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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 162 · 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 “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) dis-
  2. 2.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
  3. 3.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) not build (b) build before (c) build wrongly (d) build again
  4. 4.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) preuse (b) unuse (c) reuse (d) misuse
  5. 5.Which word means “not honest”? (a) dishonest (b) unhonest (c) prehonest (d) rehonest
  6. 6.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) dislucky (b) prelucky (c) relucky (d) unlucky
  7. 7.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
  8. 8.Which word means “write again”? (a) diswrite (b) rewrite (c) unwrite (d) prewrite
  9. 9.What does “misplace” mean? (a) not place (b) place wrongly (c) place before (d) place again
  10. 10.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear before (b) clear again (c) clear wrongly (d) not clear
  11. 11.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind again (b) kind before (c) not kind (d) kind wrongly
  12. 12.Which word means “heat before”? (a) reheat (b) misheat (c) preheat (d) disheat
  13. 13.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
  14. 14.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree before (b) not agree (c) agree again (d) agree wrongly
  15. 15.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) distidy (b) retidy (c) pretidy (d) untidy
  16. 16.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write again (b) write before (c) write wrongly (d) not write
  17. 17.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey wrongly (b) obey before (c) not obey (d) obey again
  18. 18.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well before (b) well again (c) not well (d) well wrongly
  19. 19.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky before (b) lucky again (c) not lucky (d) lucky wrongly
  20. 20.Which word means “not kind”? (a) prekind (b) diskind (c) unkind (d) rekind
  21. 21.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use again (b) use wrongly (c) use before (d) not use
  22. 22.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal before (b) loyal again (c) not loyal (d) loyal wrongly
  23. 23.Which word means “not happy”? (a) rehappy (b) unhappy (c) mishappy (d) dishappy
  24. 24.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check again (b) not check (c) check wrongly (d) check before
  25. 25.Which word means “not common”? (a) precommon (b) uncommon (c) miscommon (d) recommon
  26. 26.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) misloyal (b) unloyal (c) reloyal (d) disloyal
  27. 27.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
  28. 28.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest wrongly (b) honest again (c) not honest (d) honest before
  29. 29.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair again (b) fair wrongly (c) fair before (d) not fair
  30. 30.What does “mishear” mean? (a) not hear (b) hear wrongly (c) hear again (d) hear before
  31. 31.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit before (b) visit wrongly (c) visit again (d) not visit
  32. 32.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) prehear (b) unhear (c) dishear (d) mishear
  33. 33.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count again (b) count before (c) count wrongly (d) not count
  34. 34.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill again (b) fill before (c) fill wrongly (d) not fill
  35. 35.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave before (b) not behave (c) behave wrongly (d) behave again
  36. 36.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat again (c) not heat (d) heat before
  37. 37.Which word means “not well”? (a) diswell (b) unwell (c) rewell (d) miswell
  38. 38.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy before (b) not tidy (c) tidy wrongly (d) tidy again
  39. 39.Which word means “join again”? (a) unjoin (b) rejoin (c) disjoin (d) prejoin
  40. 40.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) not common (b) common again (c) common wrongly (d) common before

Answer key

  1. dis-
  2. pre-
  3. build again
  4. misuse
  5. dishonest
  6. unlucky
  7. mis-
  8. rewrite
  9. place wrongly
  10. not clear
  11. not kind
  12. preheat
  13. un-
  14. not agree
  15. untidy
  16. write again
  17. not obey
  18. not well
  19. not lucky
  20. unkind
  21. use again
  22. not loyal
  23. unhappy
  24. check again
  25. uncommon
  26. disloyal
  27. re-
  28. not honest
  29. not fair
  30. hear wrongly
  31. visit again
  32. mishear
  33. count wrongly
  34. fill again
  35. behave wrongly
  36. heat before
  37. unwell
  38. not tidy
  39. rejoin
  40. not common

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