word formation: nouns and adjectives

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·1 a
1 be out of a job 2 4 go for an interview for
1 verb nonn adjective look for a job 3 a job
ignore ignorance ignorant apply for a job 5 get a job
signify significance significant
appear appearance apparent
please pleasure pleasant
confide confidence confident b
differ difference different 1 made redundant 2
obey obedience obedient resigned
depend dependence dependent* 3 sacked

note: dependant is a noun; your dependants are the

people you support financially, usually your
children.
'·:.a.study a career is not possible
2 opposite adjectives b earn a competition is not possible
intolerant impatient
3 you could ask the group as a whole if anyone knows
insignificant disobedient
the differences in meaning or yo u, could give
unpleasant independent

.jndifferent can also be formed, but this is not the

opposite of different.
adverbs are formed by adding -ly to the adjective, eg
impatiently, obediently. to work shifts - work for a set period (eg 12am to
3am) before workers replace you for the next set
period (eg 8am to 4pm)

use of englis!!l) word formation to work long hours - work for many hours each day
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6 appearance (n) 7 to work overtime - work supplementary hours for

1 pleasantly (adv)
2 significantly (adv)
3 disobedient (adj) 4
pleasure (n)
10 independence (n)
5 importance (n)
-'confidence (n) 8
• which you are paid extra
resistance (n)
to work flexitime - work with a flexible timetable:
9 apparently (adv)
within limits you decide when you start and when you
finish as long as you work the required total number
of hours each month

to work full-time - when you are contracted to work the

entire time appropriate to that job, eg 35 hours per
week (a full-time job)

.. to work part-time - when you are contracted to work

..;,. fewer hours than the entire time appropriate eg 21
hours per week (a part-time job)