5.2 Learning new listening skills Choosing the best form for notes A
Reviewing vocabulary 1. Read Skills Check 1.
2. How can you complete each word below to make an adjective? a. linguist b. biolog c. cultur d. amaz e. exot f. centr g. ethnocentr h. civiliz i. norm j. accept k. religi
3. g5.3 Listen and check your answers. 4. Where is the stressed syllable in each adjective?
Skills Check 1 Adjective endings
As you know, you often cannot tell the part of speech in English from the ending of a word. However, there are some common endings for adjectives.
astonish-
autobiograph- care-
communicat- consider- cub-
enorm- hope-
imposs- norm- reli-
stress-
ing ical ful ive ate ic
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Listen for the endings to help you understand the sentence.
Vocabulary box
adolescent (n) anthropologist (n) cultural diversity culture (n)
an impossible shape
[= civilized people] ethnocentric (adj) friendship (adj) human being sacrifice (n) [= killing]
