After You Listen

Vocabulary – Strategy 1: Recognizing Cognates, or Word Families

Many words belong to groups we can call word families (see Chapter 1). By adding suffixes or prefixes, or changing the spelling slightly, words can change grammatical roles between adjectives, adverbs, nouns, or verbs.

Select the best answer to complete each sentence below.

1.

A long, hot meeting is likely to be and uncomfortable for most people.

  1. convenient
  2. inconvenient
  3. convenience

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2.

City people enjoy the of living near several supermarkets

  1. convenient
  2. inconvenient
  3. convenience

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3.

The of Aboriginal communities are greatly respected

  1. elders
  2. eldest
  3. elderly

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4.

In many traditions, children don’t call people by their first names.

  1. elders
  2. eldest
  3. elderly

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5.

An angry neighbour might most of his community with his bad temper.

  1. alienate
  2. alien
  3. alienating

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6.

Claire doesn’t always fit in with the country community. She feels like an .

  1. alienate
  2. alien
  3. alienating

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