What do you mean?

The following quotes are about language and communication. What do they mean? Which why do you like best and why?
‘The great enemy of clear language is insincerity.’ (George Orwell)
‘The kindest word in all the world is the unkind word, unsaid.’ (UNKNOWN)
‘Language is the most imperfect and expensive means yet discovered for communicating though.’ (William James)
‘Silence is often misinterpreted but never misquoted’ (UNKNOWN)
‘Once a word has been allowed to escape, it cannot be recalled.’ (Horace)
‘Foolishness always results when the tongue outraces the brain.’ (UNKNOWN)

Look at the underlined prefixes and say what effect they have on the meaning of the word.
‘The great enemy of clear language is insincerity.’
‘The kindest word in all the world is the unkind word, unsaid.’
‘Language is the most imperfect and expensive means yet discovered for communicating though.’
Use them to make the opposites of these words:
__ mature __dependant __healthy
What prefixes are used to make the opposites of these words?
__ legal __responsible __honest

Look at the underlined prefixes and match them to their meanings
‘Silence is often misinterpreted but never misquoted’
‘Foolishness always results when the tongue outraces the brain.’
‘Once a word has been allowed to escape, it cannot be recalled.’
A. again B. in the wrong way C. better/more
re
mis
out
What do the prefixes at the beginning of these words mean?
anti-government, unpaid, overcooked, nonverbal, ex-wife
Complete the words with the prefixes written above.
__sleep, __-President, __social, __value, __-alcoholic

Complete Train Your Brain with the previous examples.
You can use your SB p.93.

Open your WB on page 81 to complete
the following tasks.