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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 157 · 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) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
  2. 2.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
  3. 3.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal wrongly (b) equal again (c) equal before (d) not equal
  4. 4.Which word means “not happy”? (a) rehappy (b) unhappy (c) mishappy (d) dishappy
  5. 5.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) dislead (b) unlead (c) prelead (d) mislead
  6. 6.Which word means “paint again”? (a) mispaint (b) unpaint (c) repaint (d) prepaint
  7. 7.Which word means “not kind”? (a) diskind (b) rekind (c) unkind (d) miskind
  8. 8.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) dis-
  9. 9.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) not lucky (b) lucky again (c) lucky before (d) lucky wrongly
  10. 10.Which word means “not agree”? (a) preagree (b) unagree (c) misagree (d) disagree
  11. 11.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest again (b) honest wrongly (c) honest before (d) not honest
  12. 12.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) unhear (b) mishear (c) prehear (d) dishear
  13. 13.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand again (b) understand before (c) understand wrongly (d) not understand
  14. 14.Which word means “heat again”? (a) unheat (b) misheat (c) reheat (d) disheat
  15. 15.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect wrongly (b) not respect (c) respect before (d) respect again
  16. 16.Which word means “judge before”? (a) disjudge (b) unjudge (c) prejudge (d) misjudge
  17. 17.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
  18. 18.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use before (b) not use (c) use again (d) use wrongly
  19. 19.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place wrongly (b) not place (c) place before (d) place again
  20. 20.Which word means “not common”? (a) discommon (b) recommon (c) miscommon (d) uncommon
  21. 21.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) not heat (c) heat before (d) heat wrongly
  22. 22.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear before (b) not clear (c) clear again (d) clear wrongly
  23. 23.Which word means “view before”? (a) misview (b) preview (c) unview (d) review
  24. 24.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) disloyal (b) unloyal (c) preloyal (d) reloyal
  25. 25.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind wrongly (b) kind before (c) not kind (d) kind again
  26. 26.Which word means “join again”? (a) unjoin (b) prejoin (c) rejoin (d) disjoin
  27. 27.Which word means “fill again”? (a) prefill (b) misfill (c) refill (d) unfill
  28. 28.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  29. 29.What does “preview” mean? (a) not view (b) view before (c) view wrongly (d) view again
  30. 30.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay again (b) pay before (c) not pay (d) pay wrongly
  31. 31.Which word means “heat before”? (a) unheat (b) misheat (c) preheat (d) disheat
  32. 32.Which word means “not clear”? (a) reclear (b) unclear (c) disclear (d) preclear
  33. 33.Which word means “not equal”? (a) preequal (b) reequal (c) unequal (d) misequal
  34. 34.What does “repaint” mean? (a) not paint (b) paint wrongly (c) paint before (d) paint again
  35. 35.Which word means “not obey”? (a) misobey (b) unobey (c) preobey (d) disobey
  36. 36.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) prebehave (b) rebehave (c) disbehave (d) misbehave
  37. 37.Which word means “not safe”? (a) dissafe (b) presafe (c) missafe (d) unsafe
  38. 38.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) distidy (b) pretidy (c) untidy (d) retidy
  39. 39.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) not write (b) write before (c) write wrongly (d) write again
  40. 40.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear again (b) not hear (c) hear wrongly (d) hear before

Answer key

  1. re-
  2. mis-
  3. not equal
  4. unhappy
  5. mislead
  6. repaint
  7. unkind
  8. dis-
  9. not lucky
  10. disagree
  11. not honest
  12. mishear
  13. understand wrongly
  14. reheat
  15. not respect
  16. prejudge
  17. un-
  18. use again
  19. place wrongly
  20. uncommon
  21. heat again
  22. not clear
  23. preview
  24. disloyal
  25. not kind
  26. rejoin
  27. refill
  28. pre-
  29. view before
  30. pay before
  31. preheat
  32. unclear
  33. unequal
  34. paint again
  35. disobey
  36. misbehave
  37. unsafe
  38. untidy
  39. write again
  40. hear wrongly

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