A. Negative prefixes | Examples | |
unjust
inconvenient disappear illegal immature |
(injuste, pas pratique, disparaître, illégal, pas mûr) |
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Which one is the most common? | (un-, in-, dis-, il-, im-) | |
What are the opposites of the following words? | Quels sont les contraires des mots suivants? | |
common
partial loyal literate to prove to dress to wrap to like to load |
(commun, partiel, loyal, sachant lire et écrire, prouver, habiller, envelopper, aimer, charger) |
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Trick Question: | Question piège | |
What are the opposites of the following? | ||
internal
import income impose underestimate |
B. Prefixes and meanings | ||
Match the prefixes (below) with their meanings (right) | Relier les préfix (à gauche) avec leur significations (ci-dessous) | |
1. antisocial | a) many | |
2. auto-pilot | b) half | |
3. biannual | c) opposed to | |
4. exwife | d) badly | |
5. exdirectory | e) after | |
6. microwave | f) former | |
7. mistranslate | g) under | |
8. monolingual | h) of or by ‘self | |
9. multipurpose | i) again or back | |
10. neofascist | j) too much | |
11.outdo | k) not enough | |
12.overeat | l) out(side) of | |
13.post-natal | m) in favour of | |
14.pro-independence | n) false | |
15.pseudo-intellectual | o) small | |
16.reaffirm | p) new | |
17.semi-detached | q) two, twice | |
18.subcontract | r) one, single | |
19.undervalue | s) (do) more than | |
Can you think of other examples? |
Next time – Suffixes
Prefixes