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Match the words/phrases in bold in questions 1-8 start learning
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If someone looks young for their age, is that good? start learning
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in relation to how old they are
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When is someone in their prime? start learning
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in the best period of their life
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If you tell a twenty-five-year-old person, "Act your age!" what kind of thing might they be doing? start learning
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behave in a more adult way
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At what age do people generally come of age in your country: seventeen, eighteen, twenty-one? start learning
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reach the age when legally an adult
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Are eighteen-year-olds too immature for university» start learning
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At what age does a person have the maturity to make a decision about marriage or a career? start learning
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wisdom that comes with age the ability to use your knowledge and experience of life to make good decisions and give good advice sabedoria; sensatez
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At what age is a person elderly? start learning
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"old" (said in a more polite way)
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Does age discrimination affect people looking for jobs in your country? start learning
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treating people unfairly based on age
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mediocrity, biased, pens, enterprise, milestones, ever-shifting, peers start learning
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important events in the development of something start learning
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supporting one group in an unfair way start learning
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people who are the same age or have the same job as you start learning
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Add a negative prefix to the words in bold to make them negative. start learning
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Use dis-, -in, il-, im-, ir-, mis- or un-.
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You have 1 realistic expectations of life. start learning
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You have unrealistic expectations of life.
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Your behaviour is 2a predictable and sometimes 2b logical. start learning
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Your behaviour is unpredictable and sometimes illogical.
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You are 3 satisfied with how your life has turned out. start learning
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You are dissatisfied with how your life has turned out.
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You aren't very keen on 4 familiar situations. start learning
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You aren't very keen on unfamiliar situations.
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You are 5 patient with people who don't understand technology. start learning
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You are impatient with people who don't understand technology.
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You think you are 6 mortal. start learning
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You think you are immortal.
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You are 7 willing to change your mind about your opinions. start learning
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You are unwilling to change your mind about your opinions.
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You 8 behave to get people's attention. start learning
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You misbehave to get people's attention.
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You sometimes feel 9a secure in groups and 9b interpret what people say to you. start learning
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You sometimes feel insecure in groups and misinterpret what people say to you.
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How much money you have is 10a relevant. You're just happy not to be 10b healthy. start learning
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How much money you have is irrelevant. You're just happy not to be unhealthy.
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Are the prefixes stressed or unstressed? start learning
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The prefixes are unstressed.
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Answer each pair of questions with words that share the same prefix. over-, post-, pre-, under-. start learning
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Use the prefixes in the box and the words in bold to help.
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What do you call: the generation who were born before the war? start learning
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What do you call: the period of history before written records? start learning
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What do you call: the generation born after the war? start learning
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What do you call: a university course taken after you graduate from your initial course? start learning
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What do you call: the time you spent working in your job in addition to your normal working hours? start learning
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What do you call: people who are forced to work too much or too hard? start learning
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What do you call: someone who isn't the minimum age to see an X-certificate film* start learning
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What do you call: someone who doesn't have enough qualifications to get a job? start learning
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Find a prefix in A which means: very small start learning
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Find a prefix in A which means: very big start learning
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Find a prefix in A which means: many start learning
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Find a prefix in A which means: between start learning
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Find a prefix in A which means: two start learning
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Find a prefix in A which means: across start learning
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with at least three endings in B.
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bilingual, bicycle, bimonthly
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multilingual, multinational, multimedia, multitask, multi-storey
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microchip, microwave, microphone, microscope
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megaphone, megacity, megabyte
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translate, transport, transit
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international, interval, interview
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with the correct form of a word formed from a prefix in A and an ending in B.
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I left my car in one of those huge 1 car parks and now I can't find it. start learning
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I left my car in one of those huge multi-storey car parks and now I can't find it.
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It's a long opera but there are two 2. We can take a break and have a coffee then. start learning
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It's a long opera but there are two intervals. We can take a break and have a coffee then.
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I've never really been to Hong Kong, only in the airport when I was in 3 on my way to Beijing. start learning
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I've never really been to Hong Kong, only in the airport when I was in transit on my way to Beijing.
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The crowd was sp noisy. I had to use a 4 to make my voice loud enough. start learning
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The crowd was sp noisy. I had to use a megaphone to make my voice loud enough.
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He didn't get the job because he was late for the 5. start learning
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He didn't get the job because he was late for the interview.
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No, it's too small. You can only see it under a 6. start learning
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No, it's too small. You can only see it under a microscope.
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Our newsletter only goes out 7. It's January now, so the next one is in March. start learning
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Our newsletter only goes out bimonthly. It's January now, so the next one is in March.
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People who grow up in a 8 environment end up understanding three or more languages. start learning
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People who grow up in a multilingual environment end up understanding three or more languages.
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