Exercises
1. One of my biggest problems with the English language is that I frequently _____________ words.
reconsider
misspell
rewrite
transplant
2. Dinosaurs lived in _____________ times.
prehistoric
pro-British
substandard
3. I always ask questions when I ______________ a lesson.
disconnect
postscript
misunderstand
4. I ____________ parts of my essay over and over until I am satisfied with it.
transport
propose
dissimilar
5. I am interested in _____________ travel. I’ve been to three different continents so far.
international
antibiotic
6. A doctor may prescribe a(n) _____________ to sick people to help make them feel better.
superhuman
7. A method of transportation under water is by ____________.
submarine
anticlockwise
8. A clock and a frog have nothing in common. They are _____________.
prenatal
supervisor
9. “Sally, you had better pay your phone bill soon! You don’t want the phone company to ___________ your line.”
10. “Johnny, I already said no, and that’s final. I won’t ______________.”