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Unit 7: Career changes
Past perfect tense

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  1. 1 Pop-ups
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  10. 10 The dog ate my homework!
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  15. 15 Food fads
  16. 16 Me, my selfie and I
  17. 17 Endangered animals
  18. 18 A nip and a tuck: cosmetic surgery
  19. 19 I'm really sorry...
  20. 20 Telling stories
  21. 21 Fakes and phrasals
  22. 22 Looking to the future
  23. 23 Becoming familiar with things
  24. 24 From rags to riches
  25. 25 Against the odds
  26. 26 Our future on Mars?
  27. 27 Where is it illegal to get a fish drunk?
  28. 28 Dodgy dating
  29. 29 Annoying advice
  30. 30 I'll have been studying English for thirty weeks

Session 1

What's the difference between smokeless and smoke-free? These are the two suffixes we're exploring in this session. Join us for 6 Minute Vocabulary and lots of practice activities

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Activity 2

Careless?

Or carefree?

Which one are you? Of course, it's possible to be both at once!

In this activity, we're going to test your knowledge of the words that have these suffixes. Sometimes a word can have either -free or -less, but be careful because this can change the meaning, as in careless and carefree.

One hint to help you is that for places where something is not allowed, we usually use -free.

Barreeffama kana dubbisii shakala kana xumuri

To do

Choose the correct words to complete these sentences. In some of them, you will see the option of a -ful suffix, which is the opposite of -less.

Less or free?

6 Questions

Finish the sentences with the correct words

Baga gammadde! Qormaata xumurteetta
Excellent! Great job! Carraa badaa! Qabxii argatte:
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Next

Well done. Was that a stress-free experience, or did you make some careless mistakes? Next we're going to revise a few more suffixes:

Session Vocabulary

  • Suffixes

    These three suffixes can be added to nouns to turn them into adjectives

    -less = 'without' the noun before

    worthless (not having worth), tasteless (having no taste)

    -free = 1) 'without' the noun before 2) can mean the noun before is 'not allowed' in an area

    pollution-free (having no pollution), car-free (describes an area where cars are not allowed)

    -ful = with a lot of the noun before

    powerful (having lots of power)

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Wiirtuu gadi-buufatan

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