C9 Prefixes and Suffixes

 Prefixes and Suffixes 

Answer Key:

Exercise # 1 

1. Complete the sentence 

1. amusement
2. completion 
3. addition 
4. verification 
5. seepage 
6. editor 
7. bravery 
8. Sewing
9. pleasure 
10. occupation

II. Match the verbs with their Nouns:

1.  vibration 
2. permission 
3. prosperity 
4. preference 
5. actor
6. employee 
7. relation
8. settlement 
9. burial
10. authority

III. Form Nouns from the Verbs

1. Kagawa was a great preacher.
2. The cake was a delicious creation of cream and fruit.
3. Appearance is often deceptive. 
4. What is the arrival time of the train?
5. Gardening is one of my favorite enjoyments.
6. I seek your apology.
7. He bought the land for development.
8. Be ready for the meeting.
9. Your order is ready for delivery.
10. Spend time in creating good memories.

Exercise # 2

1. beautify
2.  endanger 
3. electrify
4. justify 
5. befool
6. enjoy 
7. enlist 
8. terrify

Exercise # 3

1. Match the nouns with their adjectives:

1. expensive 
2. yearly 
3. economical 
4. editorial 
5.  floral 
6. exemplary 
7. defensive
8.  intelligent 
9. needful

II. Use a prefix or suffix:

1. luxurious 
2. colourful 
3. economical 
4. expensive 
5. childish
6.  friendly 
7. surely 
8. dusty
9.  needy
10. industrious 

III. Form adjectives from the nouns:

1. accidental 
2. adventurous 
3. abusive 
4. eastern
5.  faulty 
6. handy
7. guilty
8.  mighty 
9. different 
10. exemplary 

Exercise # 4

1. backwardness
2. humidity 
3. length 
4. illness 
5. freedom
6. possibility 
7. warmth
8.  purity 
9. presence 
10. absence

Exercise # 5

I. Form Verbs from the Adjectives:

1. enable 
2. broaden 
3. blacken 
4. deepen 
5. falsify 
6. popularize 
7. sadden 
8. sicken
9.  glorify 
10. minimize

II. Add suffixes or prefixes to the words:

1. gladden
2.  enrich 
3. differentiate
4. deepen
5. enable 
6. minimize 
7. rectify 
8. specialize

Exercise # 6:

1. agreeable 
2. admirable 
3. selective 
4. doubtful 
5. collective 
6. changeable 
7. removal 
8. helpful

Exercise # 7

Form Adverbs from the Adjectives:

1. Answer these questions briefly 
2. Broadly speaking, I agree with you.
3. He was talking bitterly to his wife.
4. He listened to my whole problem calmly.
5. I could solve all the questions easily.
6. Buses run frequently.
7. He helps the poor generously.
8. He comes here only occasionally.
9. Man should learn to live peacefully with each other.

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Exercise # 8

I. Match up

1. begging 
2. brotherliness
3. chemistry 
4. earldom
5. friendship 
6. inspection
7. membership 
8. patronage 
9. patriotism 
10. widowhood

II. Form Abstract Nouns:

1. Action-What is your next plan of action?

2. Agency-There is an advertisement agency near our house.

3. Childhood-We spent our childhood in great joy. 

4. Infancy-Many poor children die in their infancy.

5. Motherhood-There is no joy like the joy of motherhood.

6. Heroism-Our soldiers showed great heroism during the war.

7. Partnership-I have a partnership in this firm.

8. Recruitment-The recruitment of new workers will take place next month.

9. Movement-The movement of goods from one place to the other is a big problem.

Exercise # 9

Opposite 

1. Mr Reddy is known for making illogical statements.

2. The speaker made several irrelevant points in his speech.

3. The fire-fighters were unable to rescue the child trapped inside the house.

4. Savita is a very immature person.

5. Is it illegal to have two wives ?

6. Some students are irregular in attending

classes.

7. Your handwriting is quite illegible.

8. My father dislikes boys who have long hair.

9. Quite a lot of people are illiterate in any colony.

10. The foreigners were very impolite to

me.

Exercise # 10

1. forefathers 
2. anti-malaria
3. mono- rail
4. outspoken 
5. post-independence
6. ex- headmaster 
7. fore- warned
8. Underage 
9. pre-nursery
10. Anti-aircraft

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