6.1 AGE; WORD-BUILDING: PREFIXES

 0    60 fiszek    josehbaltazar
ściągnij mp3 drukuj graj sprawdź się
 
Pytanie English Odpowiedź English
Match the words/phrases in bold in questions 1-8
rozpocznij naukę
with meanings a)-h).
If someone looks young for their age, is that good?
rozpocznij naukę
in relation to how old they are
When is someone in their prime?
rozpocznij naukę
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?
rozpocznij naukę
behave in a more adult way
At what age do people generally come of age in your country: seventeen, eighteen, twenty-one?
rozpocznij naukę
reach the age when legally an adult
Are eighteen-year-olds too immature for university»
rozpocznij naukę
childsh
At what age does a person have the maturity to make a decision about marriage or a career?
rozpocznij naukę
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?
rozpocznij naukę
"old" (said in a more polite way)
Does age discrimination affect people looking for jobs in your country?
rozpocznij naukę
treating people unfairly based on age
Match meanings 1-7
mediocrity, biased, pens, enterprise, milestones, ever-shifting, peers
rozpocznij naukę
with the words in bold.
a company or business
rozpocznij naukę
enterprise
constantly changing
rozpocznij naukę
ever-shifting
important events in the development of something
rozpocznij naukę
milestones
average quality
rozpocznij naukę
mediocrity
supporting one group in an unfair way
rozpocznij naukę
biased
writes
rozpocznij naukę
pens
people who are the same age or have the same job as you
rozpocznij naukę
peers
Add a negative prefix to the words in bold to make them negative.
rozpocznij naukę
Use dis-, -in, il-, im-, ir-, mis- or un-.
You have 1 realistic expectations of life.
rozpocznij naukę
You have unrealistic expectations of life.
Your behaviour is 2a predictable and sometimes 2b logical.
rozpocznij naukę
Your behaviour is unpredictable and sometimes illogical.
You are 3 satisfied with how your life has turned out.
rozpocznij naukę
You are dissatisfied with how your life has turned out.
You aren't very keen on 4 familiar situations.
rozpocznij naukę
You aren't very keen on unfamiliar situations.
You are 5 patient with people who don't understand technology.
rozpocznij naukę
You are impatient with people who don't understand technology.
You think you are 6 mortal.
rozpocznij naukę
You think you are immortal.
You are 7 willing to change your mind about your opinions.
rozpocznij naukę
You are unwilling to change your mind about your opinions.
You 8 behave to get people's attention.
rozpocznij naukę
You misbehave to get people's attention.
You sometimes feel 9a secure in groups and 9b interpret what people say to you.
rozpocznij naukę
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.
rozpocznij naukę
How much money you have is irrelevant. You're just happy not to be unhealthy.
Are the prefixes stressed or unstressed?
rozpocznij naukę
The prefixes are unstressed.
Answer each pair of questions with words that share the same prefix.
over-, post-, pre-, under-.
rozpocznij naukę
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?
rozpocznij naukę
pre-war
What do you call: the period of history before written records?
rozpocznij naukę
prehistory
What do you call: the generation born after the war?
rozpocznij naukę
post-war
What do you call: a university course taken after you graduate from your initial course?
rozpocznij naukę
postgraduate
What do you call: the time you spent working in your job in addition to your normal working hours?
rozpocznij naukę
overtime
What do you call: people who are forced to work too much or too hard?
rozpocznij naukę
overworked
What do you call: someone who isn't the minimum age to see an X-certificate film*
rozpocznij naukę
underage
What do you call: someone who doesn't have enough qualifications to get a job?
rozpocznij naukę
underqualified
Find a prefix in A which means: very small
rozpocznij naukę
micro
Find a prefix in A which means: very big
rozpocznij naukę
mega
Find a prefix in A which means: many
rozpocznij naukę
multi
Find a prefix in A which means: between
rozpocznij naukę
inter
Find a prefix in A which means: two
rozpocznij naukę
bi
Find a prefix in A which means: across
rozpocznij naukę
trans
Match a prefix in A
rozpocznij naukę
with at least three endings in B.
bi
rozpocznij naukę
bilingual, bicycle, bimonthly
multi
rozpocznij naukę
multilingual, multinational, multimedia, multitask, multi-storey
micro
rozpocznij naukę
microchip, microwave, microphone, microscope
mega
rozpocznij naukę
megaphone, megacity, megabyte
trans
rozpocznij naukę
translate, transport, transit
inter
rozpocznij naukę
international, interval, interview
Complete the sentences
rozpocznij naukę
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.
rozpocznij naukę
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.
rozpocznij naukę
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.
rozpocznij naukę
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.
rozpocznij naukę
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.
rozpocznij naukę
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.
rozpocznij naukę
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.
rozpocznij naukę
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.
rozpocznij naukę
People who grow up in a multilingual environment end up understanding three or more languages.

Musisz się zalogować, by móc napisać komentarz.