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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 194 · 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 “unusual” mean? (a) usual before (b) usual wrongly (c) not usual (d) usual again
  2. 2.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  3. 3.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) rehear (b) unhear (c) dishear (d) mishear
  4. 4.Which word means “judge before”? (a) prejudge (b) disjudge (c) unjudge (d) misjudge
  5. 5.Which word means “join again”? (a) rejoin (b) prejoin (c) misjoin (d) disjoin
  6. 6.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
  7. 7.Which word means “not happy”? (a) rehappy (b) unhappy (c) dishappy (d) mishappy
  8. 8.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) unlucky (b) relucky (c) prelucky (d) dislucky
  9. 9.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
  10. 10.Which word means “heat before”? (a) unheat (b) reheat (c) disheat (d) preheat
  11. 11.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) rebehave (b) misbehave (c) prebehave (d) disbehave
  12. 12.Which word means “not obey”? (a) reobey (b) disobey (c) unobey (d) misobey
  13. 13.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe again (b) safe wrongly (c) not safe (d) safe before
  14. 14.Which word means “fill again”? (a) unfill (b) misfill (c) refill (d) prefill
  15. 15.Which word means “not honest”? (a) prehonest (b) dishonest (c) rehonest (d) unhonest
  16. 16.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common wrongly (b) common again (c) common before (d) not common
  17. 17.Which word means “not well”? (a) diswell (b) unwell (c) miswell (d) rewell
  18. 18.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) prelead (b) relead (c) unlead (d) mislead
  19. 19.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) replace (b) preplace (c) unplace (d) misplace
  20. 20.Which word means “not clear”? (a) reclear (b) misclear (c) preclear (d) unclear
  21. 21.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) not respect (b) respect before (c) respect again (d) respect wrongly
  22. 22.What does “unfair” mean? (a) not fair (b) fair wrongly (c) fair before (d) fair again
  23. 23.Which word means “not fair”? (a) refair (b) prefair (c) misfair (d) unfair
  24. 24.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
  25. 25.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) disuse (b) unuse (c) misuse (d) preuse
  26. 26.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) prejudge (b) misjudge (c) rejudge (d) disjudge
  27. 27.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell wrongly (b) not tell (c) tell again (d) tell before
  28. 28.What does “misplace” mean? (a) not place (b) place before (c) place wrongly (d) place again
  29. 29.Which word means “build again”? (a) rebuild (b) misbuild (c) prebuild (d) unbuild
  30. 30.What does “preview” mean? (a) view wrongly (b) view before (c) not view (d) view again
  31. 31.Which word means “not respect”? (a) prerespect (b) unrespect (c) rerespect (d) disrespect
  32. 32.What does “replay” mean? (a) not play (b) play before (c) play wrongly (d) play again
  33. 33.Which word means “not safe”? (a) presafe (b) missafe (c) unsafe (d) resafe
  34. 34.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) not happy (b) happy before (c) happy wrongly (d) happy again
  35. 35.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow again (b) allow wrongly (c) allow before (d) not allow
  36. 36.Which word means “not kind”? (a) miskind (b) diskind (c) unkind (d) rekind
  37. 37.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) re-
  38. 38.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit wrongly (b) not visit (c) visit again (d) visit before
  39. 39.Which word means “not equal”? (a) misequal (b) reequal (c) preequal (d) unequal
  40. 40.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal before (b) equal again (c) not equal (d) equal wrongly

Answer key

  1. not usual
  2. pre-
  3. mishear
  4. prejudge
  5. rejoin
  6. dis-
  7. unhappy
  8. unlucky
  9. re-
  10. preheat
  11. misbehave
  12. disobey
  13. not safe
  14. refill
  15. dishonest
  16. not common
  17. unwell
  18. mislead
  19. misplace
  20. unclear
  21. not respect
  22. not fair
  23. unfair
  24. mis-
  25. misuse
  26. misjudge
  27. tell again
  28. place wrongly
  29. rebuild
  30. view before
  31. disrespect
  32. play again
  33. unsafe
  34. not happy
  35. not allow
  36. unkind
  37. un-
  38. visit again
  39. unequal
  40. not equal

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