6.1 AGE; WORD-BUILDING: PREFIXES

 0    60 词汇卡    josehbaltazar
下载mp3 打印 检查自己
 
问题 English 答案 English
Match the words/phrases in bold in questions 1-8
开始学习
with meanings a)-h).
If someone looks young for their age, is that good?
开始学习
in relation to how old they are
When is someone in their prime?
开始学习
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?
开始学习
behave in a more adult way
At what age do people generally come of age in your country: seventeen, eighteen, twenty-one?
开始学习
reach the age when legally an adult
Are eighteen-year-olds too immature for university»
开始学习
childsh
At what age does a person have the maturity to make a decision about marriage or a career?
开始学习
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?
开始学习
"old" (said in a more polite way)
Does age discrimination affect people looking for jobs in your country?
开始学习
treating people unfairly based on age
Match meanings 1-7
mediocrity, biased, pens, enterprise, milestones, ever-shifting, peers
开始学习
with the words in bold.
a company or business
开始学习
enterprise
constantly changing
开始学习
ever-shifting
important events in the development of something
开始学习
milestones
average quality
开始学习
mediocrity
supporting one group in an unfair way
开始学习
biased
writes
开始学习
pens
people who are the same age or have the same job as you
开始学习
peers
Add a negative prefix to the words in bold to make them negative.
开始学习
Use dis-, -in, il-, im-, ir-, mis- or un-.
You have 1 realistic expectations of life.
开始学习
You have unrealistic expectations of life.
Your behaviour is 2a predictable and sometimes 2b logical.
开始学习
Your behaviour is unpredictable and sometimes illogical.
You are 3 satisfied with how your life has turned out.
开始学习
You are dissatisfied with how your life has turned out.
You aren't very keen on 4 familiar situations.
开始学习
You aren't very keen on unfamiliar situations.
You are 5 patient with people who don't understand technology.
开始学习
You are impatient with people who don't understand technology.
You think you are 6 mortal.
开始学习
You think you are immortal.
You are 7 willing to change your mind about your opinions.
开始学习
You are unwilling to change your mind about your opinions.
You 8 behave to get people's attention.
开始学习
You misbehave to get people's attention.
You sometimes feel 9a secure in groups and 9b interpret what people say to you.
开始学习
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.
开始学习
How much money you have is irrelevant. You're just happy not to be unhealthy.
Are the prefixes stressed or unstressed?
开始学习
The prefixes are unstressed.
Answer each pair of questions with words that share the same prefix.
over-, post-, pre-, under-.
开始学习
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?
开始学习
pre-war
What do you call: the period of history before written records?
开始学习
prehistory
What do you call: the generation born after the war?
开始学习
post-war
What do you call: a university course taken after you graduate from your initial course?
开始学习
postgraduate
What do you call: the time you spent working in your job in addition to your normal working hours?
开始学习
overtime
What do you call: people who are forced to work too much or too hard?
开始学习
overworked
What do you call: someone who isn't the minimum age to see an X-certificate film*
开始学习
underage
What do you call: someone who doesn't have enough qualifications to get a job?
开始学习
underqualified
Find a prefix in A which means: very small
开始学习
micro
Find a prefix in A which means: very big
开始学习
mega
Find a prefix in A which means: many
开始学习
multi
Find a prefix in A which means: between
开始学习
inter
Find a prefix in A which means: two
开始学习
bi
Find a prefix in A which means: across
开始学习
trans
Match a prefix in A
开始学习
with at least three endings in B.
bi
开始学习
bilingual, bicycle, bimonthly
multi
开始学习
multilingual, multinational, multimedia, multitask, multi-storey
micro
开始学习
microchip, microwave, microphone, microscope
mega
开始学习
megaphone, megacity, megabyte
trans
开始学习
translate, transport, transit
inter
开始学习
international, interval, interview
Complete the sentences
开始学习
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.
开始学习
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.
开始学习
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.
开始学习
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.
开始学习
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.
开始学习
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.
开始学习
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.
开始学习
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.
开始学习
People who grow up in a multilingual environment end up understanding three or more languages.

您必须登录才能发表评论。