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The key answer of exercise 2

The key to exercise solutions in chapter Vocabulary 7 for the textbook New Total English Upper-Intermediate - Students' Book with authors Araminta Crace and Richard Acklam from Pearson Education

Question

  1. Look at audioscript 2.18 on page 171 and find a word to match each definition below.
  2. Look at the words from exercise 2a and write the appropriate prefixes in the table.
  3. Read the rule below about hyphens. Then write one more example of your own for each prefix from the table in exercise 2b, e.g. monolingual.

Answer

a)

1

  1. unusual
  2. extra-large
  3. monotonous

2

  1. oversleep (overslept)
  2. underestimate(d)
  3. ex-boss

3

  1. retrain
  2. bilingual
  3. multinational

b)

Prefixes

  • mono
  • bi
  • multi
  • over
  • under
  • ex
  • re
  • extra
  • un

Examples

  • monotonous
  • bilingual
  • multinational
  • oversleep
  • underestimate
  • ex-boss
  • retrain
  • extra-large
  • unusual

c)

  1. monocycle / monopoly
  2. bimonthly / bilateral
  3. multicoloured / multimedia
  4. overspend / overripe
  5. underage / underperform
  6. redo / reboot
  7. extrasensitive/ extra-light
  8. undecided / unfair