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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 147 · 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 “not”? (a) dis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  2. 2.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
  3. 3.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) unhear (b) prehear (c) mishear (d) dishear
  4. 4.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe wrongly (b) safe before (c) not safe (d) safe again
  5. 5.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) prelucky (b) mislucky (c) dislucky (d) unlucky
  6. 6.Which word means “not respect”? (a) prerespect (b) misrespect (c) unrespect (d) disrespect
  7. 7.Which word means “cook before”? (a) uncook (b) discook (c) precook (d) miscook
  8. 8.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy again (b) happy wrongly (c) happy before (d) not happy
  9. 9.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
  10. 10.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) retidy (b) untidy (c) pretidy (d) distidy
  11. 11.What does “misread” mean? (a) not read (b) read before (c) read wrongly (d) read again
  12. 12.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual again (b) not usual (c) usual wrongly (d) usual before
  13. 13.What does “disagree” mean? (a) not agree (b) agree before (c) agree again (d) agree wrongly
  14. 14.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  15. 15.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell again (b) spell before (c) spell wrongly (d) not spell
  16. 16.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect wrongly (b) not respect (c) respect again (d) respect before
  17. 17.What does “replay” mean? (a) play wrongly (b) play again (c) not play (d) play before
  18. 18.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
  19. 19.Which word means “not common”? (a) miscommon (b) discommon (c) precommon (d) uncommon
  20. 20.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) reloyal (b) misloyal (c) disloyal (d) preloyal
  21. 21.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind before (b) not kind (c) kind wrongly (d) kind again
  22. 22.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit wrongly (b) visit again (c) visit before (d) not visit
  23. 23.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook before (b) cook again (c) cook wrongly (d) not cook
  24. 24.Which word means “not well”? (a) diswell (b) miswell (c) prewell (d) unwell
  25. 25.What does “preheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat before (c) heat wrongly (d) heat again
  26. 26.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build before (b) not build (c) build wrongly (d) build again
  27. 27.Which word means “not safe”? (a) missafe (b) unsafe (c) dissafe (d) presafe
  28. 28.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead wrongly (b) not lead (c) lead before (d) lead again
  29. 29.Which word means “not fair”? (a) disfair (b) unfair (c) prefair (d) refair
  30. 30.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint again (b) paint before (c) paint wrongly (d) not paint
  31. 31.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell before (b) tell wrongly (c) not tell (d) tell again
  32. 32.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well wrongly (b) well again (c) not well (d) well before
  33. 33.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place before (b) place wrongly (c) not place (d) place again
  34. 34.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey again (b) obey before (c) obey wrongly (d) not obey
  35. 35.Which word means “not honest”? (a) prehonest (b) unhonest (c) dishonest (d) rehonest
  36. 36.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat again (c) heat before (d) not heat
  37. 37.Which word means “not clear”? (a) reclear (b) unclear (c) disclear (d) preclear
  38. 38.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check again (b) check before (c) check wrongly (d) not check
  39. 39.Which word means “visit again”? (a) revisit (b) previsit (c) misvisit (d) disvisit
  40. 40.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use again (b) use before (c) not use (d) use wrongly

Answer key

  1. dis-
  2. pre-
  3. mishear
  4. not safe
  5. unlucky
  6. disrespect
  7. precook
  8. not happy
  9. un-
  10. untidy
  11. read wrongly
  12. not usual
  13. not agree
  14. mis-
  15. spell wrongly
  16. not respect
  17. play again
  18. re-
  19. uncommon
  20. disloyal
  21. not kind
  22. visit again
  23. cook before
  24. unwell
  25. heat before
  26. build again
  27. unsafe
  28. lead wrongly
  29. unfair
  30. paint again
  31. tell again
  32. not well
  33. place wrongly
  34. not obey
  35. dishonest
  36. heat again
  37. unclear
  38. check again
  39. revisit
  40. use again

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