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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 164 · 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 word means “not happy”? (a) dishappy (b) unhappy (c) prehappy (d) mishappy
  2. 2.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
  3. 3.Which word means “play again”? (a) replay (b) unplay (c) misplay (d) preplay
  4. 4.What does “misspell” mean? (a) not spell (b) spell again (c) spell before (d) spell wrongly
  5. 5.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand wrongly (b) understand before (c) understand again (d) not understand
  6. 6.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
  7. 7.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use before (b) use again (c) not use (d) use wrongly
  8. 8.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well again (b) well before (c) not well (d) well wrongly
  9. 9.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
  10. 10.Which word means “not clear”? (a) preclear (b) unclear (c) misclear (d) reclear
  11. 11.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) dis- (c) mis- (d) re-
  12. 12.Which word means “not equal”? (a) unequal (b) disequal (c) misequal (d) reequal
  13. 13.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
  14. 14.Which word means “not common”? (a) recommon (b) precommon (c) discommon (d) uncommon
  15. 15.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) misloyal (b) disloyal (c) reloyal (d) unloyal
  16. 16.Which word means “not allow”? (a) unallow (b) preallow (c) disallow (d) misallow
  17. 17.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) not judge (c) judge before (d) judge wrongly
  18. 18.Which word means “not agree”? (a) disagree (b) preagree (c) unagree (d) reagree
  19. 19.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal again (b) loyal wrongly (c) loyal before (d) not loyal
  20. 20.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit wrongly (b) visit before (c) visit again (d) not visit
  21. 21.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) not common (b) common wrongly (c) common before (d) common again
  22. 22.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave before (b) behave wrongly (c) behave again (d) not behave
  23. 23.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) mistidy (b) untidy (c) distidy (d) pretidy
  24. 24.Which word means “open again”? (a) preopen (b) reopen (c) disopen (d) unopen
  25. 25.What does “misread” mean? (a) not read (b) read before (c) read wrongly (d) read again
  26. 26.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) mislucky (b) relucky (c) prelucky (d) unlucky
  27. 27.Which word means “write again”? (a) unwrite (b) rewrite (c) prewrite (d) diswrite
  28. 28.Which word means “join again”? (a) rejoin (b) prejoin (c) disjoin (d) misjoin
  29. 29.What does “mislead” mean? (a) not lead (b) lead again (c) lead before (d) lead wrongly
  30. 30.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear again (b) clear before (c) not clear (d) clear wrongly
  31. 31.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) not build (b) build wrongly (c) build before (d) build again
  32. 32.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) heat again (c) heat wrongly (d) not heat
  33. 33.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind before (b) kind wrongly (c) kind again (d) not kind
  34. 34.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky wrongly (b) lucky again (c) lucky before (d) not lucky
  35. 35.Which word means “heat before”? (a) unheat (b) disheat (c) misheat (d) preheat
  36. 36.Which word means “not kind”? (a) miskind (b) unkind (c) diskind (d) rekind
  37. 37.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy before (b) not tidy (c) tidy again (d) tidy wrongly
  38. 38.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey wrongly (b) obey again (c) not obey (d) obey before
  39. 39.What does “retell” mean? (a) not tell (b) tell again (c) tell wrongly (d) tell before
  40. 40.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place before (b) place wrongly (c) place again (d) not place

Answer key

  1. unhappy
  2. un-
  3. replay
  4. spell wrongly
  5. understand wrongly
  6. mis-
  7. use wrongly
  8. not well
  9. pre-
  10. unclear
  11. dis-
  12. unequal
  13. re-
  14. uncommon
  15. disloyal
  16. disallow
  17. judge before
  18. disagree
  19. not loyal
  20. visit again
  21. not common
  22. behave wrongly
  23. untidy
  24. reopen
  25. read wrongly
  26. unlucky
  27. rewrite
  28. rejoin
  29. lead wrongly
  30. not clear
  31. build again
  32. heat again
  33. not kind
  34. not lucky
  35. preheat
  36. unkind
  37. not tidy
  38. not obey
  39. tell again
  40. place wrongly

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