Opposites and Negative Prefixes

thin
fat
Opposites – Negative prefixes
big
small
fast




slow
cheap
expensive
young
old
different
same
Complete the following sentences:
The chair is behind the table. The table is ………………… the chair.
My house is not near my office. It’s ……………… from my office.
The umbrella is on the right of the raincoat. The raincoat is ………… …………… of the umbrella.
Summer is hot. Winter is ……………
The suitcase is not light. It’s quite ………………
6. We never go to work late. We usually arrive ……………
7. Cities are noisy and dangerous. The country is …………….. and ……………
8. My homework is …………….. Yours is easy.
9. I don’t like light blue. I prefer …………. blue.
10. The movie is boring. It’s not …………
happy
unhappy
Negative prefixes
correct
incorrect
Past Form
Work  worked
regular verb

Eat  ate
irregular verb
Negative Prefixes
Un
In
Im + Adj  Adj
Ir (negative
Il meaning)
UN-, IN-, IM-, IR-, IL-
Complete the sentences below with the opposites of the following adjectives
Don’t depend on him. He’s a very ………………… person.
Don’t be so …………, we’re only been waiting a few minutes.
7.30 a.m on a Saturday is a rather ……………… time for an appointment.
possible employed patient reliable convenient reasonable happy legal
4. Please don’t be so …………………., I can’t do all the work by myself.
5. It’s too late now. It’s ……………… for me to be there before 8.00 p.m.
6. She is …………………. .because she failed in the final exam.
7. It’s …………………. to drive under the age of seventeen in Britain.
8. He doesn’t have any jobs. He is ……...............