Complete these statements with different highlighted expressions from 18a and your own advice about managing money. 1 It’s important to … 3 It’s difficult to … 2 It’s a bad idea to … 4 It’s easy to … Talk about your sentences together. Do you agree with each other? Example: It’s important to put money aside so that you can afford little extras. You’re going to write a blog post for www.usefultips.com and explain about: ■■ keeping fit. ■■ finding jobs. ■■ taking care of a pet. ■■ finding bargains in shops. ■■ using social media. ■■ … First, think about the language you need to: 1 give advice 2 give reasons for your advice Now write your blog post (around 200 words). In class, talk about your blog posts. Whose advice do you think is the most useful? c d Writing 19 a b c d Independent learning: Guessing what words mean (prefixes and suffixes) If you are not sure what a word means, you can either consult a dictionary or try and guess what it means. One option is to work out the meaning of the word from its context. Another one is to look at parts of the word itself, like prefixes or suffixes, which will give you part of the meaning of the word. Do you remember how the addition of a suffix to a word can change it? What do you think happens if a prefix is added to a word? Keynesianism was replaced by neoliberalism. Example: The suffix -ism shows that the words are nouns. The prefix neo- means new. So it’s a new kind of liberalism. Scan the text about the world economy on p. 65 and write down all the words with the following prefixes. Can you guess the meaning of the prefixes? de-: re-: , post-: un-: , , , A prefix is a letter or group of letters added to the front of a word. The addition of a prefix usually gives an additional or different meaning to the word. Complete the list of prefixes with the meanings below. anti-: re-: ex-: de-: post-: pre-: extra-: un-: 20 a b c after or later than again before or earlier than to take something away outside of or in addition to opposed to, against from before not or the opposite of opposed to, against 63 Language skills Extras Explore 5 Money matters Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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