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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 128 · 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 “unclear” mean? (a) clear before (b) not clear (c) clear again (d) clear wrongly
  2. 2.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind again (b) kind before (c) kind wrongly (d) not kind
  3. 3.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) not judge (c) judge again (d) judge wrongly
  4. 4.Which word means “fill again”? (a) disfill (b) refill (c) prefill (d) unfill
  5. 5.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build wrongly (b) build again (c) build before (d) not build
  6. 6.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
  7. 7.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) un-
  8. 8.Which word means “not kind”? (a) prekind (b) diskind (c) unkind (d) miskind
  9. 9.What does “mishear” mean? (a) not hear (b) hear wrongly (c) hear before (d) hear again
  10. 10.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join again (b) join wrongly (c) not join (d) join before
  11. 11.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
  12. 12.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair wrongly (b) fair again (c) fair before (d) not fair
  13. 13.Which word means “not common”? (a) uncommon (b) precommon (c) miscommon (d) discommon
  14. 14.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) not common (b) common before (c) common wrongly (d) common again
  15. 15.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place before (b) place again (c) not place (d) place wrongly
  16. 16.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) dis-
  17. 17.What does “replay” mean? (a) not play (b) play wrongly (c) play again (d) play before
  18. 18.Which word means “use again”? (a) reuse (b) unuse (c) misuse (d) preuse
  19. 19.Which word means “not happy”? (a) mishappy (b) dishappy (c) rehappy (d) unhappy
  20. 20.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open wrongly (b) not open (c) open before (d) open again
  21. 21.Which word means “judge before”? (a) disjudge (b) unjudge (c) rejudge (d) prejudge
  22. 22.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky wrongly (b) lucky again (c) lucky before (d) not lucky
  23. 23.Which word means “not continue”? (a) discontinue (b) uncontinue (c) recontinue (d) precontinue
  24. 24.Which word means “not agree”? (a) reagree (b) disagree (c) unagree (d) preagree
  25. 25.What does “misspell” mean? (a) not spell (b) spell before (c) spell wrongly (d) spell again
  26. 26.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal again (b) loyal wrongly (c) loyal before (d) not loyal
  27. 27.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well wrongly (b) not well (c) well again (d) well before
  28. 28.Which word means “open again”? (a) disopen (b) misopen (c) unopen (d) reopen
  29. 29.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow wrongly (b) not allow (c) allow again (d) allow before
  30. 30.What does “precook” mean? (a) not cook (b) cook wrongly (c) cook before (d) cook again
  31. 31.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe before (b) safe wrongly (c) not safe (d) safe again
  32. 32.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) unbehave (b) rebehave (c) prebehave (d) misbehave
  33. 33.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) relucky (b) unlucky (c) dislucky (d) mislucky
  34. 34.Which word means “not equal”? (a) disequal (b) unequal (c) misequal (d) preequal
  35. 35.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
  36. 36.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect wrongly (b) respect before (c) respect again (d) not respect
  37. 37.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) prelead (b) dislead (c) unlead (d) mislead
  38. 38.Which word means “write again”? (a) rewrite (b) diswrite (c) unwrite (d) miswrite
  39. 39.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) preloyal (b) reloyal (c) disloyal (d) unloyal
  40. 40.Which word means “not safe”? (a) unsafe (b) dissafe (c) resafe (d) missafe

Answer key

  1. not clear
  2. not kind
  3. judge before
  4. refill
  5. build again
  6. re-
  7. pre-
  8. unkind
  9. hear wrongly
  10. join again
  11. mis-
  12. not fair
  13. uncommon
  14. not common
  15. place wrongly
  16. dis-
  17. play again
  18. reuse
  19. unhappy
  20. open again
  21. prejudge
  22. not lucky
  23. discontinue
  24. disagree
  25. spell wrongly
  26. not loyal
  27. not well
  28. reopen
  29. not allow
  30. cook before
  31. not safe
  32. misbehave
  33. unlucky
  34. unequal
  35. un-
  36. not respect
  37. mislead
  38. rewrite
  39. disloyal
  40. unsafe

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