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The key answer of exercise 1

The key to exercise solutions in chapter Vocabulary 1 for the textbook New Total English Advanced - Students' Book with authors JJ Wilson with Antonia Clare from Pearson Education

Question

  1. Read the story below and underline 12 prefixes.
  2. Read the story again and answer the questions.
  3. Work in pairs. What do the underlined prefixes in sentences 1-4 below mean?

Answer

a)

  • multi-talented
  • semi-professional
  • sub-standard
  • unimpressive
  • superhuman
  • arch-rivals
  • overcautious
  • under-prepared
  • single-handedly
  • outplayed
  • misfired
  • irrelevant

b)

  1. multi, super, over, out
  2. sub, under
  3. semi
  4. sub, un, over, under, out, mis, ir

c)

  1. not (not decisive)
  2. not (not possible)
  3. single (single-syllabic)
  4. not (not motivated)