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Negation*

 

Objective

To transform words, eg changing tenses: ed, ing; negation: un, im, il; making comparatives; er, est, ish; changing verbs to nouns, eg ion, ism, ology: nouns to verbs; ise, ify, en

 

Choose one of the 'prefixes'; il, im or un and make these words take the opposite meaning. This is also known as negation (having a negative meaning).

 

  1.    kindness    
 
  2.    legal    
 
  3.    likely    
 
  4.    literate    
 
  5.    happiness    
 
  6.    mortal    
 
  7.    natural    
 
  8.    possible    
 
  9.    legible    
 
10.    movable    
 
When you have finished, click on the 'finished' button to check your answers.
 
  

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* Extension activity - see how many more words you can find with these prefixes.   Use a dictionary to help you.  Write down a sentence containing each of the words to show that you understand the meaning.

 

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