Отработка отрицательных приставок

1. Which words can be made negative using the prefix DIS-?

2. Match the words with possible negative prefixes:

dis	A	reliable
im	B	responsible
in	C	reasonable
un	D	organised
im	E	bearable
un	F	honest
un	G	mature
ir	H	patient
dis	I	sensitive

3. Explain the meaning of the following expressions using synonyms:

- to be unbearable

- to be immature

- to get impatient with sb

- to be disorganised

- to be irresponsible

- to be dishonest

- to be insensitive towards sb

- to be unreasonable

- to be unreliable

4. Read the text and tell which parts of speech should be used in the gaps:

	noun/adjective/adverb/verb/participle	Positive/negative/singular/plural

It is not easy to be a teenager. People complain about you a lot. Teachers grumble you are disorganised and never hand in homework on time. Aunts and uncles think your opinions are unreasonable. Even your parents sometimes get (1)_________________ with you and accuse you of being unreliable just because you have forgotten to take the rubbish out or accuse you of being charming to people outside the home and rude and (2)_________________________ to your whole family. The good news is that while still a teenager you have got all the right to be immature. You haven’t had as much time to grow up as those adult critics; so what do they expect? It is normal for a young person to be a bit irresponsible sometimes. The truth is, it has been recently (3)____________________ proven that the brain region that controls (4)________________ and emotions gets mature only by the age of twenty. So it isn’t (5)___________________that teenagers frequently annoy their parents, they just can be irritating by definition. There are worse things that not being fully grown up at eighteen. If someone is dishonest and tells lies, or is (6)_______________ towards other people, that is a more serious problem that may not just go away with age.

5. Do the exam task – put the offered words in the required form:

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