1、学优中考网（）每天发布最有价值的中考资料！第 1 页 共 3 页Period 4 Vocabulary(Suffixes -ment, -ness and-ion)Teaching goals To develop an understanding of suffixes To use proper verbs and adjectives in contextTeaching proceduresStep 1 Having a revision To begin with, answer my questions about Reading:What kind of people go to
2、 ORBIS for help? (Blind and poor people.)Can most cases of blindness be cured or prevented? (Yes.)What do ORBIS doctors do? (They treat many patients.)Do the patients need to pay for the treatment? (No.)How do ORBIS doctors treat them? (They operate on them.=They perform operations on them.)What is
3、the relationship between “blind” and “blindness, “treat” and “treatment”, “operate” and “operation”? We can form nouns by adding suffixes -ment, -ness, or -ion to some verbs and adjectives. Sometimes we need to change the ending of the verb or adjective before we add the suffix.happy-y+i+ness=happin
4、esscelebrate-e+ion=celebrationinvite-e+ation=invitationWhat is a suffix?A suffix is a word ending. It is a group of letters you can add to the end of a root word* e.g. walking, helpful *A root word stands on its own as a word, but you can make new words from it by adding beginnings (prefixes) and en
5、dings (suffixes).For example, comfort is a root word. By adding the prefix dis and the 学优中考网（）每天发布最有价值的中考资料！第 2 页 共 3 页suffix able you can make new words such as discomfort and comfortable.Adding suffixes to words can change or add to their meaning, but most importantly they show how a word will be
6、used in a sentence and what part of speech (e.g. noun, verb, adjective) the word belongs to.e.g. If you want to use the root word talk in the following sentence:I was (talk) to Samina. You need to add the suffix ing so that the word talk makes better sense grammatically:“I was talking to Samina“. Th
7、ere are various suffixes we use. Probably the most common are ed and ing.Here are some other suffixes and examples.Step 2 Finishing off Part AGo to page 82 to help Daniel to change verbs and adjectives into nouns, checking the answers with your partner. Think of more examples if you can.Step 3 Finis
8、hing off Part BFill in the blanks in Part B on page 82. Then read the e-mail aloud.Step 4 Doing additional exercises用括号中所给词的适当形式填空1. The children in poor countries have to _ empty bottles to earn money. Last term our school made a _ for children in poor areas. (collect)2. He could not pay his rent,
9、so he had to _ out. There was too much _ of cars on the city roads. (move)3. Old people live a _ life in our country. Its a great _ for us to welcome you here. (happy)4. The teacher always _ her students as her children. The new _ for blindness makes some patients see again. (treat)5. Traveling by c
10、oach makes us feel _ all the way. There isnt much _ here this year. (sick)(Keys: collect, collection; move, movement; happy, happiness; teats, treatment; 学优中考网（）每天发布最有价值的中考资料！第 3 页 共 3 页sick, sickness )Step 5 Homeworka. Read and learn these suffixes heart. Suffix Example Suffix Exampleed walk + ed =
11、 walked ness happy + ness = happinessing say + ing = saying al accident + al = accidentaler tall + er = taller ary imagine + ary = imaginarytion educate + tion = educationable accept + able = acceptablesion divide + sion = division ly love + ly = lovelycian music + cian = musician ment excite + ment = excitementfully hope + fully = hopefully ful help + ful + helpfulest large + est = largest y ease + y = easyb. Finish off the exercises in the Evaluation Handbook.
