Answers (B)

18. Affixation

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PREFIXES

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

Number (3)
Bicycle
pentathlon
decalitre

Time, Order (4)
preview
postgraduate
rewrite
prehistoric

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.

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SUFFIXES

Nouns

Friendship
Happiness
Booklet
Teacher
Activity
Student
Ability


Adjectives

Quick
Appearance
Simple
Competence
Active
Hard
Able


Adverbs

Quickly
Backward
Forward
Eastwards
Easily
Clockwise
Shortly


Verbs

Appear
Activate
Simplify
Teach
Act
Study
Compete


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1. Add, change or omit suffixes to transform the following words:

Verbs --> Nouns

1. Achievement
2. Teacher
3. Decision
4. Resistance
5. Running
6. Failure
7. Arrival
8. Appearance

Adjectives -->  Nouns

1. Beauty
2. Famous
3. Hero
4. Freedom
5. Activity
6. Darkness
7. Championship
8. Sadness


Nouns --> Adjectives

1. Childish
2. Healthy
3. Friendly
4. Polar
5. Golden
6. Imagination
7. Legendary
8. Artistic


Adjectives --> Verbs

1. Widen
2. Purify
3. Activate
4. Criticize
5. Harden
6. Beautify
7. Modernize
8. Shorten

Verbs --> Adjectives

1. Readable
2. Annoyed/Annoying
3. Creative
4. Accessible
5. Confused/ Confusing
6. Understandable
7. Frightened/ Frightening
8. Active


Nouns/ Adjectives --> Adverbs

1. Easily
2. Clockwise
3. Carefully
4. Lengthwise
5. Actually
6. Daily
7. Quickly
8. Eastwards

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1. Transform the following words in brackets to get the correct word for the text that talks about updating a garden to make sense. Remember that you can add, omit or change the word’s suffix.

(1) sunny
(2) modernize
(3) careful
(4) beautify
(5) activate
(6) clockwise 
(7) annoying
(8) childish
(9) frightened
(10) privacy
(11) sunny



2. Transform the following words in brackets to get the correct word for the text that talks about an art exhibit and its impact to make sense. Remember that you can add, omit or change the word’s suffix.

(1) arrival
(2) appearance
(3) achievement
(4) freedom
(5) happiness
(6) booklet
(7) legendary
(8) artist
(9) poetic
(10) natural
(11) artistic
(12) poetic
(13) happiness