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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 202 · 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) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) dis-
  2. 2.Which word means “not safe”? (a) presafe (b) missafe (c) unsafe (d) resafe
  3. 3.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) not safe (b) safe again (c) safe before (d) safe wrongly
  4. 4.Which word means “not allow”? (a) disallow (b) unallow (c) preallow (d) misallow
  5. 5.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy before (b) happy wrongly (c) happy again (d) not happy
  6. 6.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
  7. 7.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear before (b) clear again (c) not clear (d) clear wrongly
  8. 8.Which word means “check again”? (a) recheck (b) discheck (c) uncheck (d) precheck
  9. 9.Which word means “not happy”? (a) dishappy (b) prehappy (c) unhappy (d) rehappy
  10. 10.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay wrongly (b) not pay (c) pay before (d) pay again
  11. 11.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
  12. 12.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey before (b) not obey (c) obey again (d) obey wrongly
  13. 13.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat again (c) not heat (d) heat before
  14. 14.Which word means “heat again”? (a) misheat (b) disheat (c) reheat (d) preheat
  15. 15.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree again (b) agree before (c) agree wrongly (d) not agree
  16. 16.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) preunderstand (b) misunderstand (c) ununderstand (d) reunderstand
  17. 17.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
  18. 18.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair again (b) fair before (c) not fair (d) fair wrongly
  19. 19.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common again (b) common wrongly (c) not common (d) common before
  20. 20.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use again (b) use wrongly (c) not use (d) use before
  21. 21.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well before (b) not well (c) well again (d) well wrongly
  22. 22.Which word means “fill again”? (a) disfill (b) unfill (c) misfill (d) refill
  23. 23.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal wrongly (b) not equal (c) equal before (d) equal again
  24. 24.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) reread (b) misread (c) disread (d) preread
  25. 25.Which word means “not usual”? (a) disusual (b) unusual (c) misusual (d) preusual
  26. 26.What does “replay” mean? (a) play again (b) play before (c) not play (d) play wrongly
  27. 27.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) rehear (b) prehear (c) mishear (d) unhear
  28. 28.What does “misread” mean? (a) not read (b) read before (c) read wrongly (d) read again
  29. 29.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) disbehave (b) rebehave (c) misbehave (d) unbehave
  30. 30.What does “miscount” mean? (a) not count (b) count before (c) count wrongly (d) count again
  31. 31.Which word means “not clear”? (a) reclear (b) unclear (c) disclear (d) preclear
  32. 32.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook wrongly (b) cook again (c) not cook (d) cook before
  33. 33.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky again (b) lucky wrongly (c) lucky before (d) not lucky
  34. 34.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
  35. 35.Which word means “build again”? (a) rebuild (b) unbuild (c) disbuild (d) prebuild
  36. 36.Which word means “not fair”? (a) prefair (b) disfair (c) misfair (d) unfair
  37. 37.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual wrongly (b) not usual (c) usual again (d) usual before
  38. 38.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy again (b) not tidy (c) tidy wrongly (d) tidy before
  39. 39.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal before (b) loyal wrongly (c) not loyal (d) loyal again
  40. 40.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) not judge (c) judge before (d) judge again

Answer key

  1. dis-
  2. unsafe
  3. not safe
  4. disallow
  5. not happy
  6. un-
  7. not clear
  8. recheck
  9. unhappy
  10. pay before
  11. pre-
  12. not obey
  13. heat before
  14. reheat
  15. not agree
  16. misunderstand
  17. mis-
  18. not fair
  19. not common
  20. use again
  21. not well
  22. refill
  23. not equal
  24. misread
  25. unusual
  26. play again
  27. mishear
  28. read wrongly
  29. misbehave
  30. count wrongly
  31. unclear
  32. cook before
  33. not lucky
  34. re-
  35. rebuild
  36. unfair
  37. not usual
  38. not tidy
  39. not loyal
  40. judge wrongly

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