Question

This group of young people committed many _______ actions. dissocial non-social In the test variants we are given the adjective ‘social’ with four prefixes dis-, un-, non-, anti-. The adjective ‘unsocial’ means ‘happening during days of the week or hours when most people do not have to work’ (Nobody wants to work unsocial hours.). The prefix ‘anti’ means ‘against, in opposition to, or opposite of’. The adjective ‘antisocial’ means (1) ‘harmful to society’ and (2) ‘often avoiding spending time with other people’. Its synonyms are ‘unfriendly’ and ‘cold’. There is even one more adjective ‘insocial’ that means ‘not sociable’.The words ‘dissociable’ and ‘non-sociable’ are nonce-words. Therefore, among the test variants we are to choose ANSWER 4 (antisocial). 1

Accepted Answer

4 unsocial antisocial adjective

Task	This group of young people committed many _______ actions.
Answer	4
a	dissocial
b	unsocial
c	non-social
d	antisocial
comment	In the test variants we are given the adjective ‘social’ with four prefixes dis-, un-, non-, anti-. The adjective ‘unsocial’ means ‘happening during days of the week or hours when most people do not have to work’ (Nobody wants to work unsocial hours.). The prefix ‘anti’ means ‘against, in opposition to, or opposite of’. The adjective ‘antisocial’ means (1) ‘harmful to society’ and (2) ‘often avoiding spending time with other people’. Its synonyms are ‘unfriendly’ and ‘cold’. There is even one more adjective ‘insocial’ that means ‘not sociable’.The words ‘dissociable’ and ‘non-sociable’ are nonce-words. Therefore, among the test variants we are to choose ANSWER 4 (antisocial).
topic	adjective
level	1

Adjective Means People Unsocial Test Variants Group Young