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    1. The document provides a worksheet with 50 questions requiring the use of prefixes and suffixes to complete words in context. 2. It also includes two lists - one listing common suffixes used for nouns, adjectives, and verbs, and another listing prefixes used to modify meanings. 3. Students are tasked with applying their knowledge of prefixes and suffixes to complete blanks in sentences by modifying the words provided in brackets.

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    1. The document provides a worksheet with 50 questions requiring the use of prefixes and suffixes to complete words in context. 2. It also includes two lists - one listing common suffixes used for nouns, adjectives, and verbs, and another listing prefixes used to modify meanings. 3. Students are tasked with applying their knowledge of prefixes and suffixes to complete blanks in sentences by modifying the words provided in brackets.

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    Prefixes & suffixes

    Worksheet - 12th Grade

    Put the word in brackets into the correct form. You will have to use
    prefixes and/or suffixes.

    comfortably
    1. He was sitting __________________ in his seat on the train. (comfort)
    2. There was a __________________ light coming from the window. (green)
    Childish
    3. He was acting in a very __________________ way. (child)
    pronounciation
    4. This word is very difficult to spell, and even worse, it's __________________.
    (pronounce)
    placed
    5. He's lost his book again. I don't know where he has __________________ it
    this time. (place)
    unthinkable
    6. You shouldn't have done that! It was very __________________ of you.
    (think)
    successful
    7. He didn't pass his exam. He was __________________ for the second time.
    (succeed)
    crowded
    8. Some of the shanty towns are dreadfully __________________ . (crowd)
    championship
    9. The team that he supported were able to win the__________________ .
    (champion)
    likely
    10. There is a very high __________________ that they will be late. (likely)
    weakness
    11. I couldn't find any __________________ in his theory. (weak)
    mathematician
    12. He wants to be a __________________ when he grows up. (mathematics)
    economist
    13. You need to be a highly trained __________________ to understand this
    report. (economy)
    handful
    14. There were only a __________________ of people at the match. (hand)
    been sleeping
    15. She arrived late at work because she had__________________ . (sleep)
    widen
    16. The road was too narrow, so they had to __________________ it. (wide)
    17. He was accused of __________________
    falsifying documents. (false)
    tranquilise
    18. They had to __________________ the lion before they could catch it.
    (tranquil)
    regulate
    19. He needed to __________________ the temperature. (regular)
    consider
    20. I think that you should __________________ . It may not be the best thing
    to do. (consider)
    stopping
    21. There was a three-hour __________________ because of the strike. (stop)
    combination
    22. You need a _______________of motivation, organization and revision to
    learn English.(combine)
    23. I try not to go to the supermarket at 5pm because it's
    __________________.
    impractical (practice)
    economical
    24. It is very __________________ to run air-conditioning with the door open.
    (economy)
    arrival
    25. His __________________ has been expected for the last half an hour.
    (arrive)
    reflection
    26. She looked at her __________________ in the mirror. (reflect)
    receptive
    27. I told him my plan but he wasn't very __________________ . (receive)
    intention
    28. She had no __________________ of going to see him. (intend)
    familiarising
    29. He spent half an hour __________________ himself with the building.
    (familiar)
    disappointment
    30. Failing her driving test was a great __________________ to her. (appoint)
    journalism
    31. He decided to study __________________ at university. (journal)
    suprisingly
    32. The film was __________________ good. (surprise)
    post-war
    33. There was the need for __________________ construction when the
    fighting stopped. (war)
    dissastifactory
    34. I don't like him at all. He's so __________________ . (satisfy)
    employed
    35. The company has over 500 __________________ . (employ)
    36. The new manager was very efficient and __________________ . (business)
    37. It really isn't mine. I think that you are __________________ . (take)
    38. The rate of __________________ in Brazil has been rising steadily.
    (employ)
    39. With the real plan, the rate of __________________ in Brazil has fallen.
    (inflate)
    40. She looked at him __________________ , and started to cry. (happy)
    41. The party was __________________ , everything went wrong. (disaster)
    42. The film was so __________________ that we left before the end. (bore)
    43. The film was terrible, I felt really __________________ . (bore)
    44. I think that there has been a __________________ , I didn't order this.
    (understand)
    45. The bacteria are so small that you need a __________________ to see
    them. (scope)
    46. Have you seen that new __________________ ? He's very funny. (comedy)
    47. The event was totally __________________ . It was terrible. (organise)
    48. I arrived late for work because I had __________________ . (sleep)
    49. There is a small __________________ explaining the new traffic code.
    (book)
    50. He was __________________ . He wouldn't change his mind.
    (compromise)
    Prefixes and suffixes
    List

    Suffixes for Suffixes for Suffixes for


    Nouns Adjectives Verbs

    ~ment ~ful ~ize


    ~er ~ive ~ise
    ~ness ~ic
    ~age ~al ~yse
    ~sion ~able ~ate
    ~sis ~ed ~ent
    ~tion ~ible
    ~ism ~ing ~en
    ~ty ~ous ~ify
    ~ity ~ish ~fy
    ~al ~y
    ~ant ~ly ~ct
    ~ance ~like ~fine
    ~ssion ~some ~ive
    ~hood ~worthy
    ~ship
    ~dom
    ~th
    ~ght
    ~cess
    ~ful
    Suffixes for Suffixes for Suffixes for
    Adverbs Professions & people University subjects
    ~ly ~er ~ics
    ~ily ~ess (female) ~y
    ~ely ~or ~ing
    ~ingly ~ian ~ism
    ~ist
    ~ic
    ~ee
    ~eer
    ~man
    Suffixes for Prefixes for Prefix for
    'Without/small' 'partly, half & middle' 'alone& with'

    ~less semi-~ self-~


    ~let half-~ co~
    mid-~
    Prefixes for Prefixes for Prefixes for
    'Opposites / not' 'Too much/little & more' 'Very large/small'
    un~ over~ macro~
    in~ under~ micro~
    im~ extra~
    dis~ out~
    ir~
    de~
    mis~
    non-~
    Prefixes for Prefixes for Prefix for
    'For, Against & Again' 'Before & After' '2 & badly'

    pro~ pre~ bi~


    anti~ ex~ mal~
    counter~ post~
    re~

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