Use of English/Word Families

Word Family "act"

Wörter aus den selben Wortfamilien sind einfach zu behalten oder zu erschließen, da sie ja alle einen gemeinsamen Wortstamm haben.

Gerade im Englischen kann man aus Adjektiven wie "empty" und Nomen wie "bottle" Verben wie "to empty" (etw. ausleeren) und "to bottle" (etw. abfüllen) bilden.

Interessanter wird es, wennn man Verben mit Endungen wie "-y, "-ive" und "-ual" in Adjective, mit "-ion", "-or" oder "-ivist" in Nomen umwandeln kann.

Hier gibt es eine ausführliche Liste mit vielen Wörtern: Word Families/Overview

Interactive exercises

You've got the choice!

Wortfamilie "choose"

Use drag and drop to find the right words of the same family!

ACTIVE		This is a fun activity ! You must look at the green words below.
CHOSE		and choose the best one. Take care and look again whether
CHOOSE		you have chosen the correct form. If you do these exercises
IMPROVEMENT		every day, you'll improve your knowledge more and more.
TO ADVISE		I think this is a good piece of advice .
PRACTICAL		An English proverb says "Practice makes perfect!"
CHOOSE		You have the choice to get better grades.

The COMPLAINT

Find words of the same family. Take care of the forms!

COMPLAIN		A common complaint() about young people says they wouldn't write letters anymore.
STUDENT		Recent studies() ,however, show that they still stay in contact with their peers.
USUALLY		Nowadays they use() personal computers and mobile phones to send electronic letters.
TEXT		If you write on your mobile you are texting() messages. Usually they don't cost anything
SIGNAL		but they can't be longer than 180 signs().

COMPLAIN		A common complaint() about young people says they wouldn't write letters anymore.
STUDENT		Recent studies() ,however, show that they still stay in contact with their peers.
USUALLY		Nowadays they use() personal computers and mobile phones to send electronic letters.
TEXT		If you write on your mobile you are texting() messages. Usually they don't cost anything
SIGNAL		but they can't be longer than 180 signs().

English literature

Find words of the same family. Take care of the forms!

WRITE		Shakespeare is one of the world's most famous writers(). He has written many plays,
POETRY		over 150 sonnets and also several poems(). In 1719 Daniel Defoe wrote the
NOVELIST		famous novel() "Robinson" where a man spends 28 years alone on a desolate island.
MOVE		The storyline has been used in hundreds of books and movies(), like Castaway (1994).
SET		In this movie Tom Hanks' plane crashes into the sea. The setting() is similar to Robinson
FRIENDLY		but instead of meeting a native he forms an unusual friendship() with a ball called "Wilson".
SUCCESS		In the end he succeeds() in building a raft and getting back to the USA. (present tense)
UNTHINKABLE		When he came home the modern Robinson thought() of writing an autobiography.

WRITE		Shakespeare is one of the world's most famous writers(). He has written many plays,
POETRY		over 150 sonnets and also several poems(). In 1719 Daniel Defoe wrote the
NOVELIST		famous novel() "Robinson" where a man spends 28 years alone on a desolate island.
MOVE		The storyline has been used in hundreds of books and movies(), like Castaway (1994).
SET		In this movie Tom Hanks' plane crashes into the sea. The setting() is similar to Robinson
FRIENDLY		but instead of meeting a native he forms an unusual friendship() with a ball called "Wilson".
SUCCESS		In the end he succeeds() in building a raft and getting back to the USA. (present tense)
UNTHINKABLE		When he came home the modern Robinson thought() of writing an autobiography.

Being ACTIVE - ACTION sports, ACTING and other ACTIVITIES

Wortfamilie "act"

ACTIVE		Have you already activated () your new facebook account?
ACTIVE		If you do so, you can take part in many activities ().
ACTIVE		Some social networks are quite dead, but this is full of action()!
ACTIVE		Most people don't react() to my posts, but I hope you do!
ACTIVE		Arnold Schwarzenegger was a famous actor() who played in many movies.

Have you already activated () your new facebook account? If you do so, you can take part in many activities (). Some social networks are quite dead, but this is full of action()! Most people don't react() to my posts, but I hope you do! Arnold Schwarzenegger was a famous actor() who played in many movies.

Use of English

• Vocabulary
  1. Synonyms and Opposites
  2. Definitions
  3. Word Families
• Structures
  1. Error Spotting
  2. Mixed Grammar
  3. Keyword Transformation

See also / siehe auch

• Word Families/Overview (ausführliche Tabelle mit vielen Wörtern)
• Australia/Planning a Holiday
• Civil Rights Movement/Malcolm X
• Civil Rights Movement/Martin Luther King
• Shakespeare/The Globe Theatre

Weblinks

• parapal.online.co.uk
• englishcorner.vacau.com
• Englisch-hilfen.de
• 1000 word families.pdf