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Prefixes & uffixes ‘A. COMMON PREFIXES. PREFIXES B. NEGATIVE PREFIXES ontiroads protestors, "ANT (ABATNET) ‘nti-government ‘reaps ae TIM- TF THE WORD BEGINS Tnconeiderate, Incomplete Immature. Imperfect. Inmeral. INTER (@eTWeEN | international match interstate highways WIT m on P TR- IF THE WORD BEGINS Impolite Trregular. Irrational. Irresponsible ‘MINE (SHALL) rminicomputer mini-bar win a ‘mas (wrone.y) | mishear miseeleulare TL- IF THE WORD BEGINS Tegal Irrational (MULTE (way) multi-coloured | multimillioncire win (OVER (120 MUCH) | overeating overcrowded UN Undo. Unfair. Uncomfortable Post (arteR) post-war Warld | pasteraduate prs Dislike, Disebilit Decrease. PRE (BEFORE pre-match prehistoric RE (A0AIN) reunion rereod Misunderstand. Misadventure seat (HALF) semicircle semi-skilled work Malformed ‘SUPER (86 superstore super-tonker UNDER (TOO) ume) underweight underpaid | EreTcrency. 6. accerTaste: NON (to) non-omokee n-stop 2. ran, 7. RELEVANT ar (008) bilingual bilaterel 3 Leeauy. 8. REAL. co (roeeTHe®) corpilot cooperate 4am, 9. vista Bucky. 10. aPrROvE 2. FIND THE OPPOSITES OF THE WORDS BELLOW. LL ADVANTAGE 2. OFFENSIVE, 23. area. 4-TULUSION, 5. aose 6.400, 7. Teust, — 8. coURAEE, 9. wesronsrote 10. arom, 1 gareve 12, nTeRESTED. 13, conTeNT 14, proven, = 3 NOW COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH THE CORRECT FORM OF THE WORDS FROM EXERCISE 1. The police arrested the street musicians because they were performing 2. Speaking other languages is « very useful 3. Ona clear day the French coast is clearly. From the cliffs of Dover. 4.Thavea problem with people who arrive lat. 5. He was very. rot to be accepted by the university 6.Tmnot interested, furthermore, Ife totally. to me. 7. She wase't given a pay rise for her at work. 8. We. ‘of amoking n any publ place. 9. Smoking Is generally le in the USA than i i in Europe 410. She disagreed with the exam result Because che thought the moking had been, “4, FILL IN THE SENTENCES WITH THE CORRECT PREFIX: 1. Clark failed his maths exan, so he was really 2.Peter Is the most ......friendly person T've ever met, 3. mafraid we've estimated the candidate's qualities. ‘4. Mark specks British ond Spanish fluently he i... lingual mother is from London and his father is from Madrid, 5. The research can’t be carried out without everybody's 6.Cort is an expert in....natianal low. 7. The athlete was .....qualified for 68. The inhabitants are 8 Patrick failed his geography exam in June, so he will 9. The conditions they offered me were ‘contract 10. Everybody was wearing 11 Paul is ..».confident, which makes him oct rather 12, Do you uavally have lunch with your.....-workers? 13, Texplained Tom what was happening, but he definitely... nny point of view. 14, Sem went to bed so late yesterday that he ‘work in tie this morning. 15. The two ministers are participating in a 16. You shouldn's drink this water unless it's been 17. This is the most ..ueomfortable eofe T\ve ever sat on 18, The villoge isto celebrate the fir ploy 20. Students prefer Education think boys ard girls should go to different schools. mom pointed, --0peration ullding the houses knocked down by the typhoon sit in September. jecceptable so I didn't .new my formal clothes except for Sarah responsibly _slept ond didn't get to lcteral conference. infected before. centenary of ite Foundation 19. Tcer't understand Pam's letter: her handwriting is defintely... egible educational schools, but the Minister of 5._CONPLETE THE SENTENCES BY ADDING THE coRREcT PREETX FROM THE TABLE seats UN. 01s. NIM _OvER 1. keep thinking of our holidays in Jamaica. They were really FORGETTABLE. 2.He relieves he isn't going to die. He thinks he ie MORTAL. 3.T was sueprised by my mother's call, Tt was very PECTED. 44 Please find another chain. You look _ COMFORTABLE. 5. People dor't really like her. She's very __POPULAR, 6. His parents have punished her due to her OBEDIENCE 7, He was very tired, so he __DRESSED and went to bed 8, The army behaviour during the war wos very cruel. Tt wos truly _HUMAN. 9. John and I don't get on wel. We always ‘about everything 10. didet lke his Losagna. Tt wos cooKeD. 