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PREFIXES and

SUFFIXES

EXERCISES on Prefixes and Suffixes

A. Put the words in brackets in the appropriate form (use prefixes or suffixes).

1. One needs a ________________ of motivation, planning and hard work to realize his/her dreams. (combine)

2. She looked ________________ She started to cry. (happy)

3. She was ________________ satisfied with her exam results. (complete)

4. Big cities can be overcrowded, so there are a lot of people competing for each job and for _______________
(accommodate). The lack of jobs usually means that there is a lot of ______________ (poor)

5. I think we should be more ________________ of each other. It helps if we try to create small communities
within the bigger cities. (tolerate)

6. Well we have to take ________________ for the problems of the cities we live in. We can all do something to
help. (responsible)

7. The study found a strong ________________ between a lack of friends and sibling rivalry. (relate)

8. Studies have shown that stress in adulthood can be ________________ to an unhappy childhood. (relate)

9. I am writing in ________________ to the job advertisement in yesterday’s paper. (respond)

10. Anna and Jill are both physicians but that is where the ________________ ends. They don’t have nothing in
common. (similar)

B. Write the opposite form of the words. Use -less, dis-, mis-, in-, im-, il-, ir, un-, de- or non-.

1. _______ ability 11. _______ toxic

2. _______ use 12. _______ infect
3. _______ possible 13. _______ resistible

4. _______ literate 14. use _______
5. _______ fold 15. _______ caffeinated

6. _______ behave 16. _______ sense
7. _______ connect 17. _______ earth
8. _______ likely 18. _______ appropriate

9. harm _______ 19. _______ logical
10. _______ forestation 20. _______ moral

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