18. Affixation
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1. Organise the following words with prefixes and place them into their corresponding types
Negative (5)
Unhappy
Impossible
Illegal
Incorrect
Disagree
Position (4)
International
Subway
Transport
Intranet
Size, Quantity, Degree (4)
Multicultural
Hyperactive
Semicircle
Polyglot
Time, Order (4)
Preview
Postgraduate
Rewrite
Prehistoric
Number (3)
Bicycle
Pentathlon
Decalitre
Relationship, Association (4)
Connect
Proactive
Antisocial
Copilot
Process, action (4)
Decompose
Autobiography
Misbehave
Export
2. Match the prefix to its meaning.
1C
2E
3B
4F
5D
6A
3. Choose the appropriate prefix to complete each sentence.
1. Recheck
2. Submarine
3. Unable
4. Antibiotic
5. Postpone
4. Add the correct prefix to the base word to form a new word that matches the definition given.
1. Unfair
2. Preview
3. Redo
4. Distrust
5. Copilot
5. Use the following prefixes to create a word and write a sentence with that word.
1. Mis-: I misunderstood the instructions and completed the wrong task.
2. Pre-: We had a preview of the movie before its official release.
3. Re-: I need to rewrite my essay to improve it.
4. Un-: She felt uneasy about the upcoming exam.
5. Anti-: He took an antihistamine to relieve his allergies.
6. Suffixes. Classify the following words into:
Nouns (13)
Teacher
Childhood
Appearance
Study *
Competence
Friendship
Ability
Child *
Act *
Student
Activity
Happiness
Booklet
Adjectives (7)
Simple
Able
Active
Quick *
Hard *
Child *
Student
* Quick as adverb (e.g. run quick)
* Hard as adverb (e.g. work hard)
* Child as adjective (attributive use, e.g. child actor)
Adverbs (10)
Eastwards
Likewise
Shortly
Quickly
Clockwise
Backward
Easily
Forward
Hard *
Quick *
Verbs (8)
Simplify
Harden
Teach
Compete
Activate
Appear
Study *
Act *
* Student as adjective (attributive use, e.g. student card)