viernes, 8 de noviembre de 2013

Tips for job interviews

Buenos días!! 
Hoy os dejo un enlace para practicar vuestro inglés, tengáis o no entrevistas de trabajo es muy interesante.
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https://www.facebook.com/CambridgeEnglish/posts/575680249157927

martes, 5 de noviembre de 2013

Most common english pefixes

Affixes and roots

Adding affixes to existing words (the base or root) to form new words is common in academic English. Prefixes are added to the front of the base (like right arrow dislike), whereas suffixes are added to the end of the base (active right arrow activate). Prefixes usually do not change the class of the base word, but suffixes usually do change the class of the word.

The most common prefixes used to form new verbs in academic English are: re-, dis-, over-, un-, mis-, out-. The most common suffixes are: -ise, -en, -ate, -(i)fy. By far the most common affix in academic English is -ise.

Verbs

e.g. prefix + verb right arrow verb

PrefixMeaningExamples
re-again or backrestructure, revisit, reappear, rebuild, refinance
dis-reverses the meaning of the verbdisappear, disallow, disarm, disconnect, discontinue
over-too muchoverbook, oversleep, overwork
un-reverses the meaning of the verbunbend, uncouple, unfasten
mis-badly or wronglymislead, misinform, misidentify
out-more or better than othersoutperform, outbid
be-make or causebefriend, belittle
co-togetherco-exist, co-operate, co-own
de-do the opposite ofdevalue, deselect
fore-earlier, beforeforeclose, foresee
inter-betweeninteract, intermix, interface
pre-beforepre-expose, prejudge, pretest
sub-under/belowsubcontract, subdivide
trans-across, overtransform, transcribe, transplant
under-not enoughunderfund, undersell, undervalue, underdevelop