Cover of the textbook Focus 4 - Student's Book

The key answer of exercise 3

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 8.8 - Language in focus for the textbook Focus 4 - Student's Book with authors Kay Sue, Jones Vaughan, Brayshaw Daniel and Beata Trapnell from Pearson Education

Question

Write the negative form of the words in the box next to the correct prefix. What spelling rules can you work out for il-, im- and ir-?

Answer

  1. dis- ability, believe
  2. il- legible, literate
  3. im- mature, patient
  4. in- capable, formal
  5. ir- regular, relevant
  6. un- fair, pleasant


  • il- = adjectives beginning with l-
  • im- = adjectives beginning with m- or p-
  • ir- = adjectives beginning with r-