Lesson 87: Unit 140 - Compound And Derivative Nouns. Reading And Recognizing.

About this lesson

In this lesson you will learn how two important types of nouns are formed and recognised in English. Compound nouns are formed from two or more words, for example “fingerprint” or “tablecloth”. Derivative nouns are formed from a root + suffix, for example “science → scientist” or “govern → government”. You will read three authentic texts and look for these words in context. Practising with real texts will strengthen your vocabulary and teach you to recognise word formation quickly and confidently.

40 minutes

What you'll learn

• Understand the difference between compound and derivative nouns.
• Recognise compound nouns in a text (e.g. 'fingerprint', 'tablecloth').
• Recognise derivative nouns and the root word they are formed from.
• Identify the most common suffixes: -tion, -ment, -ist, -ion, -ation.
• Read and understand authentic texts at A2 level.
• Use what you have learnt in reading and recognition exercises.

Lesson vocabulary

• fingertip The ridges of his fingertips formed certain patterns.
• fingerprint The Chinese used fingerprints for hundreds of years.
• crime detection In crime detection, speed is often very important.
• criminal The value of fingerprints in detecting criminals was realized by science.
• scientist Sir Francis Galton was a noted English scientist.
• collection He was the first one to set up a collection of fingerprint records.
• government The British Government became interested in his theories.
• identification They studied the area of using a fingerprint system in the identification of criminals.
• participant One of the participants in this research project was Sir Edward Henry.
• warfare Millions of their people died of warfare and starvation.
• starvation Their people died of warfare, starvation, and slavery.
• isolation Their isolation was without parallel.
• existence No hint of their existence had reached Europe or Asia.
• tablecloth First, I spread the table-cloth.
• sideboard I take out of the drawer in the sideboard all the cutlery.

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