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The key answer of exercise 5

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 6.1 for the textbook Speakout Upper-Intermediate - Workbook with authors Frances Eales, Steve Oakes and Louis Harrison from Pearson Education

Question

  1. Put the words in the correct group according to the negative prefix they take.
  2. Complete the text with the negative form of words in Exercise 5A. You do not need three of the words.
  3. Write the negative form of words in Exercise 5A in the correct group according to the stress pattern.

Answer

a)

  1. un → realistic, familiar, predictable, willing, healthy
  2. im → patient, mortal
  3. mis → behave, interpret
  4. il → logical
  5. ir → relevant
  6. dis → satisfied
  7. in → secure

b)

  1. unrealistic
  2. impatient
  3. unwilling
  4. unfamiliar
  5. insecure
  6. dissatisfied
  7. misbehave
  8. irrelevant
  9. misinterpret
  10. unhealthy

c)

  • oooOo → unrealistic
  • ooOoo → unfamiliar, unpredictable
  • oOoo → dissatisfied, illogical, irrelevant
  • oOo → impatient, immortal, unwilling, unhealthy
  • ooO → misbehave, insecure
  • ooOo → misinterpret