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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 106 · 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 word means “not clear”? (a) unclear (b) misclear (c) reclear (d) preclear
  2. 2.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) dis- (c) re- (d) pre-
  3. 3.Which word means “open again”? (a) preopen (b) unopen (c) misopen (d) reopen
  4. 4.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) not heat (c) heat wrongly (d) heat before
  5. 5.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
  6. 6.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell before (b) tell wrongly (c) tell again (d) not tell
  7. 7.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear before (b) clear again (c) clear wrongly (d) not clear
  8. 8.Which word means “play again”? (a) unplay (b) display (c) replay (d) misplay
  9. 9.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  10. 10.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) not judge (c) judge before (d) judge wrongly
  11. 11.Which word means “not obey”? (a) misobey (b) reobey (c) disobey (d) unobey
  12. 12.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy again (b) happy wrongly (c) not happy (d) happy before
  13. 13.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) dislead (b) unlead (c) mislead (d) relead
  14. 14.Which word means “not continue”? (a) miscontinue (b) uncontinue (c) recontinue (d) discontinue
  15. 15.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) not loyal (b) loyal before (c) loyal wrongly (d) loyal again
  16. 16.What does “misuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use before (c) use wrongly (d) use again
  17. 17.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use wrongly (b) not use (c) use again (d) use before
  18. 18.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
  19. 19.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual before (b) not usual (c) usual wrongly (d) usual again
  20. 20.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well again (b) not well (c) well wrongly (d) well before
  21. 21.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open before (b) open again (c) open wrongly (d) not open
  22. 22.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave before (b) behave wrongly (c) not behave (d) behave again
  23. 23.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree before (b) not agree (c) agree wrongly (d) agree again
  24. 24.Which word means “not fair”? (a) prefair (b) refair (c) unfair (d) misfair
  25. 25.Which word means “check again”? (a) precheck (b) uncheck (c) discheck (d) recheck
  26. 26.What does “misread” mean? (a) read again (b) read before (c) not read (d) read wrongly
  27. 27.What does “replay” mean? (a) not play (b) play before (c) play again (d) play wrongly
  28. 28.What does “disallow” mean? (a) not allow (b) allow again (c) allow wrongly (d) allow before
  29. 29.Which word means “heat before”? (a) reheat (b) preheat (c) unheat (d) misheat
  30. 30.Which word means “join again”? (a) misjoin (b) unjoin (c) rejoin (d) disjoin
  31. 31.Which word means “not respect”? (a) prerespect (b) misrespect (c) rerespect (d) disrespect
  32. 32.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) prelucky (b) unlucky (c) relucky (d) dislucky
  33. 33.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build wrongly (b) build before (c) not build (d) build again
  34. 34.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check again (b) check before (c) not check (d) check wrongly
  35. 35.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) replace (b) unplace (c) displace (d) misplace
  36. 36.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place before (b) place again (c) place wrongly (d) not place
  37. 37.What does “repaint” mean? (a) not paint (b) paint again (c) paint wrongly (d) paint before
  38. 38.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) distidy (b) retidy (c) pretidy (d) untidy
  39. 39.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat before (c) heat again (d) not heat
  40. 40.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) un-

Answer key

  1. unclear
  2. dis-
  3. reopen
  4. heat again
  5. re-
  6. tell again
  7. not clear
  8. replay
  9. un-
  10. judge wrongly
  11. disobey
  12. not happy
  13. mislead
  14. discontinue
  15. not loyal
  16. use wrongly
  17. use again
  18. pre-
  19. not usual
  20. not well
  21. open again
  22. behave wrongly
  23. not agree
  24. unfair
  25. recheck
  26. read wrongly
  27. play again
  28. not allow
  29. preheat
  30. rejoin
  31. disrespect
  32. unlucky
  33. build again
  34. check again
  35. misplace
  36. place wrongly
  37. paint again
  38. untidy
  39. heat before
  40. mis-

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