English Rating: Prefixes and suffixes

English assessment, proposed to students from the first to third year of high school, with exercises on prefixes and suffixes.

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Prefixes and suffixes

1) In English the suffix –ity matches the suffix –ness in Portuguese. Look at the table below that shows the formation of nouns, then fill in the gaps.

english	Portuguese
Adjective	noun	Adjective	Substantive
cruel	cruelty	cruelty
curious	curious
possible	possibility	possibility
bottom	bottom	inferiority
higher	superiority	higher
serene	serenity	serene
humble	humility	humility
generous	generous

Text for questions 02 to 08

Wolves

Some people say there are two wolves inside each of us. There is a constant battle between those two wolves. And you decide the winner.

Tsali, an old chief of the Cherokees (the tribe of North American Indians who live in the Southwest of the United States), often walks along the stream near the village with his grandson. They do that almost every day. The old man knows a lot of stories full of adventure or wisdom and the boy loves to listen to them.

This morning Tsali decides to tell the boy about a battle that sometimes happens inside himself. The old man says, “This battle is between two wolves. One is evil: cruelty, hate, anger, envy, despair, greed, arrogance, guilt, lies, resentment, inferiority, superiority, and ego.

The old Indian stops for a moment and then says, “The other is good: joy, peace, love, hope, empathy, friendship, serenity, humility, kindness, generosity, truth, compassion, and faith…”

The boy is filled with curiosity. He looks at this grandfather and asks, “What happens then? Which wolf wins?”

Tsali just smiles and answers, “The one I feed.”

Marques, Amadeu, Inglês Série Brasil-page 17-18.Ed.Ática.

2) It is common to find many transparent words (transparent words), cognate, with form and meaning in English very similar to those in Portuguese, this facilitates the understanding of the text. Find 15 cognates in the text above:

3) List the words of opposite meanings.

a) friend hope

b) Winner love

c) Lies enemy

d) Greed serenity

e) Anger good

f) Despair outside

g) Hate loser

h) Cruelty truth

i) Inside kindness 

j) Evil generosity 

4) According to the text, who is Tsali?

a) ( )an old chief of the Cherokees.

b) ( ) the grandson of an old chief of the Cherokees.

c) ( ) the granddaughter of an old chief of the Cherokees.

5) What did Tsali often do?

a) ( ) walked with his grandson along the river near the village.

b) ( ) advised the tribe to be careful with the wolves that lived near the village.

6) What is the battle that takes place within ourselves, according to the text? Do you agree with this idea?

7) According to the text, which of the two wolves wins the battle?

8) Do you believe we can take a lesson from this text? Which?

By Rosiane Fernandes Silva – Graduated in Letters

At answers are in the link above the header.

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