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Word Building

Word Building. The Warehouse Madrid Advanced Class. Prefixes. Inter- Counter- Super- Over- Semi- Under- Pseudo-. Between In opposition to More than unusual Too much Partly Not enough Not real. Inter-. Interaction Interlocked Interdependent.

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Word Building

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  1. Word Building The Warehouse Madrid Advanced Class

  2. Prefixes • Inter- • Counter- • Super- • Over- • Semi- • Under- • Pseudo- • Between • In opposition to • More than unusual • Too much • Partly • Not enough • Not real

  3. Inter- • Interaction • Interlocked • Interdependent • Spain and Europe are interdependent. Europe needs Spain to be strong and Spain needs a Europe which helps it build its economy.

  4. Counter- • Counterbalance • Counter-attack • Counterproductive • Trying to study and watch TV at the same time is counterproductive. Usually, you end up watching TV instead of studying.

  5. Super- • Superwoman • Super-rich • Supermarket • The supermarket near our house isn’t that big, because it’s in the city.

  6. Over- • Overworked • Overhead • Overcome • Overall • Most Spaniards are overworked and underpaid.

  7. Semi- • Semi-famous • Semicircle • Semidetached • Most people in the U.S. don’t like semidetached houses unless they live downtown.

  8. Under- • Underpaid • Underfoot • Underground • The “L” is public transport in Chicago. It’s not a subway because it doesn’t go underground.

  9. Pseudo- • Pseudo-friendship • Pseudoscience • Astrology is a pseudoscience.

  10. Reflexive pronouns

  11. Reflexive Pronouns • When the subject and the object refer to the same thing • She’s teaching herself French.

  12. Themselves/each other • Some 5-year-olds hug themselves to self-comfort. • They hugged each other when they met for the first time.

  13. Reflexive Pronouns to add emphasis • I’ll do it myself. • I’ll fix my car myself. • We’ll drive ourselves to the airport.

  14. Like/as well as/ as (for) • Instead of the object pronouns, although these are possible. • More polite • Daniel, what makes people like yourself want to be an extra? • To emphasize a noun • I like the job itself, but… • To make it clear than an object after a preposition refers to the same person/thing as the subject of the verb • She read the script to herself. (instead of her)

  15. Reflexives • If it’s obvious that the object following a prepositions must refer to the subject we use an object pronoun. • I always take a laptop with me. (not myself)

  16. Reflexives • NOT usually with these verbs: • Feel • Meet • Concentrate • It’s a great opportunity to meet and have a chat. • I feel tired sometimes. • I concentrate a lot at work.

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