Prefixes

Joe wanted to speak French but he was ___________ because he had never studied the language!

• irregular

• inactive

• irreversible

• incapable

If you drive down Hull Street at 100 miles per hour because speeding is __________________.

• illegal

• irregular

• irreversible

• incapable

Mr Coulter's hand was _____________ while he wore a cast but after the cast was removed he was able to use it as well as before the accident.

• impaired

• irregular

• inactive

• illegal

Jennifer's car ran out of gas and will not start up again! Now it is _____________ and she is stuck on the side of the road!

• immobile

• impaired

• illegal

• incapable

Mary was having a lot of trouble taking her test in the noisy room. All the talking ________________ her ability to read the questions and she had to start over!

• inactivated

• immobile

• impeded

• incapable

im, il, in

• not

• yet

• and

• again

Match the prefixes with the root word.

• mature

• in

• appropriate

• im

• logical

• il

It is ______ to talk loudly during a movie.

• immpolite

• inpolite

• impolite

The dog grew ​ (a)   as it waited for its food.

• impatient
• inpatient
• immpatient

The prefixes il, im and in all mean NOT.

• true

• false