{"id":15298,"date":"2018-03-30T13:12:47","date_gmt":"2018-03-30T13:12:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.myes.school\/magazine\/?p=15298"},"modified":"2022-06-17T10:43:06","modified_gmt":"2022-06-17T08:43:06","slug":"come-usare-i-prefissi-in-inglese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myes.school\/it\/magazine\/esercizi-e-grammatica\/come-usare-i-prefissi-in-inglese\/","title":{"rendered":"Come usare i prefissi in inglese"},"content":{"rendered":"

I prefissi in inglese sono importanti ma molto spesso gli studenti non hanno chiaro quando e come usarli. Per esempio, ti \u00e8 mai successo di non aver capito o di aver sbagliato ad usare un termine solo perch\u00e9 non ne conoscevi il significato? Questa situazione pu\u00f2 cambiare solo studiando in modo approfondito, frequentando un corso di inglese<\/a> e conoscendo[su_highlight background=”#cae5fa”]i prefissi, piccole parti del discorso che se aggiunte a nomi, verbi, aggettivi e avverbi, possono mutarne profondamente il significato.[\/su_highlight]Oggi impareremo come usare i prefissi in inglese e in questo modo espanderemo anche il nostro vocabolario!<\/p>\n\n

Come usare i prefissi in inglese<\/h1>\n\n

*Come avviene in italiano, i prefissi in inglese\u00a0trasformano un vocabolo nel suo equivalente negativo.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n

un-<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>(not or opposite)<\/p>\n

happy\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 unhappy<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

acceptable\u00a0 unacceptable<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

believable\u00a0\u00a0 unbelievable<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

E.g. I’m really unhappy with her, what she did was unacceptable.<\/em><\/p>\n\n

il-<\/strong><\/em><\/span> (not or opposite)<\/p>\n

* Le parole che vogliono il prefisso negativo il-<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>iniziano sempre con la lettera l.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

legal\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 illegal<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

logical\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0illogical<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

literate\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 illiterate<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

E.g. It should be illegal to have illiteracy in today’s society.<\/em><\/p>\n\n

dis-<\/strong><\/span><\/em> (not or opposite)<\/p>\n

agree\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 disagree<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

appear\u00a0\u00a0 disappear<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

like\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 dislike<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

E.g. He is disagrees with everything I say, I think he dislikes most of my ideas.<\/em><\/p>\n\n

im-<\/strong><\/span><\/em> (not or opposite)<\/p>\n

*<\/em> Le parole che vogliono il prefisso negativo\u00a0im-<\/em> <\/strong>iniziano\u00a0sempre con le lettere\u00a0m<\/strong><\/em> o p.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

moral\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0 immoral<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

perfect\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0 imperfect<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

patient\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0 impatient<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

E.g. My wife gets impatient with me all the time, I wish she would accept all my small imperfections.<\/em><\/p>\n\n

ir-<\/span><\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>(not or opposite)<\/p>\n

*\u00a0Le parole che vogliono il prefisso negativo\u00a0ir-<\/strong> iniziano\u00a0sempre con la lettera r.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

responsible irresponsible<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

regular\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 irregular<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

resistible\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 irresistible<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

E.g. It was irresponsible of me to miss work twice this week.<\/em><\/p>\n\n

mis-<\/strong><\/em><\/span> (something is wrong or bad)<\/p>\n

understand<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 misunderstand<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

spell\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 misspelled<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

calculate<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 miscalculate<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

E.g. Sorry, you misspelled my name the correct spelling is K-A-R-E-N.<\/em><\/p>\n\n

over-<\/strong><\/em><\/span> (excessive or too much)<\/p>\n

cooked<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 overcooked<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

sleep\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0oversleep<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

E.g. This pasta isn’t al dente, it’s definitely overcooked!<\/em><\/p>\n

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Quiz time<\/em><\/h3>\n

My classmate _______ with my answer.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

    \n
  • disagreed<\/em><\/li>\n
  • non-agreed<\/em><\/li>\n
  • agreeing<\/em><\/li>\n
  • misagreed<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

    Matt was sleepy, so he _______ and went to bed.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

      \n
    • redressed<\/li>\n
    • dressing<\/li>\n
    • undressed<\/li>\n
    • predressed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

      Everyone always ______________\u00a0my name Kristina, they always spell it with a C.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

        \n
      • unspells<\/li>\n
      • respells<\/li>\n
      • mispells<\/li>\n
      • unspells<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n