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Darkmaster Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
Help, words confusion
They made me confused:
Supply the correct word form:
1> A(n) ............ of food poisoning led to the death of five people. ( BREAK)
2> India's population now ........... that of Africa. ( PASS )
3> She's ................... all her school clothes. ( GROWTH )
4> The Concord was a type of ................. airplane. ( SOUND )
5> She ................... her husband by two years. ( LIFE )
6> With a .................. effort, Bill managed to control his temper. ( HUMAN)
7> He decided to do the job because the possible benefits ............... the risks involved.
( WEIGHT )
8> Scientists still cannot explain some ................. phenomena. ( NATURE )
I can't even have an idea what words I must use. I think (1) is "breakfast", (4) is " sonic", and (8) is "unnatural", but I am not sure.
They are too difficult to me, please help, thanks.
Kind regards,
Khai Minh
Supply the correct word form:
1> A(n) ............ of food poisoning led to the death of five people. ( BREAK)
2> India's population now ........... that of Africa. ( PASS )
3> She's ................... all her school clothes. ( GROWTH )
4> The Concord was a type of ................. airplane. ( SOUND )
5> She ................... her husband by two years. ( LIFE )
6> With a .................. effort, Bill managed to control his temper. ( HUMAN)
7> He decided to do the job because the possible benefits ............... the risks involved.
( WEIGHT )
8> Scientists still cannot explain some ................. phenomena. ( NATURE )
I can't even have an idea what words I must use. I think (1) is "breakfast", (4) is " sonic", and (8) is "unnatural", but I am not sure.
They are too difficult to me, please help, thanks.
Kind regards,
Khai Minh
Top answer
Okay, you were on the right track with number 8, I think the initial root word needs to be complemented with a prefix like this : Darkmaster They made me confused: Supply the correct word form: 1> A(n) OUTBREAK of food poisoning led to the death of five people. ( BREAK) 2> India's population now SURPASSES that of Africa. ( PASS ) 3> She's OUTGROWING all her school clothes.
- Okay, you were on the right track with number 8, I think the initial root word needs to be complemented with a prefix like this : Darkmaster They made me confused: Supply the correct word form: 1> A(n) OUTBREAK of food poisoning led to the death of five people.
- ( BREAK) 2> India's population now SURPASSES that of Africa.
- ( PASS ) 3> She's OUTGROWING all her school clothes.
- ( GROWTH ) 4> The Concord was a type of SUPERSONIC airplane.
- ( SOUND ) 5> She OUTLIVED her husband by two years.
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Okay, you were on the right track with number 8, I think the initial root word needs to be complemented with a prefix like this :
DarkmasterThey made me confused: Supply the correct word form:
1> A(n) OUTBREAK of food poisoning led to the death of five people. ( BREAK)
2> India's population now SURPASSES that of Africa. ( PASS )
3> She's OUTGROWING a
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I think "superhuman" is what you're looking for. 
There's an other possibility for 3.: "She's outgrown etc"
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There's an other possibility for 3.: "She's outgrown etc"
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PieAnne,
Yes SUPER is definitely what it is... and what you are...
How come I didn't think of it...
Waïti.
Yes SUPER is definitely what it is... and what you are...
How come I didn't think of it...
Waïti.
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This is an exercise in the use of prefixes that mean something like "more than", which are "out-", "super-", and "sur-". "sur-" is used in the second example. All the rest use either "out-" (outbreak, outgrown, outlived, outweigh) or "super-" (supersonic, superhuman, supernatural).
CJ
CJ
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