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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 152 · 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 “unkind” mean? (a) kind again (b) kind wrongly (c) not kind (d) kind before
  2. 2.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
  3. 3.Which word means “not respect”? (a) disrespect (b) unrespect (c) prerespect (d) rerespect
  4. 4.What does “replay” mean? (a) play wrongly (b) play before (c) not play (d) play again
  5. 5.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build before (b) not build (c) build again (d) build wrongly
  6. 6.What does “unclear” mean? (a) not clear (b) clear again (c) clear before (d) clear wrongly
  7. 7.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) uncount (b) discount (c) miscount (d) recount
  8. 8.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe before (b) not safe (c) safe again (d) safe wrongly
  9. 9.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave before (b) not behave (c) behave wrongly (d) behave again
  10. 10.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell wrongly (b) tell before (c) tell again (d) not tell
  11. 11.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
  12. 12.Which word means “cook before”? (a) miscook (b) precook (c) recook (d) uncook
  13. 13.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy before (b) tidy again (c) not tidy (d) tidy wrongly
  14. 14.Which word means “fill again”? (a) misfill (b) unfill (c) prefill (d) refill
  15. 15.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint before (b) paint again (c) paint wrongly (d) not paint
  16. 16.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) dis- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  17. 17.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat before (c) heat again (d) not heat
  18. 18.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal before (b) equal again (c) equal wrongly (d) not equal
  19. 19.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest before (b) honest wrongly (c) not honest (d) honest again
  20. 20.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) untidy (b) pretidy (c) mistidy (d) retidy
  21. 21.Which word means “view before”? (a) preview (b) unview (c) review (d) misview
  22. 22.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check before (b) not check (c) check wrongly (d) check again
  23. 23.Which word means “use again”? (a) unuse (b) disuse (c) reuse (d) misuse
  24. 24.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual again (b) not usual (c) usual wrongly (d) usual before
  25. 25.Which word means “open again”? (a) unopen (b) disopen (c) preopen (d) reopen
  26. 26.Which word means “not happy”? (a) dishappy (b) mishappy (c) unhappy (d) prehappy
  27. 27.Which word means “not common”? (a) precommon (b) uncommon (c) miscommon (d) discommon
  28. 28.Which word means “not honest”? (a) unhonest (b) rehonest (c) dishonest (d) mishonest
  29. 29.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
  30. 30.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) not common (b) common again (c) common wrongly (d) common before
  31. 31.Which word means “heat before”? (a) reheat (b) unheat (c) preheat (d) disheat
  32. 32.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
  33. 33.What does “revisit” mean? (a) not visit (b) visit before (c) visit wrongly (d) visit again
  34. 34.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree wrongly (b) agree again (c) agree before (d) not agree
  35. 35.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) misspell (b) unspell (c) prespell (d) respell
  36. 36.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) prejudge (b) disjudge (c) unjudge (d) misjudge
  37. 37.Which word means “paint again”? (a) unpaint (b) dispaint (c) repaint (d) mispaint
  38. 38.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal before (b) loyal again (c) not loyal (d) loyal wrongly
  39. 39.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) judge before (c) not judge (d) judge wrongly
  40. 40.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) dislucky (b) unlucky (c) mislucky (d) relucky

Answer key

  1. not kind
  2. re-
  3. disrespect
  4. play again
  5. build again
  6. not clear
  7. miscount
  8. not safe
  9. behave wrongly
  10. tell again
  11. un-
  12. precook
  13. not tidy
  14. refill
  15. paint again
  16. dis-
  17. heat again
  18. not equal
  19. not honest
  20. untidy
  21. preview
  22. check again
  23. reuse
  24. not usual
  25. reopen
  26. unhappy
  27. uncommon
  28. dishonest
  29. mis-
  30. not common
  31. preheat
  32. pre-
  33. visit again
  34. not agree
  35. misspell
  36. misjudge
  37. repaint
  38. not loyal
  39. judge wrongly
  40. unlucky

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