NEGATIVE PREFIXES

NEGATIVE PREFIXES

1. UN

   • able- unable
   • tidy-untidu
   • comfortable-uncomfortable
   • popular-unpopular
   • empoyed-unployed
   • countable-uncountable
   • real-unreal

2. DIS

   • honest-dishonest
   • agree-disagree
   • like-dislike
   • arrned-disarmed
   • ability-Disabilty
   • able-Disable

3. il

   • legal-illegal
   • legible-illegible
   • logical-illogical
   • letrate-illiterate
   • In the negative we put double l

4. im

   • possible-Impossible
   • patient-Impatient
   • polite-Impolite
   • perfect-Imperfect

5. Short adjectives

   • small adjectives (comparatives)
     • Normal rule: we add "er"
       • -Talll- taller, small-smaller, short shorter
     • Ending in vowwel: we onlly add "r"
       • 1-Nice-nicer, 2-Wise-wiser, 3-Mide-mider
     • Double consonant: we add double consonant
       • 1- Big-bigger, 2-Fatt-fatter, 3-Tin-thinner
     • Other adjectives
       • 1- Good-better, 2-Bad-worse,
   • Long adjectives
     • we add "more" if they are long if they have more than 3 sylables.
     • 1-Beautifull
       • Terrorific