6.1 AGE; WORD-BUILDING: PREFIXES

 0    60 fiche    josehbaltazar
ladda ner mp3 skriva ut spela Kontrollera dig själv
 
Fråga English Svar English
Match the words/phrases in bold in questions 1-8
börja lära sig
with meanings a)-h).
If someone looks young for their age, is that good?
börja lära sig
in relation to how old they are
When is someone in their prime?
börja lära sig
in the best period of their life
If you tell a twenty-five-year-old person, "Act your age!" what kind of thing might they be doing?
börja lära sig
behave in a more adult way
At what age do people generally come of age in your country: seventeen, eighteen, twenty-one?
börja lära sig
reach the age when legally an adult
Are eighteen-year-olds too immature for university»
börja lära sig
childsh
At what age does a person have the maturity to make a decision about marriage or a career?
börja lära sig
wisdom that comes with age
the ability to use your knowledge and experience of life to make good decisions and give good advice sabedoria; sensatez
At what age is a person elderly?
börja lära sig
"old" (said in a more polite way)
Does age discrimination affect people looking for jobs in your country?
börja lära sig
treating people unfairly based on age
Match meanings 1-7
mediocrity, biased, pens, enterprise, milestones, ever-shifting, peers
börja lära sig
with the words in bold.
a company or business
börja lära sig
enterprise
constantly changing
börja lära sig
ever-shifting
important events in the development of something
börja lära sig
milestones
average quality
börja lära sig
mediocrity
supporting one group in an unfair way
börja lära sig
biased
writes
börja lära sig
pens
people who are the same age or have the same job as you
börja lära sig
peers
Add a negative prefix to the words in bold to make them negative.
börja lära sig
Use dis-, -in, il-, im-, ir-, mis- or un-.
You have 1 realistic expectations of life.
börja lära sig
You have unrealistic expectations of life.
Your behaviour is 2a predictable and sometimes 2b logical.
börja lära sig
Your behaviour is unpredictable and sometimes illogical.
You are 3 satisfied with how your life has turned out.
börja lära sig
You are dissatisfied with how your life has turned out.
You aren't very keen on 4 familiar situations.
börja lära sig
You aren't very keen on unfamiliar situations.
You are 5 patient with people who don't understand technology.
börja lära sig
You are impatient with people who don't understand technology.
You think you are 6 mortal.
börja lära sig
You think you are immortal.
You are 7 willing to change your mind about your opinions.
börja lära sig
You are unwilling to change your mind about your opinions.
You 8 behave to get people's attention.
börja lära sig
You misbehave to get people's attention.
You sometimes feel 9a secure in groups and 9b interpret what people say to you.
börja lära sig
You sometimes feel insecure in groups and misinterpret what people say to you.
How much money you have is 10a relevant. You're just happy not to be 10b healthy.
börja lära sig
How much money you have is irrelevant. You're just happy not to be unhealthy.
Are the prefixes stressed or unstressed?
börja lära sig
The prefixes are unstressed.
Answer each pair of questions with words that share the same prefix.
over-, post-, pre-, under-.
börja lära sig
Use the prefixes in the box and the words in bold to help.
What do you call: the generation who were born before the war?
börja lära sig
pre-war
What do you call: the period of history before written records?
börja lära sig
prehistory
What do you call: the generation born after the war?
börja lära sig
post-war
What do you call: a university course taken after you graduate from your initial course?
börja lära sig
postgraduate
What do you call: the time you spent working in your job in addition to your normal working hours?
börja lära sig
overtime
What do you call: people who are forced to work too much or too hard?
börja lära sig
overworked
What do you call: someone who isn't the minimum age to see an X-certificate film*
börja lära sig
underage
What do you call: someone who doesn't have enough qualifications to get a job?
börja lära sig
underqualified
Find a prefix in A which means: very small
börja lära sig
micro
Find a prefix in A which means: very big
börja lära sig
mega
Find a prefix in A which means: many
börja lära sig
multi
Find a prefix in A which means: between
börja lära sig
inter
Find a prefix in A which means: two
börja lära sig
bi
Find a prefix in A which means: across
börja lära sig
trans
Match a prefix in A
börja lära sig
with at least three endings in B.
bi
börja lära sig
bilingual, bicycle, bimonthly
multi
börja lära sig
multilingual, multinational, multimedia, multitask, multi-storey
micro
börja lära sig
microchip, microwave, microphone, microscope
mega
börja lära sig
megaphone, megacity, megabyte
trans
börja lära sig
translate, transport, transit
inter
börja lära sig
international, interval, interview
Complete the sentences
börja lära sig
with the correct form of a word formed from a prefix in A and an ending in B.
I left my car in one of those huge 1 car parks and now I can't find it.
börja lära sig
I left my car in one of those huge multi-storey car parks and now I can't find it.
It's a long opera but there are two 2. We can take a break and have a coffee then.
börja lära sig
It's a long opera but there are two intervals. We can take a break and have a coffee then.
I've never really been to Hong Kong, only in the airport when I was in 3 on my way to Beijing.
börja lära sig
I've never really been to Hong Kong, only in the airport when I was in transit on my way to Beijing.
The crowd was sp noisy. I had to use a 4 to make my voice loud enough.
börja lära sig
The crowd was sp noisy. I had to use a megaphone to make my voice loud enough.
He didn't get the job because he was late for the 5.
börja lära sig
He didn't get the job because he was late for the interview.
No, it's too small. You can only see it under a 6.
börja lära sig
No, it's too small. You can only see it under a microscope.
Our newsletter only goes out 7. It's January now, so the next one is in March.
börja lära sig
Our newsletter only goes out bimonthly. It's January now, so the next one is in March.
People who grow up in a 8 environment end up understanding three or more languages.
börja lära sig
People who grow up in a multilingual environment end up understanding three or more languages.

Du måste vara inloggad för att skriva en kommentar.