Word Formation

As part of your preparation for the FCE, you must work with Word Formation.  The use of prefixes and suffixes has to be clear for you if you want to pass your exam with flying colours.  Try this activity to check some negative prefixes.

Drag the words on the left to the boxes with the negative prefixes each one takes. There are three words for each prefix.

Words to move

• dependent
• legal
• behave
• responsible
• friendly
• polite
• advantage
• formal
• legible
• print
• regular
• possible
• agree
• expected
• correct
• literate
• understand
• relevant
• certain
• mature
• honest

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