Activities about prefix

1. Prefix
A group of letters that come before the word to change its meaning
 re-
 pre-
 mis-
 in-
 dis-
 un-
 non
Suffixes
 -ful
 -less
 -ble
 -ly
 -ness
 -ment
Activity 1 - In the sentences below complete each word with a prefix chosen from the following list. You
may use your dictionary.
Re – post – over – pre – super
1. We hope the bus won’t be ____crowded.
2. Do you think the Mayor will be ____elected for a second time?
3. After he got a Ph.D. in Chemistry, he did ____doctoral work at Oxford University.
4. He took ____cautions against burglary by installing an alarm.
5. The tourist guide promised the tourists that they would get a ____fund if they did not like the trip.
6. He added a ____script at the end of the letter.
7. The ____sonic plane flies from New York to Paris in two hours and forty minutes.
Activity 2 - Link the verbs with their correct suffix to form NOUNS and write them down. Follow the
example and be careful with the spelling.
a) IMAGINE 1. -ance g ASSISTANCE
b) WEAK 2. -ity
c) TEACH 3. -ation
d) INFECT 4. -sion
e) DECIDE 5. -ence
f) ARGUE 6. -er
g) ASSIST 7. -al
h) SECURE 8. -ance
i) REFUSE 9. -ment
j) OCCUR 10. - ion
k) RESIST 11. -ness
 Again
 Before
 Not/Wrongly
 Not
 Full of
 Lack of/don’t have
 Able/can do
 State of
 act of, result
 in a certain way