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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 121 · 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.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest wrongly (b) not honest (c) honest before (d) honest again
  2. 2.Which word means “not happy”? (a) dishappy (b) unhappy (c) prehappy (d) mishappy
  3. 3.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) mislead (b) prelead (c) dislead (d) unlead
  4. 4.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write wrongly (b) not write (c) write again (d) write before
  5. 5.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay wrongly (b) pay again (c) pay before (d) not pay
  6. 6.Which word means “not allow”? (a) unallow (b) preallow (c) disallow (d) reallow
  7. 7.Which word means “play again”? (a) replay (b) misplay (c) display (d) preplay
  8. 8.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open again (b) not open (c) open before (d) open wrongly
  9. 9.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  10. 10.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) dis-
  11. 11.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky before (b) lucky wrongly (c) not lucky (d) lucky again
  12. 12.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect before (b) respect again (c) not respect (d) respect wrongly
  13. 13.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey again (b) obey before (c) not obey (d) obey wrongly
  14. 14.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
  15. 15.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
  16. 16.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common again (b) not common (c) common wrongly (d) common before
  17. 17.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) preplace (b) unplace (c) displace (d) misplace
  18. 18.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) reloyal (b) preloyal (c) disloyal (d) unloyal
  19. 19.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) not join (b) join before (c) join wrongly (d) join again
  20. 20.Which word means “open again”? (a) disopen (b) misopen (c) unopen (d) reopen
  21. 21.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check again (b) check wrongly (c) check before (d) not check
  22. 22.What does “unclear” mean? (a) not clear (b) clear wrongly (c) clear before (d) clear again
  23. 23.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place before (b) place wrongly (c) place again (d) not place
  24. 24.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) not build (b) build again (c) build wrongly (d) build before
  25. 25.Which word means “heat again”? (a) disheat (b) misheat (c) reheat (d) unheat
  26. 26.What does “disagree” mean? (a) not agree (b) agree again (c) agree before (d) agree wrongly
  27. 27.What does “retell” mean? (a) not tell (b) tell wrongly (c) tell again (d) tell before
  28. 28.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind before (b) kind wrongly (c) not kind (d) kind again
  29. 29.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit again (b) visit wrongly (c) visit before (d) not visit
  30. 30.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) mislucky (b) relucky (c) unlucky (d) dislucky
  31. 31.Which word means “write again”? (a) miswrite (b) diswrite (c) unwrite (d) rewrite
  32. 32.What does “unwell” mean? (a) not well (b) well again (c) well before (d) well wrongly
  33. 33.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) not understand (b) understand again (c) understand before (d) understand wrongly
  34. 34.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) pre-
  35. 35.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal wrongly (b) equal before (c) equal again (d) not equal
  36. 36.Which word means “check again”? (a) mischeck (b) discheck (c) recheck (d) uncheck
  37. 37.Which word means “not well”? (a) rewell (b) unwell (c) prewell (d) diswell
  38. 38.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe wrongly (b) safe again (c) safe before (d) not safe
  39. 39.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual again (b) usual before (c) usual wrongly (d) not usual
  40. 40.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use wrongly (b) not use (c) use again (d) use before

Answer key

  1. not honest
  2. unhappy
  3. mislead
  4. write again
  5. pay before
  6. disallow
  7. replay
  8. open again
  9. mis-
  10. dis-
  11. not lucky
  12. not respect
  13. not obey
  14. pre-
  15. un-
  16. not common
  17. misplace
  18. disloyal
  19. join again
  20. reopen
  21. check again
  22. not clear
  23. place wrongly
  24. build again
  25. reheat
  26. not agree
  27. tell again
  28. not kind
  29. visit again
  30. unlucky
  31. rewrite
  32. not well
  33. understand wrongly
  34. re-
  35. not equal
  36. recheck
  37. unwell
  38. not safe
  39. not usual
  40. use again

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