Английский язык. Часть II. Коныгина Г.И - 13 стр.

Word Formation

In Part II, find and study words with the suffix – ship.
e.g. readership
Match the following words with the suffix – ship (1 – 15) with their defini-
tions (a – o).

1. relationship  a. state of being an owner; the fact of owning something;
                    right of possession
2. authorship    b. severe suffering or discomfort; privation; circumstances
                    causing this; a situation that is difficult and unpleasant be-
                    cause you do not have enough money, food, clothes, etc.
3. membership c. competition to find the best player or team in a particular
                    sport; contest to decide who is the champion; the position
                    of being a champion
4. partnership   d. legal right to belong to a particular country; status of be-
                    ing a citizen and accepting the responsibilities of it
5. courtship     e. country that is ruled by a dictator, that is, a ruler who has
                    complete power over a country, especially one who has
                    obtained it by force and uses it in a cruel way; rank or of-
                    fice of a dictator
6. leadership    f. feeling or relationship that friends have; the state of being
                    friends
7. censorship    g. origin of a book; the identity of the person who wrote
                    something; state of being an author; the activity or fact of
                    writing a book
8. scholarship   h. state of being a member of an organization, etc.; the
                    members, or the number of members of an organization
9. friendship    i. the act or policy of censoring books, films, etc., that is,
                    removing parts which are considered to be offensive, im-
                    moral or a political threat
10. dictatorship j. state of being a partner or partners, especially in business;
                    two or more people working, playing, etc. together as
                    partners
11. championship k. the way in which two people, groups or countries behave
                    towards each other or deal with each other; the way in
                    which two or more things are connected
12. ownership    l. fact of being related in a family; blood relationship; a feel-
                    ing of being close to someone because you have similar
                    origins or attitudes; similarity; likeness
13. citizenship  m. time when two people have a romantic relationship before
                    they get married; the process of developing this relationship
14. hardship     n. amount of money given to someone by an organization to
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