Prefixes exercises — Set 2: Advanced Negative Prefixes: in-/im-/il-/ir-, mis-, non- (Worksheet)

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1

It is to drive without a licence in most countries.

2

She always her keys and then spends ages looking for them.

3

The task seemed at first, but we managed to finish it.

4

This is a flight from London to New York — no stops along the way.

5

His handwriting is so bad that it is almost .

6

The student the question and gave a completely wrong answer.

7

It was of him to spend all his savings on a car.

8

The patient was because the nurse could not find a vein.

9

The witness gave testimony that confused the jury.

10

He was punished for the school rules repeatedly.

11

The damage to the building was . It could never be repaired.

12

She the recipe by adding salt instead of sugar.

13

The child was very — he never sat still or listened to the teacher.

14

The newspaper article contained several statements about the politician.

15

This behaviour is completely for a professional environment.

16

The hotel offers a smoking environment for all guests.

17

It is to judge a book by its cover.

18

The new trainee kept important words in the reports.

19

The result of the experiment was — nobody expected it.

20

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.