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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 101 · 40 questions
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Word tip (Split and add the meanings): un- and dis- mean “not”: unkind = not kind, disobey = not obey. re- means “again”: rewrite = write again. pre- means “before”: preheat = heat before. mis- means “wrongly”: misspell = spell wrongly. Split the word, then put the two meanings together.

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  1. 1.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
  2. 2.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
  3. 3.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) re-
  4. 4.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join before (b) not join (c) join wrongly (d) join again
  5. 5.What does “reheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat again (c) heat before (d) heat wrongly
  6. 6.What does “repaint” mean? (a) not paint (b) paint before (c) paint wrongly (d) paint again
  7. 7.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill before (b) not fill (c) fill wrongly (d) fill again
  8. 8.Which word means “use again”? (a) unuse (b) disuse (c) reuse (d) preuse
  9. 9.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place wrongly (b) place again (c) place before (d) not place
  10. 10.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open wrongly (b) open before (c) not open (d) open again
  11. 11.Which word means “not common”? (a) uncommon (b) recommon (c) discommon (d) precommon
  12. 12.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear wrongly (b) clear before (c) clear again (d) not clear
  13. 13.What does “preview” mean? (a) view again (b) view wrongly (c) not view (d) view before
  14. 14.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge before (c) judge again (d) judge wrongly
  15. 15.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky wrongly (b) not lucky (c) lucky before (d) lucky again
  16. 16.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) distidy (b) untidy (c) mistidy (d) pretidy
  17. 17.Which word means “not equal”? (a) disequal (b) misequal (c) unequal (d) reequal
  18. 18.What does “unwell” mean? (a) not well (b) well before (c) well wrongly (d) well again
  19. 19.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) dis-
  20. 20.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow wrongly (b) allow again (c) allow before (d) not allow
  21. 21.Which word means “play again”? (a) replay (b) preplay (c) misplay (d) display
  22. 22.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count wrongly (b) count again (c) count before (d) not count
  23. 23.What does “preheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat wrongly (c) heat again (d) heat before
  24. 24.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead again (b) lead before (c) not lead (d) lead wrongly
  25. 25.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) reread (b) disread (c) misread (d) preread
  26. 26.Which word means “pay before”? (a) unpay (b) dispay (c) repay (d) prepay
  27. 27.Which word means “heat again”? (a) unheat (b) disheat (c) reheat (d) misheat
  28. 28.Which word means “not well”? (a) diswell (b) unwell (c) miswell (d) rewell
  29. 29.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal before (b) loyal again (c) loyal wrongly (d) not loyal
  30. 30.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) misunderstand (b) disunderstand (c) preunderstand (d) ununderstand
  31. 31.Which word means “open again”? (a) misopen (b) disopen (c) reopen (d) preopen
  32. 32.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey again (b) obey before (c) obey wrongly (d) not obey
  33. 33.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) re-
  34. 34.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) mislucky (b) relucky (c) prelucky (d) unlucky
  35. 35.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy again (b) tidy before (c) tidy wrongly (d) not tidy
  36. 36.Which word means “visit again”? (a) previsit (b) revisit (c) misvisit (d) unvisit
  37. 37.Which word means “join again”? (a) prejoin (b) unjoin (c) misjoin (d) rejoin
  38. 38.Which word means “heat before”? (a) disheat (b) reheat (c) unheat (d) preheat
  39. 39.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) misbehave (b) disbehave (c) prebehave (d) unbehave
  40. 40.What does “unkind” mean? (a) not kind (b) kind before (c) kind wrongly (d) kind again

Answer key

  1. re-
  2. pre-
  3. un-
  4. join again
  5. heat again
  6. paint again
  7. fill again
  8. reuse
  9. place wrongly
  10. open again
  11. uncommon
  12. not clear
  13. view before
  14. judge before
  15. not lucky
  16. untidy
  17. unequal
  18. not well
  19. dis-
  20. not allow
  21. replay
  22. count wrongly
  23. heat before
  24. lead wrongly
  25. misread
  26. prepay
  27. reheat
  28. unwell
  29. not loyal
  30. misunderstand
  31. reopen
  32. not obey
  33. mis-
  34. unlucky
  35. not tidy
  36. revisit
  37. rejoin
  38. preheat
  39. misbehave
  40. not kind

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