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ANGLO AMERICAN SCHOOL ENGLISH DEPARTMENT WORKSHOP ON WORD FORMATION 8TH GRADE

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1. Read the following article and complete the chart using some words that you will find in the text. The ones, that you do not find in the there, try to figure them out or use online resources. If there is a “x” in a gap, that word does not exist. HOW TO FIND A PARTNER So you want to find a partner? Well, sincerity is the best policy – be yourself. And if you meet someone who resembles you, physically or mentally, then all the better. ´Simply put, opposites don’t attract, but similar types do, ´ says Dr. Robin Russell of London University, who has spent a decade studying patterns of attraction. ´On average, the more similar you are to your partner in every way, from personality and attitudes to appearance and obscure physiological factors like elbow shape, the more you’re likely to get on. ´ There are numbers of theories why. Early life might programme you to seek partners who resemble your parents – and by extension resemble you. Or possibly you make a random choice, but within your social environment there’s a more than reasonable chance you will choose people who resemble you than not. VERB X X Attract Appear X Extend X Choose X Reason

ADJECTIVE Sincere Mental Attractive X Personal

ADVERB Sincerely Mentally Attractively X Personally Extensively Possibly X

NOUN Sincerity X Attraction Appearance Person-Personality

Society Reason

2. Read this text. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line. Job Interviews Most people ___________ rather nervous when they go for an interview for a new job. This is not _____________ as getting a job one wants is important. People being interviewed expect the interviewers to be objective, matching an applicant against a job ____________. However, what often happens in reality is that the interviewers make decisions that are little more than reactions to the ____________ of the applicant.

FEELING SURPRISE

Even skilled interviewers may, without realising it, consciously _____________ people who make them feel at ease. With this in mind, if you go for an interview you should try to make a good _______________ from the start by presenting the interviewers with the very best version of yourself, emphasising the variety of skills you have. You must ____________ very positive and as enthusiastic as _________________. It is for you to convince the interviewers that you are definitely the most suitable ______________ for the job.

FAVOURABLY

DESCRIBE PERSON

IMPRESS APPEARANCE POSSIBLY PERSONAL