Word Formation: Prefixes

Opposites

100

What is the opposite of legal?

ILLEGAL

200

What is the opposite of friendly?

UNFRIENDLY

300

What is opposite of responsible?

IRRESPONSIBLE

400

What is the opposite of understand?

MISUNDERSTAND

500

What is the opposite of respectful?

DISRESPECTFUL

Prefixes and suffixes

100

Add an affix to POLITE

IMPOLITE - POLITENESS - POLITELY - IMPOLITELY

200

What do you call a person who can't wait? (patience)

IMPATIENT

300

What do you call a situation in which people don't agree? You say there's a ...

DISAGREEMENT

400

If a person can wear casual clothes, they should dress...

INFORMALLY - CASUALLY

500

Add an prefix to the word CERTAIN

UNCERTAIN

Prefixes in context

100

What you’re asking is simply _____possible. We can’t do it.

IMPOSSIBLE

200

Don’t throw away that envelope. You could _____use it.

REUSE

300

You _____understood. I said ‘peach cake’ not ‘beefsteak’.

misunderstood

400

If you fail the exam once, you can _____take it later.

RETAKE

500

Sabin is really sad because his girlfriend has been ____faithful to him.

UNFAITHFUL