Exercises prefixes
(Foi muito __ dele insultar sua mãe na frente de sua
Coloque a prefixação correta em cada palavra: IN, tia.)
DIS, UN, IL, IR, IM. Depois coloque a tradução.
religious: They were a completely
expected → _________________ / __________ _________________ family and I never thought
honest → __________________ / ____________ that one day I would marry one of the daughters.
(Eles eram uma família completamente ___ e eu
digestable → _______________ / ____________
nunca pensei que um dia eu iria casar com uma das
regular → _________________/ ______________ filhas.)
professional → _______________ / ___________
logical → _________________ / ____________ honest: As a politician he was __________________
possible → _______________ / _____________ and it was not long before nobody trusted him.
(Como político, ele era __ e não demorou muito para
literate → _________________ / ___________ que ninguém confiasse nele.)
pleasant→ __________________/ __________
perfect: The goods were ________________ and had
Observe as sentenças abaixo e corretamente faça a to be returned to the store we bought them from.
(As mercadorias eram __ e tiveram que ser devolvidas
prefixação correta.
para a loja de onde as compramos.)
EX: happy: We were really unhappy with the way contented: She was __________________ with her
the party was going life and decided that things had to change.
(Ela foi __ com sua vida e decidiu que as coisas
tinham que mudar.)
legal: There is no doubt that cannabis will remain an
______________ drug for the foreseeable future.
(Não há dúvida de que a cannabis continuará sendo
Now choose the correct prefix in the following
uma droga ___ no futuro previsível.) sentences:
possible: It was quite _________________ for us to 1. Available: I tried to speak to the professor, but
drive all the way from Paris to Madrid in one day. he was ___. (Tentei falar com o professor, mas ele
(Foi bem ___ para nós dirigirmos de Paris a Madri em não estava disponível.)
um dia.)
( ) unavailable ( ) disavailable
successful: He made an ________________ attempt ( ) misavailable ( ) imavailable
to climb the highest mountain in the range.
(Ele fez uma tentativa __ para subir a montanha mais 2. Avoidable: The accident was ___. (O acidente
alta no intervalo.) foi inevitável.)
responsible: To take the boat out with four children
( ) imavoidable ( ) disavoidable
under the age of ten and with no life jackets on board
was quite ________________ of him.
( ) unavoidable ( ) misavoidable
(Levar o barco para fora com quatro crianças menores
de dez anos e sem coletes salva-vidas a bordo era 3. Appeared: My keys seem to have ___. I can't
bastante ___ dele.) find them anywhere! (Minhas chaves parecem ter
desaparecido. Não consigo encontrá-los em lugar
appropriate: The dress she was wearing was quite algum!)
_________________ for the occasion.
(O vestido que ela usava era bastante ___ para a ( ) misappeared ( ) unappeared
ocasião.) ( ) imappeared ( ) disappeared
polite: It was very ________________ of him to
insult his mother in front of his aunt.
