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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 195 · 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 “unsafe” mean? (a) safe again (b) safe wrongly (c) safe before (d) not safe
  2. 2.Which word means “check again”? (a) discheck (b) recheck (c) mischeck (d) precheck
  3. 3.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) dis-
  4. 4.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common before (b) common again (c) common wrongly (d) not common
  5. 5.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use wrongly (b) use again (c) use before (d) not use
  6. 6.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
  7. 7.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
  8. 8.Which word means “not fair”? (a) prefair (b) refair (c) unfair (d) disfair
  9. 9.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) mishear (b) dishear (c) rehear (d) unhear
  10. 10.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write wrongly (b) not write (c) write before (d) write again
  11. 11.Which word means “not safe”? (a) dissafe (b) resafe (c) presafe (d) unsafe
  12. 12.Which word means “use again”? (a) unuse (b) misuse (c) preuse (d) reuse
  13. 13.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey before (b) obey again (c) obey wrongly (d) not obey
  14. 14.Which word means “write again”? (a) miswrite (b) prewrite (c) diswrite (d) rewrite
  15. 15.Which word means “not happy”? (a) dishappy (b) unhappy (c) prehappy (d) rehappy
  16. 16.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal again (b) equal wrongly (c) equal before (d) not equal
  17. 17.Which word means “pay before”? (a) unpay (b) mispay (c) repay (d) prepay
  18. 18.What does “recheck” mean? (a) not check (b) check before (c) check wrongly (d) check again
  19. 19.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
  20. 20.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  21. 21.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) misplace (b) preplace (c) displace (d) unplace
  22. 22.What does “replay” mean? (a) not play (b) play wrongly (c) play before (d) play again
  23. 23.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell again (b) tell before (c) tell wrongly (d) not tell
  24. 24.Which word means “tell again”? (a) pretell (b) untell (c) mistell (d) retell
  25. 25.What does “misplace” mean? (a) not place (b) place wrongly (c) place before (d) place again
  26. 26.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) not heat (c) heat wrongly (d) heat again
  27. 27.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear wrongly (b) not clear (c) clear before (d) clear again
  28. 28.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) preuse (b) reuse (c) disuse (d) misuse
  29. 29.Which word means “visit again”? (a) misvisit (b) unvisit (c) revisit (d) previsit
  30. 30.Which word means “play again”? (a) display (b) replay (c) preplay (d) unplay
  31. 31.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) not judge (c) judge wrongly (d) judge before
  32. 32.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) distidy (b) untidy (c) pretidy (d) retidy
  33. 33.Which word means “view before”? (a) unview (b) misview (c) preview (d) disview
  34. 34.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal wrongly (b) loyal before (c) not loyal (d) loyal again
  35. 35.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind before (b) kind again (c) kind wrongly (d) not kind
  36. 36.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead wrongly (b) lead again (c) not lead (d) lead before
  37. 37.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair before (b) fair wrongly (c) not fair (d) fair again
  38. 38.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build before (b) build wrongly (c) not build (d) build again
  39. 39.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) not heat (c) heat before (d) heat again
  40. 40.What does “miscount” mean? (a) not count (b) count again (c) count before (d) count wrongly

Answer key

  1. not safe
  2. recheck
  3. dis-
  4. not common
  5. use again
  6. re-
  7. pre-
  8. unfair
  9. mishear
  10. write again
  11. unsafe
  12. reuse
  13. not obey
  14. rewrite
  15. unhappy
  16. not equal
  17. prepay
  18. check again
  19. un-
  20. mis-
  21. misplace
  22. play again
  23. tell again
  24. retell
  25. place wrongly
  26. heat again
  27. not clear
  28. misuse
  29. revisit
  30. replay
  31. judge wrongly
  32. untidy
  33. preview
  34. not loyal
  35. not kind
  36. lead wrongly
  37. not fair
  38. build again
  39. heat before
  40. count wrongly

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