10. Complete the sentences with words from the box. Use each word once only.

extremely fast good happy hard hardly ill quite terrible well

1. When I heard that Carol had passed her driving test I was really ______________________.

2. Jack dances very ___________________________________and never steps on people’s feet.

3. Alan was so tired that he could __________________________________keep his eyes open.

4. The hotel was___________________________, but we didn’t like the food in the restaurant.

5. Alison was extremely__________________________________ and spent a month in hospital.

6. Jonny was driving too _________________________________and was stopped by the police.

7. It’s not a wonderful film, but it’s ____________________________________________good.

8. Gina worked very ___________________________________and was given an extra holiday.

9. When I realized I hadn’t paid for the ticket, I felt __________________________________.

10. I can’t afford that bike because it’s _____________________________________expensive.

11. Adjectives or adverbs? Choose the best answer.

1. I haven’t seen you ______________________ . How are you? (early / late / lately)

2. My flight is leaving_________________ so I have time to buy a coffee. (late / lately)

3. Dad has been working_________________ in the garden, so he’s feeling very tired. (hard / hardly)

4. You’ve grown so much I can _______________________recognize you. (hard / hardly)

5. I haven’t seen Sarah_______________________________ . Is she well? (late / lately)

6. You play the guitar_________________________________ . Who taught you? (beautiful / beautifully)

7. Good shop assistants always speak to customers __________________________. (friendly / friendlily)

8. Don’t eat your food so______________________________________ ! (quick / quickly)

9. I play football _________________________________but I do enjoy it. (bad / badly)

10. She doesn’t seem very ___________________ , but I don’t know why. (happy / happily)

11. Please say that again more ____________________________________ (slow / slowly)

12. He made a very __________________________________ suggestion. (clever / cleverly)

13. He speaks almost _________________________________Chinese. (perfect / perfectly)

12. Underline the errors in these sentences. Correct them.

1. Peter has been working very hardly. _________________________________

2. David felt badly because he’d shouted at his mother.____________________

3. Everyone in the team played good.___________________________________

4. The prisoners can move around free.________________________________

5. Paula felt happily when her exams were over.__________________________

6. Hans arrived lately at school._______________________________________

7. One boxer hit the other really hardly right on the chin.________________

8. He turned shortly round and looked at me.__________________________

9. Your health depends large on the job.______________________________

10. Birds fly highly in the sky.________________________________________

11. When you travel by the underground train, don’t stand too closely to the doors. ________________________________________________________

12. I got this pen freely with a magazine.________________________________

13. His story sounds high unlikely.____________________________________

13. Sort the suffixes below into the correct columns according to the parts of speech they indicate. Some suffixes can go to more than one column. Fill the table with 2 examples of each suffix.

-al -ly -ment -er -ous -ise (ize) -ish -tion -ive -ic -ism -ist -ship -fy -ness -en -ate -ful -ese -able -th -less

NOUN SUFFIXES	VERB SUFFIXES	ADJECTIVE SUFFIXES	ADVERB SUFFIXES
-ment development government

PREFIXES

A prefix at the beginning of a word has a meaning of its own that changes the meaning of the word it is joined to. Knowing what the prefix means can help us to understand the word. For example, if you read unpremeditated and know that meditate means ‘think about something’ – you can work out the meaning of unpremeditated: un- is a prefix meaning ‘not’, pre- denotes ‘before’, meditated means ‘thought about’. You can now work out that unpremeditated means something like ‘not thought about in advance’.

We can use prefixes in front of:

• Nouns underpayment, understudy

• Adjectives underdeveloped, underground

• Verbs undercut, underestimate

Prefix	Meaning	Example
dis-	oтрицательное значение (в русском языке приставки без-, бес, не-, дез-	disorder, disobedient, disappear, dishonest
en- (em-)	«делать» (образует глагол от прилагательных и существительных) (em- перед m, b, p)	enlarge, encircle, enable, embrace
inter-	«между», «взаимно», «среди»	international, interaction
il-	противоположное значение (если слово начинается с согласной l)	illegal, illiterate
ir-	противоположное значение (если слово начинается с согласной r)	irregular, irresponsible, irrelevant
im-	противоположное значение(если слово начинается с согласной b, p, m)	impossible, immortal, imbalance
un-	противоположное значение	uncomfortable, unconscious, unfortunately
in-	противоположное значение (слова с приставкой in- нужно запомнить)	inconsistent, inexperienced, indefinite, independence
mis-	«неправильно, неверно»	misinterpret, misunderstand, mistreat
non-	отрицание или отсутствие	non-existent, non-alcoholic,
over-	чрезмерно (в русском языке приставки над-, пере-, сверх)	overestimate, overcook, oversleep
post-	«после»	post-war
pre-	«до», «перед», «ранее»	prehistoric
super-	«сверх»	supernatural, supercharge
sub-	«под»	subway, subtropical, submarine
re-	«снова, заново» (в русском языке приставка пере-)	remake, redo, rewrite, renew
under-	отрицание (в русском языке приставка недо-) или значение «под чем-то»)	undercut, underestimate

