Bài tập Word Formation - Negative Prefixes (3) (có đáp án)

Thẩm Tâm Vy, Sept. 19th, 2020 NEGATIVE PREFIXES 03

NEGATIVE PREFIXES 03

EXERCISE 14

Look at these examples and add more of your own, using the root words below with one of the negative prefixes in this list.

DIS- disagree IL- illegal IM- immature

IN- indirect IR- irregular UN- uncomfortable.

accurate approve convenient decent

expected familiar kind known

legible like literate lucky

moral obey patient personal

popular possible probable regular

relevant visible satisfied tidy tolerant

EXERCISE 15

Use prefixes to form the opposites of the following nouns.

ability accuracy action advantage

comfort co-operation efficiency happiness

legibility sincerity possibility responsibility

reverence

EXERCISE 16

Use prefixes to form the opposite of the following adjectives and adverbs.

agreeable aware complete correct

courteously existent explicably fair

important interesting legal legible

literate logical mobile moral

mature natural necessary patient

possible practical productive profit

making proper pure rational

reliable remarkable replaceable responsible

reverent sincere sufficient sure

EXERCISE 17

Use prefixes to form the opposite of the following verbs:

agree code escalate sensitise

appear connect fuse stick

approve continue obey tie

classify do please

EXERCISE 18

Use the word in capitals at the end of each of the following sentences to form a word that fits the blank space. Fill each blank in this way.

1. The result was very strangel In fact it was .... BELIEVABLE

2. He has an unfortunate .. to understand other people's feelings. ABILITY

3. After losing her job she was ... for a month. EMPLOYED

4. The villages in the mountains ore quite ... during winter. ACCESSIBLE

5. His arguments are so ... that it IS almost impossible to hove a sensible

discussion with him. LOGICAL

6. It was a terrible game. Our team played very ... . IMAGINATIVELY

7. After I had got to know him better. I... him intensely. LIKED

8. The young girl's fine performance was completely .. EXPECTED

9. Browning had another violent... with the boss. AGREEMENT

10. It's very hot. Why don't you ... your collar. BUTTON

11. Wear casual clothes. It's o(n)... occasion. FORMAL

12. I can't eat it! It's completely .... EDIBLE

13. In some places the weather changes so quickly that it's very ....

PREDICTABLE

14. You do have some good ideas but your work IS very.... ORGANISED

15. ‘This is not a good essay" said the lecturer. 'I find your arguments....“ CONVINCING

EXERCISE 19

Use the word in capitals at the end of each of the following sentences to form a word that fits the blank space. Fill each blank in this way.

1. Marge ... quickly and got into the warm bath . DRESS

2. We had a marvellous holiday and our trip to the mountains was .... FORGET

3. Pete's parents decided that his scorpion was an ... pet. SUIT

4. The pain became ... So we had to call the ambulance. ENDURE

5. She gat very angry but later she apologised for her .... PATIENT

6. She divorced him because of his ... to 1 he children. KIND

7. The thing I hate about Mary is her .... RELIABLE

8. I couldn't help it, the accident v/as .... AVOID

9. This small car is ... for long journeys. SUIT

10. Nobody wears clothes like that any more — they are terribly .... FASHION

11. Water came through our roof but luckily my books were .... DAMAGE

12. Pushing into a queue is consider ed extremely .... POLITE

13. The factory was ... so the management tried to cut costs by making some

workers redundant. COMPETE

14. This is good quality leather, but actually very .... EXPENSE

15. His boss told him off because he had behaved.. RESPONSIBLE

ANSWER KEY 03

EXERCISE 14

DIS- disagree, disapprove, dislike, disobey, dissatisfied

IL- illegal, illegible, illiterate

IR- irregular, irrelevant

IM- immature, immoral, impatient, impersonal, impossible, improbable

IN- inaccurate, inconvenient, indecent, indirect, intolerant, invisible

UN- uncomfortable, unexpected, unfamiliar. unkind, unknown, unlucky,

unpopular, untidy

EXERCISE 15

inability / disability inaccuгасу inaction disadvantage

discomfort non-cooperation inefficiency unhappiness

illegibility impossibility irresponsibility irreverence insincerity

EXERCISE 16

disagreeablc unaware incomplete incorrect

discourteously non-existent inexplicably unfair

unimportant unintersting illegal illegible

illiterate illogical immobile immoral

immature unnatural unnecessary impatient

impossible impractical unproductive non-productive non-profit making

improper impure irrational unreliable

unremarkable irreplaceable irresponsible irreverent

insincere insufficient unsure

EXERCISE 17

disagree disappear disapprove declassify decode disconnect discontinue undo

de-escalate defuse disobey displease desensitise unstick untie

EXERCISE 18

1. anbclicvable 2. inability 3. unemployed 4. inaccessible

5. illogical 6 unimaginatively 7. disliked 8. unexpected

9. disngiccmeiit 10. unbutton 11. informal 12. inedible

13 unpredictable 14 disorgiinised 15 unconvincing

EXERCISE 19

1. undressed 2. unforgettable 3. unsuitable 4. unendurable

5. impatience 6. unkindness 7 unreliability 8. unavoidable

9 unsuitable 10 unfashionable 11. undamaged 12. impolite

13 ncompeltlive 14 inexpensive 15 irresponsibly