Word building - suffixes and prefixes
Prepisati u bilježnicu:SUFFIXES (sufiksi - nastavci) koriste se za tvorbu drugih vrsta riječi. What endings do you notice on these words?What part of speech are they?act action active activelyact = verb (glagol)action = noun (imenica)active = adjective (pridjev)actively = adverb (prilog) What part of speech are the words in the box?Writenoun, verb, adjective or adverb. prediction = nounshorten = verbautomatically = adverbcolourful = adjectiveconfidently = adverbimagination = nounexcitement = nouncreative = adjectivequalify = verbsuitable = adjectivebusiness = nouncareless = adjective Prepisati u bilježnicu:PREFIXES (prefiksi) se koriste za mijenjanje značenja riječi. Look at these words with prefixes:predictregrowextra-terrestrialdisorderWhich means: before, outside, again?(before: predict; outside: extra-terrestrial, again-regrow).Negative prefix: disorder (nered) Choose a prefix to make the words mean the opposite:Please mind your spelling!un- in- im- il- dis- ir- 1 possible - impossible2 patient - impatient3 lucky - unlucky4 legal - illegal5 appear - disappear6 regular - irregular7 formal - informal8 conscious - unconscious9 advantage - disadvantage10 fortunately - unfortunately11 patient - impatient12 appear - disappear13 employed - unemployed14 understanding - misunderstanding Complete the sentences with the correct word combined with the correct prefix or suffix.Choose a word for each sentence:understand use kind 2x polite agree act conscious happy help 1 Bob and Jon don't get on at all. They disagreeabout everything.2 Money doesn't always lead to happi_ness.3 My aunt says today's kids are all rude and im_polite.4 Thanks for your advice, it was really help _ful. I really appreciate your kind _ness.5 My dad is use_less at fixing his computer. I always have to help him.6 Please don't mis_ understand me. I didn't mean to be un_ kind. I'm really sorry.7 Timmy fell off his bike and hit his head. He was un_ conscious for a few hours.8 What was your wife's re_ act _ion when she heard you'd won the lottery? Liten to two friends, Gary and Mike, arranging to meet over the weekend.Complete the suggestions with the exact words Gary and Mike say. 1 I was wondering if we could meet?2 I could meet you in the afternoon.3 What about Saturday afternoon?4 Is Saturday evening any good?5 Why don't we meet at the station? Let's meet there for breakfast.6 Shall we say about 10 o'clock?7 Can you make it 10.30? Make an arrangemet with a friend of yours. Arrange with them to meet.Write when and where you're meeting.