NEGATIVE PREFIXES
1.1 Add negative prefixes to the adjectives below. Choose among un-, ir-, dis-, im-, in- and il-.
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a) an ____comfortable chair
b) an ____relevant question
c) an ____polite letter
d) an ____expensive product
e) ____patient students
f) an ____possible plan
g) an ____logical answer
h) an ____convenient time
i) an ____locked door
j) a ____honest customer
k) ____responsible staff
l) an ____resistible temptation
m) ____satisfied customers
n) an ____known town
o) an ____punctual train
p) an ____dependent country
q) an ____replaceable work of art
r) an ____secure feeling
s) an ____patient audience
t) an ____grateful child
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1.2 Add negative prefixes to the words below. Choose among un-, ir-, dis-, mis-, im-, in- and il-.
a) I ____agree with him.
b) Sam ____calculated the sum.
c) The headmaster ____trusts him.
d) Jane ____spelled the name.
e) The files have ____appeared.
f) The new members ____believe him.
g) Tom told us a(n) ____believable story.
h) They made a(n) ____legal business deal.
i) The arrangement they made is quite ____convenient.
j) My old mother is suffering from a(n) ____curable illness.
k) Fran’s ex-husband wrote a(n) ____polite letter to her.
l) That really was a(n) ____lucky accident.
m) Your question is ____relevant to the discussion.
n) In our shop we don’t want to have any ____satisfied customers.
o) Katherine gave a(n) ____logical answer.
2 Write negative prefixes in the blank spaces. Choose among un-, ir-, dis-, im-, in-, non- and il-.
a) Often a(n) ____known writer writes a in-fiction book which becomes a bestseller.
b) For many years, ____literate people in the US were not allowed to vote because of their ____ability to sign their name.
c) There is a difference between ____regulars and ‘seconds’, two types of sale items often seen in stores.
d) I find it ____conceivable that he is ____capable of meeting the deadline.
e) ____smokers are often ____comfortable when heavy smokers are smoking nearby.
f) The ____accurate statistics, ____appropriate language, and the ____legible handwriting in this paper are ____excusable. The paper must be rewritten.
3 Write negative prefixes.
a) It was a(n) ____profitable business.
b) This system has many ____advantages.
c) The date of the meeting is ____definite.
d) The reasoning was extremely ____logical.
e) Be careful not to ____interpret the question.
f) That quantity is ____sufficient.
g) The weather here is ____predictable.
h) He ____calculated the sum and had to do it again.
i) You cannot walk outside at night because the streets are ____safe.
j) If a type of paint is not toxic, it is labelled ____toxic.
k) He’s a(n) ____patient man.
l) They strongly ____approve of her being late.
m) It’s very ____typical of him to be late.
n) You shouldn’t ____obey their wishes.
4 Translate.
a) Kako neudoben stol. ______
b) Ne strinjam se z njim. ______
c) Napak smo izračunali vsoto. ______
d) Ne zaupam mu. ______
e) Narobe si črkoval moje ime. ______
f) Podatki so izginili. ______
g) Ne verjamem njegovim besedam. ______
h) Ostala sem brez besed. ______
i) Ta tekočina je brezbarvna. ______
j) Operacija je bila brez bolečin. ______
k) Sem čisto brez denarja. ______
l) To je neverjetna zgodba. ______
m) Skušnjava je bila nepremagljiva. ______
n) Gledalci so postali nepotrpežljivi. ______
o) Vlaki niso bili točni. ______
p) Slovenija je neodvisna država. ______
q) Kako nelogičen odgovor. ______
r) Vrata so bila nezaklenjena. ______
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