11, She's nota tidy person. The ORDER in her room is terrible. 12. Ineed a psychiatrist. think I'm going understood AGREE SANE SUFFIXES. NOUN SUFFIXES, ‘Meaning mance Exonple tate or quality privacy ‘ect or process of | refusal ‘state or quality oF | maintenance, Place ar stateof | freedom, kingdom 9. AMERY. ‘ne whe Trainer, protector ‘LOERIVE NOUNS FROM _vERES USING THE SUFFIXES IN THE BOX. 2. punts 3. PRONOUNCE 4rVENT, . EDUCATE 6.60veRN, 7.aReave 8.exare. ‘2.CONPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH 1 41, The acroplane is one of the best of modern times 2. His, at 6 Oeleck in the morning caught them unaware. 43. He hod a very academic at school 2, When I was a echool child, the only form of aso detention doctrine, belief “communism cone who chemist quality of veracity a HAY S_NOUNS FROM ADJECTIVES. 5. They are going to take ever the of the factory condition oF ‘argument 2. REOULAR, ext month state of being heaviness position held fellowship ‘state of being ‘concession, Tranetion Vee SUFFDKES =ATE become ‘eradicate tay = becone airy, =FY | make or become ‘enlighten “envi =IZE, -1st_| become civilize ‘ADJECTIVE SUFFIXES ~ABLE,= I ‘capable of being ‘edible, presentable PATIENT, EFFICIENT, OPERATED. J. PRIVATE K-ENNOCENT, Lpmeser sm. RELEVANT. N-FORRATED. O-FRIUATE, 6, The Prime Minister will amounce the T.Hie oF English is 20 poor that itis very difficult t0 i Understand him. 8, The children were full of because ‘heir eummer holidays were going to tert the following dey. ‘SLADJECTIVES FROM NOUNS AND VERBS BEAUTY, DaneeR. Cae. —_ “AL, pertaining fo regional SESQUE | reminiscent of picturesque FUL retable For fanciful tc, ea | pertaining fo musical, mythic vuritious, portentous =tous, | characterized by ct0Ns, fiendish having the quality of having the nature of create TRUE, ‘4. NOUNS FROM ADJECTIVES. ‘SOME IRREGULAR ONES: A HOSH — TMAsINATION. Conor. Cen 0. DANGEROUS 13. FUNDAMENT. 14, ATTRACT without ‘endless “avo 15. Mane choracterized by sles H. DEAD 16. UNoERSTAND, VERB, SUFFIXES, Hopp / happily DERIVE THE CORRECT WORD IN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES. 17.Boy. 18. PoweR, 19. NaTIOn, An (accident) discharge of toxic waste hes led to pollution of the water in the river. He has been (ection) in local politics for some years Tt wes en (edventure) expedition up ‘the Amazon which we can never forget She was very. (rier) when she heard what hoppened. He gave her « (beauty) bunch of flowers for her birthday. Despite his age, he sill retains his (009) good looks. He gave us a (briefly) Firet-hand account of the event. Thave encugh werk te keep me. (business) for the whele week Sarch ie extremely 10.T have elweys been very smeney. 11. He is lucky to own a house that is very 12Ir'eeo. 13.She decides not to be. ‘the first job offer that comes along 14.Her mother beught an imported for dinning. 15.Tt wos. protest. 16.He feels extremely ‘the Firsts Claas cabin, (care) of her reputation (caution) about spending ——____ (centre. (child) of her fo behave in that woy. (choose) but te accept (circle) table (collect) decisian to stage a walk-out in (comfort) and relaxed in I7.His: really contemptible. 18.Nowadaye lese people ane (cruelty) to animate 19.Not ell snokes are. (danger) te human beings. 20. John took a (depth) breath and blew into the belloon 21.Once again he's proving himself to be a player of great (bie). ohn will be in charge during the boss's (obser). We met quite by. (eccidental) at the airport She recagnized him as an old ocqucint) The police took quick (act) Fo deal with the robbery. never ever shouted at you in (oxgry), hove 1? T find the constant barking of the neighbour's dog an —________famoy, He is always worried about hie He was rushed to the hospital but was dead on (errive) 30. We must pay 31.She is @ woman of great 32, We pay our telephone bill a the the month 38. The naughty boys were punished for their bod (behave). (coward) act of holding a child hostage i 2, 23, 2 2. 2. 27. 2, 29, (eppecr) (ettend) in class. (beautiful). (begin) of

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