II . All prefixes together                                                                                            optional

 

anti- = against

bi- = two

co- = with, together

ex- = former, previous

 inter- = between

mis- = wrongly, badly,

not

mono- = one

multi- = many

eg antibacterial

eg bilingual

eg co-pilot

eg ex-wife

eg intercontinental

eg misunderstand

eg monosyllable

eg multicultural

eg sub-committee, substandard

sub- = under, less, below                                        eg     demotivate

de - = opposite, remote

Exercise 36

Add a prefix ex-, multi-, semi-, sub-, de

Final_________________

Partner__________________

Standard__________________

National__________________

Section ____________________

Ethnic______________________

Zero_______________________

Wife _____________________

Caffeinated __________________

Regulate______________________

Code _________________________

 

Exercise 37

Add the correct prefixes to the words in bold.

 

1 When I was five years old, my parents bought me my first.............. cycle.

2. Graham is an .......-soldier He left the army six months ago.

3. The bedroom walls are white, but the curtains are .......................coloured.

4. He's going to a(n) ...............national conference about the environment.

5. At the meeting, no one interrupted the Prime Minister's ...............logue about education.

6. Natasha is very ....................social. She doesn't like meeting new people.

7 Children who .............behave will be sent to the headmaster

8. Sheila Watson is the ..........-author of this book.

 

 

out-  = more, better

over- = done) to a great extent

post- = after

pre- = before

pro- = in favour of

 

eg outweigh

eg overcharge

eg postgraduate

eg preheat

eg pro-democracy

Exercise 38

Add the correct prefixes to the words in bold.

1      Mark..........ran the other athletes and managed to win the race.

2     More and more people nowadays are buying........... packed food.

3     Everyone at the conference in London was............ technology

4    The.........- war years were very difficult for many people.

5    Margaret had ............cooked the meal and the guests couldn't eat it.

 

re- = again

semi- = half

super-= big/more

trans- = travel from one side, group to another

under - = not enough

          

 

 

eg rebuild

eg semi-detached

eg subtitle

eg superstar

eg transatlantic

eg underestimate

Exercise 39

Add the correct prefixes to the words in bold.

1 This airline provides........................ continental flights at reasonable prices.

2 Toby decided to......................... write his essay before he handed it in.

3 They arranged the chairs in a ........-circle for the meeting.

4 The north of the country was hit by ...........-zero temperatures this week.

5 That dog is very thin - it looks................... fed.

6 The man seemed to have .......................human strength.

 

Exercise 40

Add the correct prefixes to the words in bold.

1. Kate is now doing a... posf... graduate degree.

2. Mr Bell is an.......... -teacher. He retired ten years ago.

3. This is an........... national company. It has offices all over the world.

4. Sharon is........... weight for her age and height. She eats very little.

5. John is very...........- social. He is often rude to people.

6. The............- finals of the championship are next week.-

7. You can........... book a vegetarian meal on this flight.

8. The men tried to............ code the secret message.

9. The restaurant........... charged us by £20 for our meal, but we refused to pay until they had

checked the bill.

10. When you've finished reading, please........... place the books on the shelves.

11. She's............ lingual because her mother is English and her father is French.

12. Trained men............ activated the bomb before it went off.

13. It's............possible to repair this radio. You'll have to buy a new one.

14. She's very............ reliable forgetting to do things.

15. We've just bought a lovely............ -detached house in Thornville.

16 ...........city trains travel at very high speeds.

17. The police are going to............ open the unsolved robbery case.

18. Have you tried these..........- fat biscuits? They're delicious.

 

Exercise 41

Add the correct prefixes to form derivatives.   

1      Carl is very...anti.-.. social and doesn't like to be with other people.

2      The fact that Tony and Sue caught the same plane was a........... incidence.

3      Simon is.......... lingual - he is fluent in both French and English.

4      The thieves managed to........... activate the alarm before entering the building.

5      This exam gives you an....... nationally recognised degree.

6      I forgot to set my alarm and I........... slept.

7      After the earthquake, the town was slowly........... built.

8      Tara was so nasty to Bob - her behaviour was....... forgivable.

9      Brian had to.......... write several chapters of his book before it could be published.

10    Daniel is very....... reliable - he never turns up for anything.

11    The advantages of living in the country.............. weigh the disadvantages.

12    You have............ understood me. I never meant to offend you.

13    After getting his degree, Jason decided to take a...... graduate course.

14    Mrs Daniels is divorced. Her......... -husband lives in Portugal now.

15    Have you tried this new............... bacterial washing powder? It kills all germs.

16    Canada is a............ lingual country. Both English and French are spoken there.

17    Wendy is a bit........... weight. She should go on a diet.

Exam Tasks:

 

Exercise 42

Fill in the spaces in the following text using a suitable form of the words given at the end of the lines.

A. Memorial Day in the USA

Honoring the dead has been a practice of many_________ (1). The ancient                      1. civil

Druids, Greeks, and Romans__________(2) the graves of their loved                               2. decoration

ones with flowers. In the United States, the _______(3) have been                                     3. death

honored on Memorial Day since the time of the Civil War. In 1967                                     4. proclaim

a____________(4) of President Johnson and a____________(5)                                          5. join

congressional resolution officially recognized Waterloo as 'the birthplace of                      6. observation

Memorial Day'. And the Memorial Day is___________(6) on the last Monday                   7. proclaim

May. Each year the President of the US issues a special Memorial                                     8. city

Day__________(7) which includes a call for____________(8) to observe the                   9. peaceful

occasion as a day of prayer for.________________(9)

 

Memorial Day observances are by no means_____ (10) to the big___11)                                10.limit

cemeteries. In towns and cities, across the land, veterans¹ groups, civic                              11. nation

______(12), family groups, and individuals decorate graves with flowers or with                    12.organize

small American flags. In many communities there are parades. Parade                                13. participate

__________(13) include veterans and armed forces and a lot of other people.                          14.tradition

Memorial Day has also________(14) marked the________ (15) of summer.                             15. begin

 

Exercise 43