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WORD MORPHOLOGY

PREFIXES

Activity 1:

Fill in the missing words. The first one is done for you.

Happy:   We were really unhappy with the failure of our exam.

1. legal: There is no doubt that cannabis will remain an ………. drug for the foreseeable future.

2. possible:   It was quite………. for us to drive all the way from Paris to Madrid in one day.

3. successful:  He made an……….  attempt to climb the highest mountain in the range.

4. responsible:  To take the boat out with four children under the age of ten and with no life jackets on board was quite………. of him.

5. appropriate:  The dress she was wearing was quite………. for the occasion.

6. polite:  It was very………. of him to insult his mother in front of his aunt.

7. religious:  They were a completely………. family and I never thought that one day I would marry one of the daughters.

8. honest:    As a politician he was……….  and it was not long before nobody trusted him.

9. perfect:   The goods were……….  and had to be returned to the store we bought them from.

10. contented:  She was ………. with her life and decided that things had to change.

 Activity 2.

Classify the following words in the following table:

irregular – disloyal - unfair – illiterate -  demoralize – unacceptable – irrelevant - deformed – improper – inconvenient - disobey – informal – unable – irreligious – indecent – immovable – illegal – denaturalize.

Activity 3.

Classify the following words in the following table:

Multidisciplinary – reactivate – reabsorb – indecent – predetermine – inconvenient – superpower – superman – informal - denaturalize

Activity 4.

Give the opposites of words keeping the same root.