Gateway 2 unit 4 : Women and power

Gateway 2  unit 4 : Women and power

Vocabulary related to the unit

• Stereotype: an exaggerated or wrong image of the characteristics of a particular group .
• Violence: actions or words which are intended to hurt people .
• Feminism: a movement which claims to advocate the right of women .
• Self-confidence: a belief in one’s own abilities and skills.
• International women’s day: an occasion celebrated by women’s groups around the world on March 8th.
• Emancipation: freeing someone socially and politically.
• Polygamy: having more than one spouse/wife.
• Gender: male or female.

Prefixes and suffixes

1. Prefixes
A prefix is a group of letters at the beginning of a word which changes the word’s meaning.
Example: dis – pre – contr – anti – re – post – out – co – mis
Disappear – prehistoric – antibiotic – re-elect – post-war – outnumbered – co-exist – misunderstand
2. Suffixes
A suffix is a group of letters at the end of a word which changes the word’s meaning and often its part of speech.

Example: -cy –al -ance -ence –ism -able, -ible

privacy- refusal – maintenance – eminence – communism – edible, presentable.

Click here to see a list of  Common Prefixes and suffixes

Functions: apology (saying sorry)

Grammar: Passive voice

To see the lesson of the Passive voice click on Passive voice

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