BRING
GIVE
STAY
TURN
NEGATIVE PREFIXES
100

Many social changes are _______________________

by new technology.

(to accomplish; cause)

BROUGHT ABOUT

100

The restaurant is __________________  food to the homeless.

(to distribute; hand out)

GIVING OUT

100

I _____________________________ all night watching TV.

(to go to bed later than usual)

STAYED UP

100

Rain in the morning will _____________________ snow during the afternoon.

(to change or develop from one thing to another)

TURN INTO

100

It's ___________ to go hiking without telling anyone.

(responsible)

IRRESPONSIBLE

200

The government wants to ________________ tourism to the region.

(to recover)

BRING BACK

200

I________________ smoking a year ago and I feel much better.

(to stop; desist from; renounce)

GAVE UP

200

Why don't you _________________ and drive back in the morning?  

(to sleep at someone's house for one night)

STAY OVER

200

Without someone to ___________________ for advice, making the most appropriate choice can be difficult.

(to ask a person or organization for help or support)

TURN TO

200

Don't be __________. Everyone else has to wait as well. 

(patient)

IMPATIENT

300

Don't ______________________ the topic of money with them.

(to introduce or mention a topic for attention or consideration)

BRING UP

300


The gardenia ____________________ a strong fragrance.

(to put forth; emit)

GIVES OFF

300

We asked him to _______________________ as youth leader for another year.

(to continue to be in a place, job, or school after the other people who were with you have left: to review)

STAY ON

300

This job _________________ just when I needed it.

(something that happens in an unexpected way or in a way that was not planned)

TURNED UP

300

The fish is ________________ to the human eye.

(visible)

INVISIBLE

400

We ________________________ the wedding from July to May.

(to change to an earlier date)

BRING FORWARD

400

I didn't want to play this afternoon but I ____________ and I actually enjoyed it.

(to hand in; deliver)

GAVE IN

400

My parents told me to _____________________ from her.

(to not go near or become involved with someone; to avoid something that will have a bad effect on you)

STAY AWAY

400

They ____________________ us ________________ at the entrance because we didn't have tickets.

(to not allow someone to enter a place)

TURNED AWAY

400

I _____________ keeping animals in zoos. It's cruel.

(approve of)

DISAPPROVE OF

500

This new car will _______________ profits.

(to make money; produce as profit or income) 

BRING IN

500

He _________________ all his money to charity.

(to donate) 

GAVE AWAY

500

I ____________________ after class.

(to not leave a place when other people leave)

STAYED BEHIND

500

They were losing badly but they ____________  things_____________ in the second half of the game.

(to cause a situation or organization to change in a positive direction)

TURNED ROUND

500

It is _____________ to light a fire in the reserve.

(legal)

ILLEGAL