a. please contact our customer service. Type e. I wouldn t have bought this cable TV connector for you. Type b. she ll never be on time. Type f. unless you call the call centre. Type c. if you saw one? Type g. if they didn t update the operating system. Type d. send in your application. We re looking for you! Type h. if you had taken the car to the mechanic s last week. Type 14 Complete the sentences with the missing verbs in the right tense. be press take press stop be able invalidate invent give launch 1. If we didn t have a drone to fertilise the fields, it .......................................................... us ages! 6. I wish I .......................................................... to use Office before I got this job, it s so hard now! 2. I wish my parents .......................................................... me wireless earphones for my birthday. I want them so badly! 7. I wish they .......................................................... the time machine! I d love to travel back and forth in time. 8. Supposing he had wanted to help you, why .......................................................... (he) a virus attack on your PC? 3. Had there been no Internet, I .......................................................... to write my dissertation. 4. If everybody used less plastics, the world 9. If only John .......................................................... sending me all those texts at any hour of the day! 10. If the teacher were to find out you cheated using your smartwatch, she .......................................................... your test. .......................................................... 5. If I .......................................................... reset, will I still be able to access my files? VOCABULARY WORD FORMATION Negative prefixes and suffixes 15 Give two negative words (nouns, adjectives, verbs or adverbs) for each of these prefixes and suffixes. 1. im-................................................................. ...................................................................... 5. mis-............................................................... ...................................................................... 2. il-..................................................................... ...................................................................... 6. de-.................................................................. ...................................................................... 3. ir-..................................................................... ...................................................................... 7. un-................................................................. ...................................................................... 4. dis-................................................................ ...................................................................... 8. -less ............................................................ ...................................................................... 16 Complete these sentences with the appropriate negative form of the word given. Remember to put any verbs into the correct form in the sentence and look out for plurals. 1. The portal is .......................................................... without the necessary password. ACCESS 6. Using phones in class is very .......................................................... and they will be confiscated by the teacher. RESPECT 2. The instructions for setting up the device were quite .......................................................... to follow. POSSIBILITY 7. I m afraid you are ........................................................... That s not your laptop, it s mine, but we have the same cover. TAKE 3. Giving young children smartphones is a sign of total .......................................................... on the part of their parents. RESPONSIBLE 8. We can t accept this idea for an app yet. There are still too many ........................................................... PERFECT 9. This advertisement for a smartwatch is ............................................. It s not that wonderful, it has limits. LEAD 4. I m afraid I .......................................................... of always using sat navs to find the way. APPROVAL 10. Technology is the future of the world, but of course some people .......................................................... with that. AGREEMENT 5. This video game is too violent, it s ......................................................... for children. SUIT B1+ UNIT 8 84
Vocabulary: Word formation - negative prefixes and suffixes