USE OF ENGLISH QUIZ 8 ● GROUP B

Name: _________________________________
Class: _________________________________
Total: _________/15
Word families – prefixes
1 Write the correct prefix to complete each
sentence.
0 It's completely illogical to go by car. The train is
much faster.
1 It's ______relevant whether it rains or not,
we'll be indoors all day.
2 We went to the ______-nuclear protest today.
3 Mobile phones ______number people in many
countries.
4 We ______estimated how long it would take
to get there and as a result we were very late.
3 After his wife died he decided to ___________
and is now very happy again. MARRY
4 My sister is ________________ of cooking
anything. She really should learn to make at
least one dish. CAPABLE
5 Doctors in my country are ________________
so they are going on strike next week. PAY
6 I was ________________ you needed help.
Why didn't you call me? AWARE
7 The teenagers in my neighbourhood are very
________________. Everyone is scared of
them. SOCIAL
8 I felt very ________________ when I first
moved away from home, but I soon settled
into life at university. BALANCE
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5 She's ______aware that some people don't

enjoy her singing.

6 He's one of the most _______-obsessed people

I've ever met. He only thinks about himself.

7 The children are completely _____controllable.

They don't do anything the teacher asks.
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2 Complete the sentences with the correct form

of the word in capitals.

0 My exam results were inadequate, I didn’t get

a place on the course I wanted. ADEQUATE

1 They are so competitive. They are always

trying to ________________ each other. DO

2 Be careful about ________________ online.

You can't trust everything you read. INFORM

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