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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 185 · 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 “disrespect” mean? (a) respect again (b) respect wrongly (c) respect before (d) not respect
  2. 2.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  3. 3.Which word means “not happy”? (a) dishappy (b) rehappy (c) mishappy (d) unhappy
  4. 4.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  5. 5.Which word means “not respect”? (a) disrespect (b) misrespect (c) prerespect (d) rerespect
  6. 6.Which word means “not usual”? (a) misusual (b) reusual (c) preusual (d) unusual
  7. 7.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
  8. 8.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair again (b) fair before (c) fair wrongly (d) not fair
  9. 9.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
  10. 10.What does “revisit” mean? (a) not visit (b) visit before (c) visit again (d) visit wrongly
  11. 11.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) reunderstand (b) disunderstand (c) misunderstand (d) ununderstand
  12. 12.Which word means “join again”? (a) unjoin (b) prejoin (c) disjoin (d) rejoin
  13. 13.What does “replay” mean? (a) play before (b) play wrongly (c) play again (d) not play
  14. 14.Which word means “judge before”? (a) prejudge (b) unjudge (c) rejudge (d) misjudge
  15. 15.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
  16. 16.Which word means “pay before”? (a) dispay (b) mispay (c) prepay (d) unpay
  17. 17.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe again (b) safe before (c) safe wrongly (d) not safe
  18. 18.Which word means “tell again”? (a) retell (b) untell (c) mistell (d) distell
  19. 19.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual before (b) usual again (c) usual wrongly (d) not usual
  20. 20.Which word means “not common”? (a) precommon (b) discommon (c) uncommon (d) miscommon
  21. 21.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) unjudge (b) disjudge (c) misjudge (d) rejudge
  22. 22.Which word means “not well”? (a) unwell (b) diswell (c) miswell (d) rewell
  23. 23.Which word means “not clear”? (a) preclear (b) disclear (c) unclear (d) reclear
  24. 24.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well wrongly (b) not well (c) well again (d) well before
  25. 25.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest wrongly (b) not honest (c) honest before (d) honest again
  26. 26.Which word means “not safe”? (a) missafe (b) presafe (c) unsafe (d) dissafe
  27. 27.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow again (b) allow before (c) allow wrongly (d) not allow
  28. 28.What does “misuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use again (c) use before (d) use wrongly
  29. 29.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) not build (b) build again (c) build before (d) build wrongly
  30. 30.Which word means “visit again”? (a) unvisit (b) revisit (c) previsit (d) misvisit
  31. 31.Which word means “heat before”? (a) unheat (b) misheat (c) preheat (d) disheat
  32. 32.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) misplace (b) preplace (c) unplace (d) replace
  33. 33.What does “mishear” mean? (a) not hear (b) hear again (c) hear before (d) hear wrongly
  34. 34.What does “untidy” mean? (a) not tidy (b) tidy again (c) tidy wrongly (d) tidy before
  35. 35.Which word means “not equal”? (a) misequal (b) unequal (c) disequal (d) reequal
  36. 36.Which word means “fill again”? (a) misfill (b) unfill (c) refill (d) disfill
  37. 37.What does “misplace” mean? (a) not place (b) place before (c) place wrongly (d) place again
  38. 38.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind wrongly (b) kind before (c) kind again (d) not kind
  39. 39.Which word means “not continue”? (a) recontinue (b) uncontinue (c) miscontinue (d) discontinue
  40. 40.Which word means “not allow”? (a) unallow (b) misallow (c) preallow (d) disallow

Answer key

  1. not respect
  2. re-
  3. unhappy
  4. dis-
  5. disrespect
  6. unusual
  7. pre-
  8. not fair
  9. mis-
  10. visit again
  11. misunderstand
  12. rejoin
  13. play again
  14. prejudge
  15. un-
  16. prepay
  17. not safe
  18. retell
  19. not usual
  20. uncommon
  21. misjudge
  22. unwell
  23. unclear
  24. not well
  25. not honest
  26. unsafe
  27. not allow
  28. use wrongly
  29. build again
  30. revisit
  31. preheat
  32. misplace
  33. hear wrongly
  34. not tidy
  35. unequal
  36. refill
  37. place wrongly
  38. not kind
  39. discontinue
  40. disallow

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