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Forming opposites “dis” and “il”

Negative statements are the opposite of affirmative statements. In English, one way to make negative statements is by adding negative prefixes to nouns, adjectives, and verbs. “dis” and “il” are some English negative prefixes.

Dis

“Dis” can be used with verbs, nouns, adjectives or adverbs. It also has other meanings besides making words negative. Words that take “dis” as a negative prefix may begin with a vowel or a consonant.

Affirmative

Negative

Agree

Disagree

Comfort

Discomfort

Mount

Dismount

Orient

Disorient

il

Words that take “il” as a negative prefix always begin with the letter l.

Affirmative

Negative

Legal

illegal

Legible

illegible

Literate

illiterate

Logical

illogical