1. Write the opposites of the words underlined.
Example: He's a very honest man. ...dishonest
1. I'msure she's discreet.
2. He's very efficient.
3. I always find him very sensitive.
4. I always find her responsible.
5. It's a convincing argument.
6. He seems grateful for our help.
7. That's a very relevant point.
8. I'm sure she's loyal to the firm.
9. She's always obedient.
10. He's a tolerant person.
2. Which negative adjective fits each of the following definitions?
1 means not having a husband or wife.
2 .means impossible to eat.
3 means unable to read or write.
4 ..means not having a job.
5 means fair in giving judgement, not favouring one side.
6 means unable to be replaced.
3. Use the word in brackets to complete the sentences. Add the necessary prefix and put the word in the correct form.
e.g. The runner was ..disqualified.. after a blood test. (QUALIFY)
1 Children and adults love parcels at Christmas time. (WRAP)
2 I almost always find that I with his opinion. (AGREE)
3 I'm sure he's lying but it's going to be hard to his story. (PROVE)
4 After a brief speech the Queen ..the new statue. (VEIL)
5 It took the removal men an hour our things from the van. (LOAD)
6 His phone was because he didn't pay his last bill. (CONNECT)
4. Answer the following questions.
1 What kind of oven cooks things particularly fast?
2 What kind of drug can help somebody with an infection?
3 What kind of company has branches in many countries?
4 How does a passenger aeroplane normally fly?
5 What is a student who is studying for a second degree?
6 What means 'underground railway' in the US and 'underground passage' in the UK?
5. Find two more examples for each prefix.
| anti | antibiotic |
| auto | |
| bi | |
| ex (former) | |
| ex (out of) | |
| micro | |
| mis | |
| mono | |
| multi | |
| over | |
| post | |
| pre | |
| pro | |
| pseudo | |
| re | |
| semi | |
| sub | |
| under |
6. Construct words or phrases to replace the underlined words.
e.g. He's in favour of the American approach. ...Hes pro-American...
1 The BBC tries to avoid pronouncing foreign words incorrectly.
2 Most people say they have to work too hard but are paid too little.
3 He dated his cheque with a date that was later than the real date.
4 She's still on good terms with the man who used to be her husband.
5 He made so many mistakes in the letter that he had to write it again.
7. Put the adjectives in the box into the correct columns.
| relevant attractive literate flexible regular legal agreeable mature convenient tasteful morel responsible possible legible honest rational explicable justified mortal reversible destructible perfect friendly soluble polite logical interesting separable replaceable significant |
| dis- | un- | il- | im- | in- | ir- |
| impatient |