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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 140 · 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 “paint again”? (a) dispaint (b) unpaint (c) repaint (d) mispaint
  2. 2.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair before (b) not fair (c) fair wrongly (d) fair again
  3. 3.Which word means “not happy”? (a) rehappy (b) unhappy (c) prehappy (d) mishappy
  4. 4.Which word means “not obey”? (a) reobey (b) unobey (c) preobey (d) disobey
  5. 5.Which word means “not kind”? (a) unkind (b) prekind (c) diskind (d) rekind
  6. 6.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) unloyal (b) disloyal (c) preloyal (d) misloyal
  7. 7.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  8. 8.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
  9. 9.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) prelucky (b) unlucky (c) relucky (d) mislucky
  10. 10.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
  11. 11.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) re-
  12. 12.Which word means “check again”? (a) discheck (b) uncheck (c) precheck (d) recheck
  13. 13.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave wrongly (b) behave before (c) behave again (d) not behave
  14. 14.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge before (c) judge again (d) judge wrongly
  15. 15.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) disjudge (b) unjudge (c) misjudge (d) prejudge
  16. 16.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell before (b) spell again (c) not spell (d) spell wrongly
  17. 17.What does “repaint” mean? (a) not paint (b) paint before (c) paint wrongly (d) paint again
  18. 18.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe wrongly (b) safe before (c) not safe (d) safe again
  19. 19.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use again (b) not use (c) use before (d) use wrongly
  20. 20.Which word means “judge before”? (a) rejudge (b) misjudge (c) unjudge (d) prejudge
  21. 21.Which word means “pay before”? (a) prepay (b) dispay (c) unpay (d) mispay
  22. 22.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual before (b) usual wrongly (c) not usual (d) usual again
  23. 23.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell before (b) not tell (c) tell wrongly (d) tell again
  24. 24.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) dis-
  25. 25.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) disspell (b) respell (c) prespell (d) misspell
  26. 26.Which word means “not allow”? (a) unallow (b) disallow (c) reallow (d) misallow
  27. 27.Which word means “play again”? (a) display (b) replay (c) misplay (d) unplay
  28. 28.Which word means “visit again”? (a) revisit (b) misvisit (c) previsit (d) unvisit
  29. 29.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) not join (b) join again (c) join wrongly (d) join before
  30. 30.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) not respect (b) respect before (c) respect wrongly (d) respect again
  31. 31.What does “unclear” mean? (a) not clear (b) clear again (c) clear wrongly (d) clear before
  32. 32.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy before (b) tidy again (c) not tidy (d) tidy wrongly
  33. 33.Which word means “not agree”? (a) misagree (b) unagree (c) preagree (d) disagree
  34. 34.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat again (c) not heat (d) heat before
  35. 35.Which word means “open again”? (a) misopen (b) unopen (c) disopen (d) reopen
  36. 36.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) displace (b) preplace (c) misplace (d) unplace
  37. 37.Which word means “not honest”? (a) dishonest (b) rehonest (c) mishonest (d) prehonest
  38. 38.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open before (b) open wrongly (c) open again (d) not open
  39. 39.Which word means “write again”? (a) miswrite (b) rewrite (c) prewrite (d) unwrite
  40. 40.Which word means “not respect”? (a) unrespect (b) rerespect (c) prerespect (d) disrespect

Answer key

  1. repaint
  2. not fair
  3. unhappy
  4. disobey
  5. unkind
  6. disloyal
  7. mis-
  8. re-
  9. unlucky
  10. un-
  11. pre-
  12. recheck
  13. behave wrongly
  14. judge before
  15. misjudge
  16. spell wrongly
  17. paint again
  18. not safe
  19. use wrongly
  20. prejudge
  21. prepay
  22. not usual
  23. tell again
  24. dis-
  25. misspell
  26. disallow
  27. replay
  28. revisit
  29. join again
  30. not respect
  31. not clear
  32. not tidy
  33. disagree
  34. heat again
  35. reopen
  36. misplace
  37. dishonest
  38. open again
  39. rewrite
  40. disrespect

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