Rabbit, the successful mobile phone company, has renamed itself ChirChat Media as part of its effort to establish itself worldwide. Although some industry commentators see the name change as risky and an indication of their overconfidence, the company continues to outperform all its rivals in the competitive telecoms market. In a statement, co-founder and CEO Markus Danton said that it was an exciting time for the company and that its achievements had been underestimated in the past. He went on ro say, 'We are an ultramodern
Read this news report and identify nine common prefixes.
EXAMPLE: multinational
company taking the next logical step ro achieve our aim of becoming the leading company in the sector worldwide.'
He denied reports of problems in the recently entered Asian markets, claiming journalists had been misinformed. His ex-business partner Darius Schnell, who left the company less than three months ago, was nor available for comment. Many experts feel Mr Schnell's contributions ro the success of the company have been devalued in recent press reports since his hasty exit last November.
b.
Match the prefixes in Exercise A to these meanings.
1 too much
2 better / more than
3 badly
4 extremely
5 former
6 opposite
7 with
8 too little
9 again
C. Cross out the word in each group that does not follow the prefix in bold.
1 under perform I rate I charge I j7fflftf
2 co producer I worker I boss I author
3 re launch I engineer / locate I decide
4 over spend I lose I estimate I supply
5 mis manage I judge I look I calculate
6 out win I produce I bid I class
7 ultra efficient / cautious / modern I big
8 ex boss I director I employee I staff
9 de merge I grow I nationalise I regulate
D Complete these sentences with words from Exercise C in the correct form.
1 Several sales staff .