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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 154 · 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 “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
  2. 2.Which word means “pay before”? (a) dispay (b) prepay (c) mispay (d) repay
  3. 3.Which word means “not well”? (a) unwell (b) diswell (c) prewell (d) rewell
  4. 4.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear before (b) clear again (c) not clear (d) clear wrongly
  5. 5.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
  6. 6.What does “reheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat before (c) heat again (d) heat wrongly
  7. 7.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count again (b) count wrongly (c) count before (d) not count
  8. 8.Which word means “build again”? (a) prebuild (b) disbuild (c) rebuild (d) unbuild
  9. 9.Which word means “not common”? (a) uncommon (b) discommon (c) precommon (d) recommon
  10. 10.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy wrongly (b) not tidy (c) tidy again (d) tidy before
  11. 11.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree wrongly (b) agree before (c) agree again (d) not agree
  12. 12.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave wrongly (b) behave again (c) behave before (d) not behave
  13. 13.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind wrongly (b) kind before (c) kind again (d) not kind
  14. 14.Which word means “not safe”? (a) unsafe (b) missafe (c) dissafe (d) presafe
  15. 15.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
  16. 16.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
  17. 17.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check before (b) not check (c) check wrongly (d) check again
  18. 18.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join before (b) not join (c) join wrongly (d) join again
  19. 19.Which word means “fill again”? (a) refill (b) misfill (c) disfill (d) unfill
  20. 20.Which word means “use again”? (a) misuse (b) disuse (c) reuse (d) unuse
  21. 21.Which word means “not kind”? (a) miskind (b) diskind (c) prekind (d) unkind
  22. 22.What does “mishear” mean? (a) not hear (b) hear again (c) hear wrongly (d) hear before
  23. 23.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) retidy (b) untidy (c) mistidy (d) distidy
  24. 24.Which word means “play again”? (a) unplay (b) misplay (c) display (d) replay
  25. 25.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint wrongly (b) paint again (c) paint before (d) not paint
  26. 26.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy before (b) happy wrongly (c) happy again (d) not happy
  27. 27.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit wrongly (b) visit again (c) visit before (d) not visit
  28. 28.What does “disobey” mean? (a) not obey (b) obey before (c) obey wrongly (d) obey again
  29. 29.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use before (b) use again (c) not use (d) use wrongly
  30. 30.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open again (b) open before (c) not open (d) open wrongly
  31. 31.Which word means “judge before”? (a) misjudge (b) rejudge (c) prejudge (d) disjudge
  32. 32.Which word means “paint again”? (a) prepaint (b) repaint (c) dispaint (d) unpaint
  33. 33.What does “mislead” mean? (a) not lead (b) lead before (c) lead wrongly (d) lead again
  34. 34.What does “replay” mean? (a) play again (b) play wrongly (c) not play (d) play before
  35. 35.Which word means “not usual”? (a) disusual (b) preusual (c) reusual (d) unusual
  36. 36.What does “unfair” mean? (a) not fair (b) fair wrongly (c) fair again (d) fair before
  37. 37.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) not judge (c) judge before (d) judge again
  38. 38.Which word means “not agree”? (a) preagree (b) reagree (c) unagree (d) disagree
  39. 39.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill wrongly (b) not fill (c) fill again (d) fill before
  40. 40.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) prebehave (b) unbehave (c) misbehave (d) disbehave

Answer key

  1. mis-
  2. prepay
  3. unwell
  4. not clear
  5. re-
  6. heat again
  7. count wrongly
  8. rebuild
  9. uncommon
  10. not tidy
  11. not agree
  12. behave wrongly
  13. not kind
  14. unsafe
  15. un-
  16. pre-
  17. check again
  18. join again
  19. refill
  20. reuse
  21. unkind
  22. hear wrongly
  23. untidy
  24. replay
  25. paint again
  26. not happy
  27. visit again
  28. not obey
  29. use again
  30. open again
  31. prejudge
  32. repaint
  33. lead wrongly
  34. play again
  35. unusual
  36. not fair
  37. judge wrongly
  38. disagree
  39. fill again
  40. misbehave

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