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The key answer of exercise 11

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 3.2 - Home from home for the textbook Speakout Advanced - Students' Book with authors Antonia Clare and J. J. Wilson from Pearson Education

Question

  1. -
  2. Complete the second column of the table with the meanings in the box.
  3. What parts of speech do we use the prefixes with?

Answer

b)

c)

We use:

  • de-, ir-, im- and un- → with adjectives and adverbs
  • non- → nouns, adjectives
  • under- and over → nouns, adjectives, verbs
  • mal- and mis- → verbs, abstract nouns, adjectives
  • pre- and post- → adjectives
  • pro- and anti- → nouns and adjectives