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Suffixes
Suffixes are added at the end of a word and form a new word. Use the following suffixes to change the words in brackets and fill in the sentences.
- ful; -ion; -less; -ity; -ists; -ment; -al; -ation
a) I hate plastic. I try to buy things made of ____ (nature) materials.
b) The discovery of ______ (electric) changed the way we live.
c) _______ (technology) believe that we can achieve anything if we try.
d) The babysitter's club is an _______ (organize) which finds jobs for teenagers.
Possessive Form of Nouns
The possessive form is used with nouns referring to people, groups of people, countries and animals.
Susan owns a book. ('Susan' is the possessor or owner)
It is Susan´s book.
Germany has some a lot of forests. ('Europe' is the owner)
They are Germany's forests.
Possessive forms can also express other relationships:
Susan works in a book shop. This is Susan´s book shop.
Susan lives in this house. It is Susan´s house.
Some and Any
Please choose the right word to complete these phrases.
a) Did you make __________ (some/any) interesting contacts at the conference?
b) I stayed home yesterday. Did you go ____________ (somewhere/anywhere)?
c) May I offer you ________________ (something/anything) to drink?
Constructing nouns
Ziel dieser Übung ist die Umformung von Verben/Adjektiven zu Nomen. Bitte vervollständigen Sie die Sätze, indem Sie das eingeklammerte Wort in ein Substantiv umformen.
1.) Many companies questioned the _______________ of the energy programme. (sustainable)
2.) What´s the economic ___________ for 2014? (forecast)
3.) There´s a job __________ at the Berlin office. Are you interested? (open)
4.) The new colleague will be fine; he just needs a little bit more ____________. (encourage)
5.) Have you found a _________ for Susan yet? (replace)
6.) The company didn´t make a profit last year; in fact, it made a huge ________. (lose)
Possessivpronomen (possessive adjectives)
Possessivpronomen geben Auskunft über den Besitz. Im Englischen gibt es folgende Possessivpronomen:
| Englisch | Deutsch |
| my | mein/meine |
| your | dein/deine - Ihr/Ihre |
| his | sein/seine |
| her | ihr/ihre |
| its | sein/seine/ihr/ihre |
| our | unser/unsere |
| your | euer/eure |
| their | ihr/ihre |