Prefixes exercises — Set 2: Advanced Negative Prefixes: in-/im-/il-/ir-, mis-, non- (Worksheet)
Worksheet • 20 questions • 14 min
It is to drive without a licence in most countries.
She always her keys and then spends ages looking for them.
The task seemed at first, but we managed to finish it.
This is a flight from London to New York — no stops along the way.
His handwriting is so bad that it is almost .
The student the question and gave a completely wrong answer.
It was of him to spend all his savings on a car.
The patient was because the nurse could not find a vein.
The witness gave testimony that confused the jury.
He was punished for the school rules repeatedly.
The damage to the building was . It could never be repaired.
She the recipe by adding salt instead of sugar.
The child was very — he never sat still or listened to the teacher.
The newspaper article contained several statements about the politician.
This behaviour is completely for a professional environment.
The hotel offers a smoking environment for all guests.
It is to judge a book by its cover.
The new trainee kept important words in the reports.
The result of the experiment was — nobody expected it.
The organisation is a profit group that helps homeless people.
Prefixes exercises online (Worksheet)
Master the trickier negative prefixes. Learn the phonological rules for in- and its variants: use im- before p, b, and m (impossible); il- before l (illegal); ir- before r (irregular). Also practise mis- (wrongly) and non- (not). Choose the correct word to complete each sentence.