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WorksheetsFile 7A Vocabulary Extra Practice Prefixes
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 11mins
Choose the correct prefixed word
1 I wouldn’t believe a word he says.
He’s completely __________ (honest)
dishonest
unhonest
inhonest
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2 It’s very difficult to talk to you when you are behaving in such an _________ manner. (rational)
irrational
inrational
dirational
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3 You didn’t pay attention and completely ___________ what I said. (understand)
misunderstood
underunderstood
overunderstood
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4 Despite the fact that the rest of her family was _________ , she managed to learn to read, and eventuallygraduated from college. (literate)
illiterate
unliterate
inliterate
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5 I wish you wouldn’t talk with your mouth full. It’s very _________. (attractive)
unattractive
inattractive
underattractive
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6 He was severely reprimanded at work for making ________ comments in an email. (appropriate)
inappropriate
unappropriate
disappropriate
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7 In hot weather it’s easy to become ________ if you don’t drink enough liquids. (hydrate)
dehydrated
inhydrated
unhydrated
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8 Being _______ can be a real disadvantage in the world of business. (lingual)
monolingual
bilingual
underlingual
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9 I proposed having the Christmas party on December 23rd, but I was ______ by my colleagues. (vote)
outvoted
undervoted
antivoted
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10 The movie isn’t as good as the reviews say. It’s very _________. (rate)
overrated
unrated
disrated
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11 He might look tired now, but don’t ________ him. He could still win this game. (estimate)
underestimate
antiestimate
diestimate
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12 My boss isn’t happy with my report, so he asked me to make some changes and _________ it. (write)
rewrite
diswrite
antiwrite
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13 The government is introducing new measures to try to control _________ behavior in young people. (social)
anti-social
pro-social
under-social
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14 The walk was exhausting. It was _______ all the way. (hill)
uphill
downhill
antihill
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15 I don’t believe in ghosts or other ________ phenomena. (natural)
supernatural
dinatural
innatural
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16 He works for a _________ company, which has offices all over Europe and in South America. (national)
multinational
antinational
unnational
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17 She was _________ very for the interview. She seemed to know nothing about the company at all. (prepared)
unprepared
inprepared
imprepared
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18 I love _________ shirts – my favorite is yellow, purple, green, and red. (color)
multicolored
bicolored
undercolored
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19 He’s only 23 and he’s already written his _________. (biography)
autobiography
overbiography
antibiography
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20 He and his sister were ________ of a successful online business. (founder)
co-founders
re-founders
mis-founders
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21 He looked ________ old because he had such an unhealthy lifestyle. (mature)
prematurely
undermaturely
overmaturely
