| 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