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3.  The billy-goats said Something to the fir tree.

                               The billy-goats said, ‘

                                                                                                            .’

                           4.  Finally, the fir tree said to the wood-fairy, ‘I’ll never be Something

                                again.’

                                                                                                                         .


                    Opposites : dis-

                    Read the following sentence:

                                Everyone dislikes a dishonest person.

                           •  The opposite of like is made by writing dis- before it.

                           •  The opposite of honest is made by writing dis- before it.

                           •    dis- means not.


                                dis + like = dislike                           (not like)

                                dis + obey = disobey                           (not obey)



                    B2 a) Write dis- before the following words and then write the complete
                               word.


                              1.       dis        + contented           =         discontented

                              2.                  + honest              =

                              3.                  + please              =


                              4.                  + agree               =

                              5.                  + obedient            =

                              6.                  + appear              =


                         b)  Fill in the blanks with words from the above list.


                                 1.  Look! the moon is going to                                 behind the clouds.

                                 2. The                           fir tree lived in a thick forest.

                                 3. A                           child does not do what his parents and

                                      teachers tell him to do.
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