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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 176 · 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.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well wrongly (b) not well (c) well before (d) well again
  2. 2.What does “recheck” mean? (a) not check (b) check before (c) check wrongly (d) check again
  3. 3.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) heat again (c) not heat (d) heat wrongly
  4. 4.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) misbehave (b) rebehave (c) disbehave (d) prebehave
  5. 5.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) retidy (b) untidy (c) distidy (d) mistidy
  6. 6.Which word means “check again”? (a) uncheck (b) discheck (c) precheck (d) recheck
  7. 7.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) preunderstand (b) reunderstand (c) disunderstand (d) misunderstand
  8. 8.Which word means “not safe”? (a) dissafe (b) resafe (c) unsafe (d) missafe
  9. 9.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) not understand (b) understand before (c) understand wrongly (d) understand again
  10. 10.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
  11. 11.Which word means “join again”? (a) rejoin (b) disjoin (c) misjoin (d) unjoin
  12. 12.Which word means “cook before”? (a) discook (b) uncook (c) miscook (d) precook
  13. 13.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook again (b) not cook (c) cook wrongly (d) cook before
  14. 14.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
  15. 15.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky before (b) lucky again (c) not lucky (d) lucky wrongly
  16. 16.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) not safe (b) safe wrongly (c) safe before (d) safe again
  17. 17.Which word means “build again”? (a) unbuild (b) rebuild (c) misbuild (d) disbuild
  18. 18.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) dis- (d) re-
  19. 19.What does “misuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use before (c) use again (d) use wrongly
  20. 20.Which word means “not continue”? (a) uncontinue (b) discontinue (c) recontinue (d) miscontinue
  21. 21.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) dishear (b) unhear (c) rehear (d) mishear
  22. 22.What does “unusual” mean? (a) not usual (b) usual again (c) usual wrongly (d) usual before
  23. 23.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal again (b) equal before (c) not equal (d) equal wrongly
  24. 24.Which word means “paint again”? (a) prepaint (b) repaint (c) dispaint (d) mispaint
  25. 25.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
  26. 26.What does “misspell” mean? (a) not spell (b) spell before (c) spell wrongly (d) spell again
  27. 27.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
  28. 28.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow before (b) allow wrongly (c) not allow (d) allow again
  29. 29.What does “revisit” mean? (a) not visit (b) visit again (c) visit wrongly (d) visit before
  30. 30.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) unlucky (b) prelucky (c) relucky (d) mislucky
  31. 31.What does “unkind” mean? (a) not kind (b) kind wrongly (c) kind before (d) kind again
  32. 32.Which word means “heat before”? (a) misheat (b) unheat (c) disheat (d) preheat
  33. 33.Which word means “not clear”? (a) reclear (b) unclear (c) preclear (d) misclear
  34. 34.What does “unclear” mean? (a) not clear (b) clear before (c) clear again (d) clear wrongly
  35. 35.Which word means “not allow”? (a) disallow (b) reallow (c) misallow (d) unallow
  36. 36.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal before (b) loyal again (c) loyal wrongly (d) not loyal
  37. 37.Which word means “not respect”? (a) unrespect (b) misrespect (c) rerespect (d) disrespect
  38. 38.Which word means “not common”? (a) discommon (b) miscommon (c) recommon (d) uncommon
  39. 39.Which word means “write again”? (a) rewrite (b) unwrite (c) diswrite (d) miswrite
  40. 40.Which word means “not fair”? (a) prefair (b) refair (c) misfair (d) unfair

Answer key

  1. not well
  2. check again
  3. heat before
  4. misbehave
  5. untidy
  6. recheck
  7. misunderstand
  8. unsafe
  9. understand wrongly
  10. un-
  11. rejoin
  12. precook
  13. cook before
  14. mis-
  15. not lucky
  16. not safe
  17. rebuild
  18. dis-
  19. use wrongly
  20. discontinue
  21. mishear
  22. not usual
  23. not equal
  24. repaint
  25. pre-
  26. spell wrongly
  27. re-
  28. not allow
  29. visit again
  30. unlucky
  31. not kind
  32. preheat
  33. unclear
  34. not clear
  35. disallow
  36. not loyal
  37. disrespect
  38. uncommon
  39. rewrite
  40. unfair

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