Word families – prefixes

My exam results were____, I didn’t get a place on the course I wanted. ADEQUATE

You look a little bit _____, do you need to take a day off school? COLOUR

The building work was very _______________, we're going to make a complaint. STANDARD

What we think is ________________, no one is going to listen to us. RELEVANT

I had a(n) ________________ urge to run out of the exam and never return! CONTROL

There's been a(n) ________________ in the economy and unemployment has increased. TURN

The teacher ________________ him. He did much better in his exams than she expected. ESTIMATE

 I'm raising money for a great charity that helps ________________ adults learn how to read and write. LITERATE

London is a very ________________ city. People from all over the world live there. CULTURE

They are so competitive. They are always trying to ________________ each other. DO

Be careful about ________________ online. You can't trust everything you read. INFORM

After his wife died he decided to ___________ and is now very happy again. MARRY

My sister is ________________ of cooking anything. She really should learn to make at least one dish. CAPABLE

Doctors in my country are ________________ so they are going on strike next week. PAY

 I was ________________ you needed help. Why didn't you call me? AWARE

The teenagers in my neighbourhood are very ________________. Everyone is scared of them. SOCIAL

I felt very ________________ when I first moved away from home, but I soon settled into life at university. BALANCE