SUFFIX: -ENPREFIXES: RE- / UN- / OVER - / MIS-

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ANSWERS

Ex. 1 I didn’t mean to FRIGHTEN you, This dress needs to be LOOSENED / TIGHTENED Could someone SHARPEN this knife for me? The building was WEAKENED /FLATTENED by the explosion????? BAD EXAMPLE The sauce tastes nice but it needs to be THICKENED

Ex. 2 – NOT SURE WHAT THE PURPOSE OF THIS EXERCISE IS – JUST VOCABULARY

The food’s ready, it only needs HEATING / WARMING UP. They used steel bars to STRENGTHEN the wall. I really ought to CLEAN my shoes ??? NOT A GREAT EXAMPLE

o /MY SHOES NEED CLEANING Use these tablets to PURIFY the water. I can’t LIFT this sofa all by myself. After the ceremony the flag was RAISED. The text has been SIMPLIFIED for foreign students.

Ex. 3 REWRITE the letter It’s high time my flat was REDECORATED / REFUBISHED / REPAINTED He took the radio to pieces, but then he couldn’t REASSEMBLE it. We were all surprised when she REMARRIED at the age of 85. A Christmas tree can sometimes be REPLANTED in your garden. The book’s so popular that it’s been REPRINTED six times.

Ex. 4 To MISREAD a word. He crashed because he MISJUDGED the other car’s speed. The children have been MISBEHAVING. I’m not resigning – you must have been MISINFORMED. I think I MISUNDERSTOOD your instructions. She missed the train because she MISREAD the timetable. They MISCALCULATED the money they had spent.

Ex. 5 Defrosted food cannot be REFROZEN. The palace was REBUILT. The dam was WEAKENED. I can’t UNSCREW the lid of the jar. We were OVERCHARGED for the wine. If you continue to OVERWORK, you’ll get ill. The committee was asked to RECONSIDER its decision. The ship couldn’t REFLOAT – it was stuck on the rocks. I’m afraid there’s been a slight MISUNDERSTANDING