OPPOSITES: ADJECTIVES (2) (Check your vocabulary for TOEFL)

Check your vocabulary for TOEFL

OPPOSITES: ADJECTIVES (2)

Exercise 2

A lot of adjectives can be made into their opposite form by adding a prefix (un-, in-, dis-, il-, etc.)
to the beginning of the word.

Task 1: Decide which of the prefixes from the first box can be used to make opposites of the words in the second box.

dis-

il-

im-

in-

ir-

un-

acceptable	accurate	adequate	advantaged	agreeable	attractive	authorized
avoidable	believable	certain	comfortable	competent	complete	conscious
contented	convincing	correct	curable	even	fair	fashionable
honest	inclined	legal	limited	literate	logical	married
mature	moral	mortal	obedient	organized	patient	perfect
personal	possible	proper	pure	qualified	rational	regular
relevant	replaceable	resistible	resolute	responsible	satisfactory	satisfied
sufficient	welcome

Task 2: Without looking at your answers to Task 1, look at the following sentences and paragraphs. In each one there is one word which has been given the wrong prefix. Decide which word is wrong and correct it.

1	He is a very (A) disagreeable man and he makes visitors feel very (B) unwelcome, but the management think he's (C) irreplaceable and are (D) uninclined to fire him.
2	Insider dealing is not only (A) immoral and (B) inhonest, but also (C) illegal: companies are legally bound to take the strongest possible action against such (D) unacceptable behavior by their employees.
3	It is an (A) unavoidable fact, but in a competitive job market, those who are (B) unqualified or who have (C) imsufficient work experience will find themselves seriously (D) disadvantaged.
4	She was described by her boss as being (A) unresponsible, (B) incompetent, and (C) immature, which she considered extremely (D) unfair.
5	In return for an increased investment, the company offered (A) unlimited returns for their investors. While many found such an offer (B) irresistible, some thought the promises were (C) inconvincing and were (D) uncomfortable about parting with so much money.
6	He had clearly given his presentation (A) disadequate preparation, and many in the audience challenged the points he made, saying they were (B) inaccurate and (C) illogical. Despite this, he remained (D) irresolute in his views, although the only person he managed to convince was himself.

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