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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 15 · 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 “unequal” mean? (a) equal before (b) equal again (c) equal wrongly (d) not equal
  2. 2.Which word means “not agree”? (a) misagree (b) unagree (c) disagree (d) preagree
  3. 3.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
  4. 4.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build before (b) not build (c) build again (d) build wrongly
  5. 5.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy again (b) happy before (c) not happy (d) happy wrongly
  6. 6.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) not common (b) common again (c) common wrongly (d) common before
  7. 7.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
  8. 8.Which word means “join again”? (a) prejoin (b) disjoin (c) rejoin (d) unjoin
  9. 9.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge before (c) judge wrongly (d) judge again
  10. 10.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  11. 11.What does “prepay” mean? (a) not pay (b) pay before (c) pay wrongly (d) pay again
  12. 12.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky wrongly (b) lucky before (c) lucky again (d) not lucky
  13. 13.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) rebehave (b) disbehave (c) misbehave (d) unbehave
  14. 14.Which word means “heat before”? (a) preheat (b) reheat (c) unheat (d) misheat
  15. 15.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) re-
  16. 16.What does “misspell” mean? (a) not spell (b) spell again (c) spell wrongly (d) spell before
  17. 17.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit wrongly (b) not visit (c) visit before (d) visit again
  18. 18.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) reloyal (b) misloyal (c) disloyal (d) preloyal
  19. 19.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave before (b) behave wrongly (c) behave again (d) not behave
  20. 20.What does “reheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat wrongly (c) heat before (d) heat again
  21. 21.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
  22. 22.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check wrongly (b) not check (c) check again (d) check before
  23. 23.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear again (b) clear before (c) not clear (d) clear wrongly
  24. 24.Which word means “not equal”? (a) preequal (b) reequal (c) disequal (d) unequal
  25. 25.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open wrongly (b) open before (c) open again (d) not open
  26. 26.Which word means “pay before”? (a) repay (b) prepay (c) unpay (d) dispay
  27. 27.Which word means “not well”? (a) prewell (b) diswell (c) rewell (d) unwell
  28. 28.Which word means “not obey”? (a) unobey (b) misobey (c) disobey (d) reobey
  29. 29.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe wrongly (b) safe again (c) safe before (d) not safe
  30. 30.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow wrongly (b) allow again (c) not allow (d) allow before
  31. 31.What does “untidy” mean? (a) not tidy (b) tidy before (c) tidy wrongly (d) tidy again
  32. 32.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) disspell (b) misspell (c) prespell (d) respell
  33. 33.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) not understand (b) understand wrongly (c) understand before (d) understand again
  34. 34.Which word means “tell again”? (a) retell (b) pretell (c) distell (d) untell
  35. 35.Which word means “use again”? (a) reuse (b) misuse (c) unuse (d) disuse
  36. 36.Which word means “not allow”? (a) misallow (b) reallow (c) disallow (d) unallow
  37. 37.What does “misread” mean? (a) read again (b) read before (c) read wrongly (d) not read
  38. 38.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) preunderstand (b) reunderstand (c) ununderstand (d) misunderstand
  39. 39.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree again (b) agree wrongly (c) not agree (d) agree before
  40. 40.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill wrongly (b) fill again (c) fill before (d) not fill

Answer key

  1. not equal
  2. disagree
  3. mis-
  4. build again
  5. not happy
  6. not common
  7. dis-
  8. rejoin
  9. judge wrongly
  10. re-
  11. pay before
  12. not lucky
  13. misbehave
  14. preheat
  15. pre-
  16. spell wrongly
  17. visit again
  18. disloyal
  19. behave wrongly
  20. heat again
  21. un-
  22. check again
  23. not clear
  24. unequal
  25. open again
  26. prepay
  27. unwell
  28. disobey
  29. not safe
  30. not allow
  31. not tidy
  32. misspell
  33. understand wrongly
  34. retell
  35. reuse
  36. disallow
  37. read wrongly
  38. misunderstand
  39. not agree
  40. fill again

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