[中学联盟]江苏省苏州市高新区第三中学校牛津译林版八年级英语上册Unit4 Study Skills课件 (共13张PPT).pptVIP

certain uncertain comfortable uncomfortable important unimportant interesting uninteresting un- +adjective Prefix (前缀): a prefix is a letter or a group of letters that we add to the front of a word to form a new word. One of the most common prefixes is un-. It means “not”. We add it to some adjectives to give them the opposite meaning. Can you think of more words starting with un-? able friendly happy healthy lucky usual kind tidy ... unfriendly unable unhappy unhealthy unlucky unusual unkind untidy We can also use some other prefixes such as in- and im-, to form new words with opposite meaning. active inactive correct incorrect patient impatient possible impossible polite impolite ... We have prefixes and we also have suffixes, such as –ful and –less. The suffixes changes a word into adjective and –less means “not”. help helpful helpless use useful useless hope hopeful hopeless care careful careless ... Read the conversation below. Add the correct prefixes to some of the adjectives so that all the sentences make sense. 1. Annie: Do you spend a lot of time doing outdoor sports? Simon: Sure. It’s usual for me to stay at home all day. 2. Sandy: Our neighbor next door is putting something on the wall. Mum: It’s possible to sleep with all that noise. unusual impossible 3. Mille: Are you able to fix your bicycle, Andy? Andy: No. I’m certain that I can fix it myself. 4. Mum: Suzy, your room is really tidy -things are all over the floor. Suzy: Sorry, Mum. I’ll tidy up right now. untidy uncertain 1. Don’t be _________. He is only five years old. (patient) 2. It’s _______ for him to be rude. He is always polite. (usual) 3. Nick’s room is really ______. His mother is angry with him. (tidy) 4. It’s very hot today. I feel _____________. (comfortable) impatient unusual untidy uncomfortable 5. The book is ____