NEGATIVE PREFIXES

1.1 Add negative prefixes to the adjectives below. Choose among un-, ir-, dis-, im-, in-
and il-.
a) an ____comfortable chair k) ____responsible staff
b) an ____relevant question l) an ____resistible temptation
c) an ____polite letter m) ____satisfied customers
d) an ____expensive product n) an ____known town
e) ____patient students o) an ____punctual train
f) an ____possible plan p) an ____dependent country
g) an ____logical answer q) an ____replaceable work of art
h) an ____convenient time r) an ____secure feeling
i) an ____locked door s) an ____patient audience
j) a ____honest customer t) an ____grateful child

1.2 Add negative prefixes to the words below. Choose among un-, ir-, dis-, mis-, im-,
in- and il-.
a) I ____agree with him.
b) Sam ____calculated the sum.
c) The headmaster ____trusts him.
d) Jane ____spelled the name.
e) The files have ____appeared.
f) The new members ____believe him.
g) Tom told us a(n) ____believable story.
h) They made a(n) ____legal business deal.
i) The arrangement they made is quite ____convenient.
j) My old mother is suffering from a(n) ____curable illness.
k) Fran’s ex-husband wrote a(n) ____polite letter to her.
l) That really was a(n) ____lucky accident.
m) Your question is ____relevant to the discussion.
n) In our shop we don’t want to have any ____satisfied customers.
o) Katherine gave a(n) ____logical answer.

2 Write negative prefixes in the blank spaces. Choose among un-, ir-, dis-, im-, in-,
non- and il-.
a) Often a(n) ____known writer writes a in-fiction book which becomes a bestseller.
b) For many years, ____literate people in the US were not allowed to vote because of
their ____ability to sign their name.
c) There is a difference between ____regulars and ‘seconds’, two types of sale items
often seen in stores.
d) I find it ____conceivable that he is ____capable of meeting the deadline.

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f) The ____accurate statistics, ____appropriate language, and the ____legible
handwriting in this paper are ____excusable. The paper must be rewritten.

3 Write negative prefixes.

a) It was a(n) ____profitable business.
b) This system has many ____advantages.
c) The date of the meeting is ____definite.
d) The reasoning was extremely ____logical.
e) Be careful not to ____interpret the question.
f) That quantity is ____sufficient.
g) The weather here is ____predictable.
h) He ____calculated the sum and had to do it again.
i) You cannot walk outside at night because the streets are ____safe.
j) If a type of paint is not toxic, it is labelled ____toxic.
k) He’s a(n) ____patient man.
l) They strongly ____approve of her being late.
m) It’s very ____typical of him to be late.
n) You shouldn’t ____obey their wishes.

4 Translate.
a) Kako neudoben stol.
b) Ne strinjam se z njim.
c) Napak smo izračunali vsoto.
d) Ne zaupam mu.
e) Narobe si črkoval moje ime.
f) Podatki so izginili.
g) Ne verjamem njegovim besedam.
h) Ostala sem brez besed.
i) Ta tekočina je brezbarvna.
j) Operacija je bila brez bolečin.
k) Sem čisto brez denarja.
l) To je neverjetna zgodba.
m) Skušnjava je bila nepremagljiva.
n) Gledalci so postali nepotrpežljivi.
o) Vlaki niso bili točni.
p) Slovenija je neodvisna država.
q) Kako nelogičen odgovor.
r) Vrata so bila nezaklenjena.
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