EXERCISES

1. Add a word from the box to the prefix in each sentence to make a negative word.

advantage agree decisive appear resistible employed fortunately smoking interesting patient understanding

1. I didn’t read all the book because I found it uninteresting.

2. Cycling has one dis_______________________. It makes you feel hot and sweaty.

3. Sue had a ticket for the theatre, but un ______________________she fell ill last night.

4. Terry can’t stand waiting in queues, because she is very im ____________________.

5. My brothers always dis _______________________when it’s time to do the washing-up.

6. Jack has lost his job, he was un ________________________________for six months.

7. Oh, I completely dis _________________________with you. I think it was a great film.

8. Because of a mis ___________________, half the class went to the wrong classroom.

9. I am in ________________________________________about where to go on holiday.

10. The cake was ir ______________________________________, so she ate three pieces.

11. The waiting room is a non ______________________________________________area.

2. Complete the word in each sentence with a prefix from the box. Consult the dictionary if necessary.

out- over- under- re- dis- mis- un-

1. My alarm clock didn’t go off, and so I overslept this morning.

2. Pete packed some shirts and socks, some ________wear, and his jeans.

3. It’s very cold this morning, so wear your __________coat.

4. Our team was completely _________played by the team from Wales.

5. I’ve decided to _______write my letter, because I made too many mistakes.

6. Steve ___________cooked the meat, and it was burnt in places.

7. I have to go to the library today and __________new my ticket.

8. The staff went on strike because they were ___________paid.

9. If she fails her exam, she can ____________take it in autumn.

10. I wrote the wrong answer because I ___________heard the question.

11. I got to the hotel at 4.00 but I couldn’t ___________pack my stuff until later.

12. I turned left instead of right. Obviously I ___________understood what she said.

13. It’s closed for the summer but it will ___________open in September.

14. John had a key but it wouldn’t __________lock the door.

15. – It says here $3, but the man asked me for $5. –

In this case he _________charged you.

16. Do you think I can ________do my homework if it’s not very good?

17. The children were here a minute ago but now they’ve ____________appeared.

18. She runs better than me. This time again she’s ____________run me.

19. She’s ___________worked at the moment. She really needs a good holiday.

20. She left him because he __________treated her.

3. Complete the word in each sentence with OVER- or UNDER-.

1. The underlying causes of the problem are widely known.

2. What a terrible film! It’s really …………..rated in my views.

3. The first time I tried out my new bike I …………balanced and fell off.

4. Don’t forget to give the door an ………….coat as well as a coat of gloss paint.

5. The bath …………..flowed and the water dripped through into the living room.

6. It’s not as easy as all that. I think you are …………..simplifying the problem.

7. I’m sorry to say but we are …………staffed at present. We don’t give vacances.

8. You can get to the other side of the road by going through this …………..pass.

9. The garden has been neglected and was ……………grown with weeds.

10. You should have turned the meat off before. It’s …………..done now.

4. Put the adjectives in the box into the correct columns. Consult the dictionary if necessary.

patient relevant attractive literate flexible regular legal agreeable mature convenient tasteful moral replaceable responsible significant possible legible honest rational explicable justified mortal reversible destructible perfect friendly soluble polite logical interesting reparable

dis-	un-	il-	im-	in-	ir-
	uninteresting

5. Replace the underlined words with a word of the same meaning which begins with the prefix given.

1. That child looks very sad.

Yes, he looks very UNhappy.

2. I’m sure that’s against the law.

Do you mean to say it’s IL________________________________?

3. The doctor told me to take off my clothes.

Was it necessary to UN_______________________________________?

4. We don’t have the same opinion about this.

Yes, I quite DIS _____________________________with you here.

5. His room is always in a mess.

It looks UN _________________________________now.

6. I’m afraid she doesn’t like onions.

Well, I don’t think she DIS ____________________________them that much.

7. That was very rude, wasn’t it?

Her behavior was very IM _____________________________________.

8. He doesn’t have a job, does he?

No, he’s UN______________________________________.

9. This handwriting is impossible to read!

Yes, I know it’s IL________________________________________.

10. She can never wait for five minutes.

She is rather IM___________________________________, I must say.