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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 200 · 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.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
  2. 2.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell wrongly (b) spell again (c) not spell (d) spell before
  3. 3.Which word means “not safe”? (a) dissafe (b) missafe (c) unsafe (d) presafe
  4. 4.Which word means “not kind”? (a) unkind (b) miskind (c) rekind (d) diskind
  5. 5.Which word means “paint again”? (a) prepaint (b) dispaint (c) repaint (d) unpaint
  6. 6.Which word means “visit again”? (a) previsit (b) unvisit (c) revisit (d) disvisit
  7. 7.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  8. 8.Which word means “not respect”? (a) misrespect (b) disrespect (c) unrespect (d) rerespect
  9. 9.What does “misread” mean? (a) read wrongly (b) read again (c) not read (d) read before
  10. 10.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) unread (b) disread (c) preread (d) misread
  11. 11.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  12. 12.Which word means “not common”? (a) precommon (b) discommon (c) uncommon (d) recommon
  13. 13.Which word means “not continue”? (a) miscontinue (b) recontinue (c) uncontinue (d) discontinue
  14. 14.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
  15. 15.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) relead (b) prelead (c) mislead (d) unlead
  16. 16.What does “refill” mean? (a) not fill (b) fill before (c) fill wrongly (d) fill again
  17. 17.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy before (b) tidy again (c) not tidy (d) tidy wrongly
  18. 18.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind again (b) kind before (c) kind wrongly (d) not kind
  19. 19.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue wrongly (b) continue again (c) continue before (d) not continue
  20. 20.Which word means “not well”? (a) unwell (b) diswell (c) rewell (d) prewell
  21. 21.Which word means “build again”? (a) prebuild (b) disbuild (c) rebuild (d) unbuild
  22. 22.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat again (c) heat before (d) not heat
  23. 23.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
  24. 24.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well wrongly (b) well before (c) well again (d) not well
  25. 25.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join wrongly (b) not join (c) join again (d) join before
  26. 26.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) disuse (b) unuse (c) misuse (d) reuse
  27. 27.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open wrongly (b) open again (c) open before (d) not open
  28. 28.Which word means “open again”? (a) disopen (b) misopen (c) reopen (d) preopen
  29. 29.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) not write (b) write before (c) write again (d) write wrongly
  30. 30.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal wrongly (b) not equal (c) equal again (d) equal before
  31. 31.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow wrongly (b) allow before (c) not allow (d) allow again
  32. 32.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge wrongly (c) judge again (d) judge before
  33. 33.Which word means “not usual”? (a) disusual (b) reusual (c) misusual (d) unusual
  34. 34.Which word means “pay before”? (a) dispay (b) repay (c) prepay (d) mispay
  35. 35.What does “unusual” mean? (a) not usual (b) usual wrongly (c) usual before (d) usual again
  36. 36.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) relucky (b) prelucky (c) unlucky (d) dislucky
  37. 37.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead again (b) not lead (c) lead before (d) lead wrongly
  38. 38.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) heat again (c) heat wrongly (d) not heat
  39. 39.What does “precook” mean? (a) not cook (b) cook before (c) cook again (d) cook wrongly
  40. 40.What does “preview” mean? (a) view before (b) not view (c) view again (d) view wrongly

Answer key

  1. dis-
  2. spell wrongly
  3. unsafe
  4. unkind
  5. repaint
  6. revisit
  7. mis-
  8. disrespect
  9. read wrongly
  10. misread
  11. un-
  12. uncommon
  13. discontinue
  14. pre-
  15. mislead
  16. fill again
  17. not tidy
  18. not kind
  19. not continue
  20. unwell
  21. rebuild
  22. heat before
  23. re-
  24. not well
  25. join again
  26. misuse
  27. open again
  28. reopen
  29. write again
  30. not equal
  31. not allow
  32. judge before
  33. unusual
  34. prepay
  35. not usual
  36. unlucky
  37. lead wrongly
  38. heat again
  39. cook before
  40. view before

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