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Prefixes
In the following exercises syllables or words are to be added to the
front of other words to change or add to their meaning. Where
necessary, hyphens have been placed in the sentences.
a) He got his university degree last year. Now he’s doing graduate
studies.
b) Some flights go from London to the Middle East -stop.
c) The words ‘fat’, ‘help’ and ‘come’ are all syllables.
d) That’s sense! You don’t know what you’re talking about.
e) The principal -war problem was to rebuild the destroyed
cities.
f) Maybe future trains will run on just a single rail. This system is
called a rail.
g) To prevent petrol from freezing, put freeze in the tank.
h) I’m not -marriage. I think it’s a very good custom.
i) I’m afraid the club is not open to -members.