General English Level 5 GELEV5 Unit 05 Topic 01.doc In The Way we were, it says: … through her use of simple clothes, scarves and inexpensive jewellery. We can also add in at the beginning of some adjectives, for the same reason. Examples inconvenient incorrect inexperienced indirect Information in and un are the most common prefixes. Others can also be used to show opposite meaning. We add il to most adjectives beginning with l. Example – illogical We add im to most adjectives beginning with b, m or p. Example – impossible We add ir to most adjectives beginning with r. Example – irresponsible We can also add dis. Example – disagreeable 2. Suffixes In The Way we were, it says: A more masculine, shapeless look became popular … We can add less at the end of some nouns, to turn them into adjectives. Examples endless harmless useless breathless hopeless Information We form the opposite of some of these adjectives by adding the suffix - ful. Examples harmful useful hopeful 156 QUESTLANGUAGE