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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 105 · 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 “before”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) un-
  2. 2.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) dis- (d) mis-
  3. 3.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
  4. 4.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place before (b) not place (c) place again (d) place wrongly
  5. 5.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common again (b) common before (c) common wrongly (d) not common
  6. 6.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy again (b) happy wrongly (c) not happy (d) happy before
  7. 7.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) re-
  8. 8.Which word means “paint again”? (a) repaint (b) dispaint (c) prepaint (d) unpaint
  9. 9.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) un-
  10. 10.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) heat wrongly (c) heat again (d) not heat
  11. 11.Which word means “pay before”? (a) mispay (b) unpay (c) dispay (d) prepay
  12. 12.Which word means “not safe”? (a) presafe (b) missafe (c) unsafe (d) resafe
  13. 13.Which word means “not continue”? (a) recontinue (b) miscontinue (c) discontinue (d) uncontinue
  14. 14.Which word means “heat before”? (a) unheat (b) preheat (c) reheat (d) disheat
  15. 15.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead wrongly (b) not lead (c) lead before (d) lead again
  16. 16.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky before (b) lucky again (c) lucky wrongly (d) not lucky
  17. 17.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build wrongly (b) build before (c) build again (d) not build
  18. 18.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect wrongly (b) respect again (c) respect before (d) not respect
  19. 19.What does “misread” mean? (a) read wrongly (b) read before (c) not read (d) read again
  20. 20.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) not understand (b) understand again (c) understand wrongly (d) understand before
  21. 21.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill wrongly (b) fill again (c) fill before (d) not fill
  22. 22.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) uncount (b) miscount (c) recount (d) discount
  23. 23.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) unloyal (b) disloyal (c) reloyal (d) misloyal
  24. 24.Which word means “not happy”? (a) prehappy (b) rehappy (c) mishappy (d) unhappy
  25. 25.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear again (b) clear wrongly (c) not clear (d) clear before
  26. 26.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal before (b) equal wrongly (c) not equal (d) equal again
  27. 27.Which word means “check again”? (a) recheck (b) discheck (c) uncheck (d) precheck
  28. 28.What does “prepay” mean? (a) not pay (b) pay again (c) pay before (d) pay wrongly
  29. 29.Which word means “heat again”? (a) misheat (b) unheat (c) reheat (d) disheat
  30. 30.Which word means “fill again”? (a) misfill (b) disfill (c) prefill (d) refill
  31. 31.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) relead (b) dislead (c) mislead (d) unlead
  32. 32.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) disjudge (b) rejudge (c) misjudge (d) prejudge
  33. 33.What does “replay” mean? (a) play wrongly (b) not play (c) play before (d) play again
  34. 34.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) rehear (b) unhear (c) mishear (d) dishear
  35. 35.Which word means “build again”? (a) unbuild (b) misbuild (c) disbuild (d) rebuild
  36. 36.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use before (b) not use (c) use wrongly (d) use again
  37. 37.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) not judge (c) judge wrongly (d) judge before
  38. 38.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) mistidy (b) retidy (c) untidy (d) pretidy
  39. 39.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
  40. 40.What does “retell” mean? (a) not tell (b) tell before (c) tell again (d) tell wrongly

Answer key

  1. pre-
  2. dis-
  3. mis-
  4. place wrongly
  5. not common
  6. not happy
  7. un-
  8. repaint
  9. re-
  10. heat again
  11. prepay
  12. unsafe
  13. discontinue
  14. preheat
  15. lead wrongly
  16. not lucky
  17. build again
  18. not respect
  19. read wrongly
  20. understand wrongly
  21. fill again
  22. miscount
  23. disloyal
  24. unhappy
  25. not clear
  26. not equal
  27. recheck
  28. pay before
  29. reheat
  30. refill
  31. mislead
  32. misjudge
  33. play again
  34. mishear
  35. rebuild
  36. use again
  37. judge wrongly
  38. untidy
  39. pre-
  40. tell again

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