Example: practical - impractical

Task 9. Supply the right adjectival forms.

Example: employment- unemployment

Task 8. Form nouns from the given words with the help of the prefixes with the opposite meaning.

Task 7. Complete this chart using the prefixes in the box to make the opposites of the adjectives and verbs given.

Task 6. In each sentence the word in capital letters needs the additions of prefix to give meaning.

Task 5. In each sentence one word needs the addition of a prefix to give meaning to the sentence. Identify the words which need prefixes and them.

1. He never phones his friends or goes out any more: he’s becoming really social.________________

2. With 600 billion people, the country faces population.__________________________

3. Don’t you think it was very responsible to leave a six-year-old alone in the house?________________

4. There are too many mistakes in this essay: I’m afraid you’ll have to write it. ________________________________________-

5. He added a script to his letter to say that he received her check.___________________

6. I think I have done the steaks: they’re very tough._____________________________

7. Drugs are legal in almost every country on earth._______________________________

I have decided to write my 1 _________________ -Biography! Now, you may think at 25 that I am too2_______________- MATURE to embark upon such an ambitious project but I think age is completely 3__________________ RELEVANT. Anyway, I’m sure that my literary abilities will allow me to 4____________ COME that hurdle only too easy. It will be written in a form of a 5______________ LOGUE in which I tell the world about some of the 6 ______________ BELIEVABLY interesting events in my life so far. I also intend to clear up some very common and totally 7 _______________ LOGICAL 8_____________ CONSEPTIONS about the 9____________NATURAL and finally convince people that all those pseudo-intellectuals at universities have got it all wrong. Being my friend, I hope you will buy a copy or it would be extremely 10_______________ LOYAL not to do so, after all.

in- im- un- mis- dis-

Adjective/ Verb	Opposite
active
secure
capable
experienced
possible
fortunate
conscious
healthy
understand
calculate
approve
obey

honesty -____________________

difference -__________________

fortune -____________________

understanding -_______________

dependence -_________________

importance -_________________

security -____________________

txpensive -___________________

obedience -__________________

population -__________________

alcoholic -___________________

Example: I suspect he isn’t honest. In fact he’s quite dishonest

1. This arrangement isn’t strictly legal. Some people would regard it is _______________

2. Sometimes she doesn’t behave in a responsible manner. She’s quite _______________

3. Such a situation is barely imaginabl e. It is quite_______________________________

4. Bob’s not very capable. He’s ____________________ of making sound decisions.

5. This fish hasn’t been c ooked enough. It’s ____________________________________

6. This scheme isn’t very practical. In fact, it’s quite______________________________

7. This dates from before the war. It’s_________________________________________

Task 10. Form adjectives from the given ones with the help of the prefixes and point out the changes in meaning.

possible__________________

urban____________________

appointing________________

conscious ________________

informed_________________

accurate__________________

believable________________

acceptable________________

legal_____________________

able_____________________

complete_________________

married__________________

bearable_________________

successful________________

calculation_______________

approval_________________

measurable_______________

expensive________________

modest__________________

Keys

Task 1. Possible answers: overdose, overshadow, underprivileged, cohabit, illiterate, immeasurable, uncompromising

Task 2. Possible answers: interaction, interplanetary, prehistoric, foregoing, posthumous, reconsider, recolonise

Task 3. Possible answers: transcontinental, anticlockwise, counterbalance, discount, disreputable, mishandle, misunderstanding

Task 4. Possible answers: 1. disobedient, 2. unacceptable, 3 immovable, 4 unaccomplished, 5distruthful, 6. Unmistaken, 7. Irrational, 8. Illegal, 9. Immodest, 10.u,nachievable 11.unaccurate, 12.dissatisfaction

13 non-alcoholic,14 inattentive, 15 inaccessible

Task 5. 1 anti-social, 2. over-population, 3. irresponsible, 4. rewrite, 5. postscript, 6. overdone, 7 illegal

Task 6. 1. AUTOBIOGRAPHY, 2. IMMATURE, 3. IRRELEVANT, 4 OVERCOME, 5. MONOLOGUE/DIALOGUE

6. UNBELIEVABLY, 7 ILLOGICAL, 8. MISCONSEPTIONS, 9. SUPERNATURAL, 10. DISLOYAL

Task 7. 1inactive, 2insecure, 3 incapable, 4 inexperienced, 5 Impossible, 6 unfortunate, 7 unconscious, 8 unhealthy, 9 misunderstand, 10 miscalculate, 11 disapprove, 12 disobey

Task 8. dishonesty, indifference, misfortune, misunderstanding, independence, unimportance, insecurity, inexpensive, disobedience, overpopulation, non-alcoholic

Task 9. illegal, irresponsible, unimaginable, incapable, uncooked, impractical, pre-war

Task 10. impossible, interurban,disappointing, unconscious, unavailable, misinformed, inaccurate, unbelievable,unacceptable, illegal, unable, incomplete,unmarried, unbearable, unsuccessful, miscalculation, disapproval, immeasurable, inexpensive

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