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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 186 · 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 “rebuild” mean? (a) build before (b) not build (c) build again (d) build wrongly
  2. 2.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well before (b) not well (c) well again (d) well wrongly
  3. 3.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) dis- (c) re- (d) mis-
  4. 4.Which word means “not equal”? (a) disequal (b) preequal (c) unequal (d) reequal
  5. 5.Which word means “paint again”? (a) mispaint (b) unpaint (c) repaint (d) dispaint
  6. 6.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree before (b) agree again (c) agree wrongly (d) not agree
  7. 7.Which word means “use again”? (a) misuse (b) unuse (c) reuse (d) disuse
  8. 8.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  9. 9.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) displace (b) unplace (c) preplace (d) misplace
  10. 10.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) unlead (b) relead (c) mislead (d) prelead
  11. 11.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint wrongly (b) not paint (c) paint before (d) paint again
  12. 12.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
  13. 13.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
  14. 14.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) not write (b) write wrongly (c) write before (d) write again
  15. 15.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell wrongly (b) tell before (c) tell again (d) not tell
  16. 16.Which word means “heat again”? (a) reheat (b) misheat (c) unheat (d) disheat
  17. 17.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal wrongly (b) loyal again (c) not loyal (d) loyal before
  18. 18.Which word means “visit again”? (a) misvisit (b) revisit (c) previsit (d) disvisit
  19. 19.Which word means “not common”? (a) precommon (b) discommon (c) recommon (d) uncommon
  20. 20.Which word means “pay before”? (a) mispay (b) unpay (c) prepay (d) dispay
  21. 21.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead before (b) not lead (c) lead wrongly (d) lead again
  22. 22.Which word means “not continue”? (a) precontinue (b) uncontinue (c) discontinue (d) miscontinue
  23. 23.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind wrongly (b) kind again (c) not kind (d) kind before
  24. 24.Which word means “not happy”? (a) unhappy (b) rehappy (c) prehappy (d) dishappy
  25. 25.Which word means “write again”? (a) prewrite (b) rewrite (c) diswrite (d) miswrite
  26. 26.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
  27. 27.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest again (b) honest wrongly (c) honest before (d) not honest
  28. 28.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect wrongly (b) respect again (c) respect before (d) not respect
  29. 29.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) mishear (b) unhear (c) prehear (d) rehear
  30. 30.Which word means “not safe”? (a) unsafe (b) presafe (c) dissafe (d) resafe
  31. 31.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual again (b) usual wrongly (c) usual before (d) not usual
  32. 32.What does “unclear” mean? (a) not clear (b) clear before (c) clear again (d) clear wrongly
  33. 33.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common wrongly (b) common before (c) common again (d) not common
  34. 34.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave again (b) not behave (c) behave wrongly (d) behave before
  35. 35.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) respell (b) misspell (c) disspell (d) prespell
  36. 36.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) distidy (b) pretidy (c) retidy (d) untidy
  37. 37.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) reunderstand (b) misunderstand (c) ununderstand (d) disunderstand
  38. 38.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook before (b) not cook (c) cook wrongly (d) cook again
  39. 39.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear before (b) hear again (c) not hear (d) hear wrongly
  40. 40.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) judge again (c) judge wrongly (d) not judge

Answer key

  1. build again
  2. not well
  3. dis-
  4. unequal
  5. repaint
  6. not agree
  7. reuse
  8. un-
  9. misplace
  10. mislead
  11. paint again
  12. mis-
  13. re-
  14. write again
  15. tell again
  16. reheat
  17. not loyal
  18. revisit
  19. uncommon
  20. prepay
  21. lead wrongly
  22. discontinue
  23. not kind
  24. unhappy
  25. rewrite
  26. pre-
  27. not honest
  28. not respect
  29. mishear
  30. unsafe
  31. not usual
  32. not clear
  33. not common
  34. behave wrongly
  35. misspell
  36. untidy
  37. misunderstand
  38. cook before
  39. hear wrongly
  40. judge wrongly

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