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7. Spell – ________
8. Arrange - ________
9. Happy - ________
10. Televise - ________
11. Hesitate - ________
12. Similar - ________
13. Popular - ________
14. Elect - ________

A.4 Complete the sentences with the prefix and suffixes
below. You will only need to use the prefix, suffix once.

–able ist ing -ive
-ic Im- un- -ment
-ful ient

1.It’s always use _________to carry some cash on you, in
cash of emergency.
2. Planning a holiday can be just as excite ____ as going on
holiday.
3. I found that this medicine is the most effect ________ for
colds.
4. She speaks arab_______ very well.
5. You must not be _______polite to your superior.
6. The managing director has been responsible for many
_______popular decisions.
7. I’m un_________to work on weekends.
8. His sex_____ comments made him disliked by the female
employees.
9. I don’t want to get into an argu________ with you about
this.
10.Living close to the station is conven________ for me.

B. Suffixes

A suffix is a group of letters places after the root of a word. For
example, the flavorless consists of the root word “flavor” combined with
the suffix “-less” [which means “without”]: the word “flavorless” means
“having no flavor.”