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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 156 · 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 “again”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  2. 2.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place wrongly (b) not place (c) place before (d) place again
  3. 3.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) displace (b) replace (c) unplace (d) misplace
  4. 4.Which word means “not usual”? (a) disusual (b) reusual (c) unusual (d) preusual
  5. 5.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) dis- (c) re- (d) pre-
  6. 6.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
  7. 7.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  8. 8.Which word means “judge before”? (a) disjudge (b) rejudge (c) prejudge (d) misjudge
  9. 9.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well before (b) not well (c) well wrongly (d) well again
  10. 10.What does “misuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use again (c) use wrongly (d) use before
  11. 11.Which word means “view before”? (a) disview (b) misview (c) unview (d) preview
  12. 12.Which word means “not safe”? (a) resafe (b) unsafe (c) dissafe (d) missafe
  13. 13.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common wrongly (b) common again (c) not common (d) common before
  14. 14.Which word means “heat again”? (a) misheat (b) unheat (c) preheat (d) reheat
  15. 15.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
  16. 16.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead again (b) lead wrongly (c) not lead (d) lead before
  17. 17.What does “preview” mean? (a) view again (b) not view (c) view before (d) view wrongly
  18. 18.Which word means “not fair”? (a) refair (b) prefair (c) disfair (d) unfair
  19. 19.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) disloyal (b) misloyal (c) unloyal (d) preloyal
  20. 20.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair before (b) not fair (c) fair wrongly (d) fair again
  21. 21.Which word means “check again”? (a) discheck (b) mischeck (c) uncheck (d) recheck
  22. 22.What does “retell” mean? (a) not tell (b) tell wrongly (c) tell before (d) tell again
  23. 23.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) ununderstand (b) reunderstand (c) misunderstand (d) disunderstand
  24. 24.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe again (b) safe wrongly (c) safe before (d) not safe
  25. 25.Which word means “not obey”? (a) unobey (b) reobey (c) preobey (d) disobey
  26. 26.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay before (b) pay again (c) not pay (d) pay wrongly
  27. 27.Which word means “build again”? (a) prebuild (b) misbuild (c) unbuild (d) rebuild
  28. 28.Which word means “open again”? (a) reopen (b) unopen (c) disopen (d) preopen
  29. 29.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal again (b) loyal wrongly (c) not loyal (d) loyal before
  30. 30.Which word means “not clear”? (a) preclear (b) misclear (c) disclear (d) unclear
  31. 31.Which word means “pay before”? (a) unpay (b) mispay (c) prepay (d) repay
  32. 32.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join again (b) join wrongly (c) join before (d) not join
  33. 33.Which word means “not well”? (a) miswell (b) unwell (c) diswell (d) rewell
  34. 34.Which word means “write again”? (a) unwrite (b) diswrite (c) prewrite (d) rewrite
  35. 35.What does “refill” mean? (a) not fill (b) fill before (c) fill again (d) fill wrongly
  36. 36.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind wrongly (b) kind before (c) kind again (d) not kind
  37. 37.Which word means “not respect”? (a) prerespect (b) unrespect (c) rerespect (d) disrespect
  38. 38.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy again (b) not tidy (c) tidy wrongly (d) tidy before
  39. 39.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) distidy (b) untidy (c) pretidy (d) mistidy
  40. 40.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) mislead (b) prelead (c) relead (d) dislead

Answer key

  1. re-
  2. place wrongly
  3. misplace
  4. unusual
  5. dis-
  6. mis-
  7. pre-
  8. prejudge
  9. not well
  10. use wrongly
  11. preview
  12. unsafe
  13. not common
  14. reheat
  15. un-
  16. lead wrongly
  17. view before
  18. unfair
  19. disloyal
  20. not fair
  21. recheck
  22. tell again
  23. misunderstand
  24. not safe
  25. disobey
  26. pay before
  27. rebuild
  28. reopen
  29. not loyal
  30. unclear
  31. prepay
  32. join again
  33. unwell
  34. rewrite
  35. fill again
  36. not kind
  37. disrespect
  38. not tidy
  39. untidy
  40. mislead

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