IELTS Speaking Course: Lesson 8 - Word Formation
Hi everyone! For the final lesson of this course we will return to working on lexical resource. Just like the previous lesson in which we were using gerund and infinitive forms to create more complex sentences, in this lesson we will be looking at creating more formal vocabulary through the use of affixes. Watch the video below to find out more.
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In the video, I mentioned a 'hereditary condition' being something you inherit from your parents. By 'condition', I mean a medical condition that others in your family maybe have as well. An idiom for 'hereditary' is the verb phrase 'to run in the family', as seen in lesson 5.