1. Make up the opposites of the following words using prefixes.

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1. Make up the opposites of the following words using prefixes.

l……. possible

l……. septic

l……. function

l……. appear

l……. responsible

l……. legal

l……. existent

l……. known

l……. considerate

l……. agree

l……. moral

l……. honest

l……. social

l……. competent

l……. sense

2. Now put the words from the previous exercise into the right sentences. One word is extra.

lI really can’t understand why my wife always ……………………….. with me. It sometimes occurs to me that we don’t share any values at all.

lWhat about Jason? Did they hire him? - No, he appeared to be too …………………………… for this job.

lI haven’t seen Laura in a while. Is she alright? - Yes, she is, but she’s been kind of ………………………….. lately and doesn’t want to meet anybody.

lDo you know that it is …………………………… for a drunk person to enter a bar in Alaska?

lAnd then, Mr. Policeman, I swear the money just ……………………………, vanished into thin air, and I had nothing to do with it.

lWhat’s wrong with your smartphone? - Ah, I dropped it into the toilet and it’s been ……………………………………… ever since.

l- Stop calling me a liar! - But how can I help it if you’re a totally ………………………. person.

lDon’t talk …………………………..! Of course Pluto is a planet!

lNothing is …………………………….. if your you set your mind to it, my dear.

lI can’t say that Mr. Shelby is evil or ……………………………, he’s just kind of ……………………….. to people sometimes, not the politest guy ever I must admit.

lThe depths of the …………………………….. have always fascinated me, that’s why I became an astrophysicist.

lSince Keira has got an infant, she always has wet wipes and …………………….. gel with her.

lAlmost everybody is ………………………………… when they’re young, it’s the natural order of things. The weight of responsibility comes with age.

3. Write the meanings of the prefixes below. Name three words with each of these prefixes.

E. g.: Ex- means out of, former. Exterminate, ex-president, exhale.

lAnti- means ………………………... …………….

lCo- means …………………………... ….. ……….

lDis- means ……………………….. …….. ……….

lExtra- means ……………………. ……………….

lHomo- means …………………………………….

lEn- means ……………………...... ……………….

lHyper- means …………………………………….

lInter- means ………………... …………………….

lMicro- means ……………….. …………………….

lOmni- means ……………….. …………………….

lSub- means ………………….... ………………….

lPre- means ……………………..... ……………….

lTrans- means …………….. ……………………….

lUni- means ……………………..... ……………….

lMis- means ……………………..... ……………….

lRe- means ……………………...... ……………….

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