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OppositesUnit

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Exercise 1. prefixes 0000
English often uses prefixes to create opposites. There are several different
prefixes that are used. Choose the right prefix for each of the adjectives
below and write them into the table. The first one has been done for you:

active adequate coherent compatible complete


conscious controllable dependent digested direct fertile fit
healthy hygienic legal movable
operable palpable pure qualified

reducible regular sanitary soluble stable well

il- im in- ir- un-


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1. 1. 1. 1. 1.

inactive
2. 2. 2. 2.
3. 3. 3.
4. 4.
5. 5.
6. 6.
7. 7.
8. 8.
9. 9.
10.
11.

Exercise 2.
Use ten of the adjectives in the table to complete these sentences. The first one
has been done for you as an example.
1. He was found unconscious in the street.

2. He felt and had to go home.

3. The serum makes the poison .

4. The children have a very diet.

5. The nurse noted that the patient had developed an pulse.

6. She used to play a lot of tennis, but she became in the winter.

7. The surgeon decided that the cancer was .

8. Cholera spread rapidly because of the conditions in the town.


9. The patient was showing signs of an mental condition.

10. She has an desire to drink alcohol.

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