-ist -hood -or -ese -ee -en -ision -some -ship -ise -ical - ify -ible -y -ant -ive -ness
2. Match a prefix with a word to make a new word. Then choose the appropriate meaning for the prefix from the list.
Example: anti-theft/ against
1 inter - power not
2. super- author main
3. ex- hi-fi too much
4. mini- city very big
5. ab- continental before
6. over- view previous
7. co- enemy between
8. arch- wife small
9. trans- spend together
10 pre- normal across
3. Underline the words that do not contain the idea of ‘beneath’ or ‘less’.
Undercut undergo understaffed underfoot undertaking underwrite
4. Underline the words that mean ‘not…’.
unfaithful inside unpack inhospitable impractical impound
5. Underline the word or phrase that best completes each sentence.
1. Julia played a…….role in the planning of the millennium exhibition.
A consultation B consulting C consultative D consulted
2. Even the best medicines are not……… .
A infallible B unfailing C fail-proof D falsified
3. In the event, we found your advice absolutely……… .
A unworthy B valuable C invaluable D impecunious
4. I parked in a restricted area and the police……my car.
A imprisoned B impounded C impaled D interned
5. He has been…..for gross misconduct.
A impressed B impounded C impeached D impelled
6. Underline the words that have no base form that exists by itself.
indirect inept untie disparage impeccable unscathed impede infinity unprompted impromptu undying undue unduly insipid incessant inflect
7. Use the -er/-or, -ĺĺ and -ist suffixes to make the names of the following.
Example: A person who plays jazz on the piano. a jazz pianist
1. The thing that wipesrain off your car windscreen.
2. A person who plays classical violin.
3. A person who takes professional photographs.
4. A person who actsin amateur theatre.
5. The person to whom a cheque is paid.
6. A machine for washingdishes.
7. A person who donatestheir organs upon their death.
8. The person towhom a letter is addressed.
8. Do these words mean a thing, a person, or both?
a cooker a ticket-holder a cleaner a drinker
a typewriter a CD player a smoker a dresser
9. Can you think of anything in your country which should be nationalised (e.g. airlines), privatised, standardised, modernised, computerised or centralised?
10. Which word is the odd one out in each group and why?
1 brotherhood neighbourhood manhood priesthood
2 tearful spiteful dreadful handful
3 appointment involvement compliment arrangement
4 worship kinship friendship partnership