PERSONALITY ADJECTIVES:NEGATIVE PREFIXES
a.Decide if some of these personal adjectives apply more to men or
women.
Ambitious bossy communicative considerate
faithful honest imaginative
jealous logical
Mature organized patient possessive reasonable responsible selfish sensitive sociable tidy
vain
b. Many adjectives form the opposite by adding a negative prefix . Put the adjective s from a in the chart .
Which
prefix is the most common? Which four
adjectives don´t have an exact opposite?
Un-
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Im-
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In-
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Ir-
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Il-
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Dis-
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Uncooperative
|
impolite
|
insecure
|
irregular
|
illegal
|
disloyal
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PERSONALITY ADJECTIVES: NEGATIVE PREFIXES (KEY)
a.Decide if some of these personal adjectives apply more to men or
women.
Ambitious bossy communicative considerate
faithful honest imaginative
jealous logical
Mature organized
patient possessive reasonable
responsible selfish sensitive
sociable tidy vain
b. Many adjectives form the opposite by adding a negative prefix . Put the adjective s from a in the chart .
Which
prefix is the most common? UN
Which
four adjectives don´t have an
exact opposite? BOSSY VAIN JEALOUS POSSESSIVE
Un-
|
Im-
|
In-
|
Ir-
|
Il-
|
Dis-
|
Uncooperative
Unambitious
uncommunicative
unfaithful
unimaginative
unreasonable
unselfish
unsociable
untidy
|
Impolite
Immature
impatient
|
Insecure
Inconsiderate
insensitive
|
Irregular
irresponsible
|
Ilegal
illogical
|
Disloyal
Dishonest
disorganized
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