Opposites 2: adjective prefixes

opposites 57 terms 6 questions TOEIC Part 5, Part 6, Part 7

Your task

A lot of adjectives can be made into their opposite form by adding a prefix ( un-, in-, dis-, il- , etc.) to the beginning of the word. T ask 1 : Decide which of the prefixes from the first box can be used to make opposites of the words in the second box. Opposites 2: Adjective prefixes (0-7475-6989-4). T ask 2 : Without looking at your answers to Task 1, look at the following sentences and paragraphs. In each one there is one word which has been given the wrong prefix. Decide which word is wrong and correct it.

Target vocabulary

dis- il- im- in- ir- un- acceptable accurate adequate advantaged agreeable attractive authorized avoidable believable certain comfortable competent complete conscious contented convincing correct curable even fair fashionable honest inclined legal limited literate logical married mature moral mortal obedient organized patient perfect personal possible proper pure qualified rational regular relevant replaceable resistible resolute responsible satisfactory satisfied sufficient welcome

Practice

Word bank

1 He is a very (A) disagreeable man and he makes visitors feel very (B) unwelcome , but the management think he's (C) irreplaceable and are (D) uninclined to fire him.

2 Insider dealing is not only (A) immoral and (B) inhonest , but also (C) illegal : companies are legally bound to take the strongest possible action against such (D) unacceptable behavior by their employees.

3 It is an (A) unavoidable fact, but in a competitive job market, those who are (B) unqualified or who have (C) imsufficient work experience will find themselves seriously (D) disadvantaged .

4 She was described by her boss as being (A) unresponsible , (B) incompetent and (C) immature , which she considered extremely (D) unfair .

5 In return for an increased investment, the company offered (A) unlimited returns for their investors. While many found such an offer (B) irresistible , some thought the promises were (C) innconvincing and were (D) uncomfortable about parting with so much money.

6 He had clearly given his presentation (A) disadequate preparation, and many in the audience challenged the points he made, saying they were (B) inaccurate and (C) illogical . Despite this, he remained (D) irresolute in his views, although the only person he managed to convince was himself.