6.1 AGE; WORD-BUILDING: PREFIXES

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

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