✃ DO YOU AGREE?

Vocabulary plus: word building: prefixes

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Worksheet A
1 Read out the sentences and replace the phrase in brackets Me Partner
with the word your partner gives you. ✓ or ✗ ✓ or ✗
1 I always (process so that it can be used again) food packaging.

2 I’m quite a(n) (messy) person. I don’t clean up as oen as I should.

3 If I had a(n) (physical problem), I think I would cope with it.

4 I’m terrible at cooking. I always (leave in the oven for too long) things.

5 I find speaking English difficult as I oen (say the sounds of words incorrectly) words.

6 My hometown is (not familiar) to most of the world.

7 I was quite a naughty child and would oen (not follow the instructions) my parents.
8 I should be more confident. Sometimes I (think they are less than they really are)
my own abilities.

2 Now listen to your partner’s sentences and give them the correct word and prefix from the boxes.
re- dis- mis- under- over- un-

weight judge understand believable estimate agree new appear

3 Do you agree with the sentences? Does your partner agree? Mark the boxes with a ✓ or a ✗.

Worksheet B
1 Listen to your partner’s sentences and give them the correct word and prefix from the boxes.
re- dis- mis- under- over- un-

cook cycle estimate tidy obey pronounce ability known

2 Now read out the sentences and replace the phrase in brackets Me Partner
with the word your partner gives you.
✓ or ✗ ✓ or ✗
1 I think being (not heavy enough) is unattractive.

2 Some of my government’s policies at the moment are (impossible to take seriously).

3 If I (don’t understand properly) someone in English, I sometimes just pretend I’ve
understood.
4 If I (have a different opinion) with someone, I always tell them.

5 I think experts (calculate as too high) the negative effects of eating fast food.

6 Many types of animals will (not exist) in the future if we don’t look aer them.

7 In my country you have to (make valid again) your passport every five years.

8 I hate it when people (have the wrong idea about) me.

3 Do you agree with the sentences? Does your partner agree? Mark the boxes with a ✓ or a ✗.

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