Word formation and vocabulary building practice

Exercise 5. Make up words with the help of “derivational trees”. Point out classes to which they belong (N, V, Adj, Adv). Translate into Russian in writing the following sentences containing parts of the “derivational trees”. Consult the list of the Russian equivalents of the underlined words.

profit	speculate
-able -ability -eer   -ly -ing	-or -tion -ative   -ly

1. I profited by your advice and help.

2. She has certainly profited from spending a year at college.

3. The company hopes to return to profitability this year.

4. It’s a very profitable business.

5. The police have caught a few black market profiteers.

6. He was arrested for profiteering.

7. We sold our house at a profit.

8. I made a handsome profit from the sale of my car.

9. We don’t know all the circumstances, so it would be pointless

to speculate on what happened.

10. He’d been speculating in shares and lost a lot of money.

11. His remarks have led to intensive speculation about the

possibility of tax cuts.

12. Speculation on the Exchange is a regular practice.

13. There’s some speculation that the President already knew about the

scandal.

14. Property speculators usually make a lot of money.

15. I can’t tell you exactly what happened. What I am telling you is

a speculative guess.

воспользоваться, рентабельность, прибыльный, спекулянт, пойти на пользу, выгодный, спекулирование, спекуляция, прибыль, доход, спекулировать, польза, выгода, получать прибыль;

размышлять, гипотеза, размышление, раздумывать, обдумывание, догадка, гипотетическое допущение, предположение.