have been studying English for thirty weeks
Session 1
Does learning English bring you enjoyment and excitement? Learn a few suffixes to boost your vocabulary!
Activity 2
Know your suffixes?
Singing suffixes
In 6 Minute Vocabulary we learned about the suffixes -ence, -ance and -ment, and how we use them to make nouns from verbs and adjectives.
In this activity we're going to test how well you learned the words from the programme. In the next activity we're going to see if you can use your knowledge of these suffixes to work out the meanings of some words you might not know already - a great way to build vocabulary.
Read the text and complete the activity
To do
So, first we need your help to tell a story. This time we're going to meet a young singer by the name of Sayla Twift.
Fill in the gaps in the sentences using your knowledge of suffixes.
Sayla Twift sings!
6 Questions
Use your knowledge of suffixes and parts of speech to fill the gaps. Remember, the suffixes -ance, -ence and -ment make words into nouns.
Help
Activity
Use your knowledge of suffixes and parts of speech to fill the gaps. Remember, the suffixes -ance, -ence and -ment make words into nouns.
Hint
You need a noun here.Question 1 of 6
Help
Activity
Use your knowledge of suffixes and parts of speech to fill the gaps. Remember, the suffixes -ance, -ence and -ment make words into nouns.
Hint
This one needs a gerund, not a noun.Question 2 of 6
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Activity
Use your knowledge of suffixes and parts of speech to fill the gaps. Remember, the suffixes -ance, -ence and -ment make words into nouns.
Hint
You need a noun in the first gap...Question 3 of 6
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Activity
Use your knowledge of suffixes and parts of speech to fill the gaps. Remember, the suffixes -ance, -ence and -ment make words into nouns.
Hint
This one looks like it's describing her, so you need an adjective.Question 4 of 6
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Activity
Use your knowledge of suffixes and parts of speech to fill the gaps. Remember, the suffixes -ance, -ence and -ment make words into nouns.
Hint
You need a plural noun.Question 5 of 6
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Activity
Use your knowledge of suffixes and parts of speech to fill the gaps. Remember, the suffixes -ance, -ence and -ment make words into nouns.
Hint
You need one noun, and one past simple verb.Question 6 of 6
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Next
We hope that activity has given you some useful experience of using these suffixes. In the next activity we'll look at some patterns that can give you even more confidence!
Session Vocabulary
Nouns ending in –ment:
enjoyment
replacement
announcement
disappointment
excitementNouns ending in –ence:
absence
confidence
independence
patience
difference
silenceNouns ending in –ance:
performance
guidance
insurance
assistance
dominance