15. Identify the prefixes in the underlined words. Then work out a general meaning for each.
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A. An approach to regulation
B. An urban ideal designed for an world
C. Where humans and animals cautiously
un-= ; im-= ; co-=
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16. With a partner, think of some words that begin with the prefixes in the box. Then discuss what the general meaning of each prefix is.
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post-= after, behind:
for-/fore-= before:
sub-= under, below:
multi-= many, much:
anti-= against, opposite:
mis-= wrong, bad, badly:
non-= not:
pre-= before:
over-= above, too much:
under-=below, not enough: |
17. Using the correct prefixes from the box above, change the words in CAPITALS into the correct forms.
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A. The tourist brochure for Marloth Park ensures that visitors are WARN about the wild animals they may encounter walking the streets.
B. One thing you can always be sure of in Longyearbyen - the cemeteries will never be POPULATE .
C. The residents of Hallstat believed that they would be consulted by the company building a copy of their town - but it turns out they were INFORM .
D. Auroville was founded according to a(n) GOVERN system of rules and beliefs. |
