Task 1

Dis-:

• Advantaged (disadvantaged)
• Agreeable (disagreeable)
• Contented (discontented)
• Honest (dishonest)
• Inclined (disinclined)
• Obedient (disobedient)

Il-

• Legal (illegal)
• Literate (illiterate)
• Logical (illogical)

Im-

• Mature (immature)
• Moral (immoral)
• Mortal (Immortal)
• Patient (impatient)
• Perfect (Imperfect)
• Personal (impersonal)
• Possible (impossible)
• Proper (improper)
• Pure (impure)

In-:

• Accurate (inaccurate)
• Adequate (inadequate)
• Competent (incompetent)
• Complete (incomplete)
• Correct (incorrect)
• Curable (incurable)

Ir-

• Rational (irrational)
• Regualr (irregular)
• Relevant (Irrelevant)
• Replaceable (Irreplaceable)
• Resistible (irresistible)
• Resolute (irresolute)
• Responsible (Irresponsible)

Un-

• Acceptable (unacceptable)
• Attractive (unattractive)
• Avoidable (unavoidable)
• Believeable (unbelievable)
• Certain (uncertain)
• Comfortable (uncomfortable)
• Conscious (unconscious)
• Convincing (unconvincing)
• Even (uneven)
• Fair (unfair)
• Fashionable (unfashionable)
• Limited (unlimited)
• Married (unmarried)
• Qualified (unqualified)
• Satisfied (unsatisfied)
• Welcome (unwelcome)

Task 2

1. Your behaviour was completely irrelevant! You are eighteen years old, not eight!

2. Life can be quite difficult for unmarried mothers, or ‘single parents’ as they are usually called.

3. I’ll help you in a minute. Don’t be so impatient!

4. She never leartn to read or write, she was completely illiterate.

5. I’m afraid your answer is incorrect. Try again.

6. He is a very disobedient man; bad-tempered, selfish, jealous and bigoted.

7. Flared trousers and a purple corduroy jacket? That’s very unfashionable, you know.

8. Using the ‘broadband’ system means that you get unlimited internet access at any time of the day or night.

9. Disadvantaged children – those from poor families – have to work harder than others to succeed in life.

10. I did alll the work and she got the credit for it. That is so unfair!

11.  The people who run our national network are lazy and incompetent; they’re so bad at their job.

12. You paid 12 euro for a hamburger? That’s unbelievable. You must be joking!

13.  After I was hit on the head, I must have been unconscious for about ten minutes.

14. Your homework is incomplete. You’ve only answered half of the questions.

15. He’s rather immature. He behaves more like a child of ten.

16. You’ve broken my favourite cup. It’s irreplaceable! I’ll never find another one.