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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 21 · 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 “reuse” mean? (a) use before (b) use wrongly (c) use again (d) not use
  2. 2.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree before (b) not agree (c) agree wrongly (d) agree again
  3. 3.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  4. 4.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
  5. 5.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) unbehave (b) disbehave (c) prebehave (d) misbehave
  6. 6.Which word means “not kind”? (a) unkind (b) miskind (c) prekind (d) diskind
  7. 7.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) dis- (d) mis-
  8. 8.Which word means “not usual”? (a) disusual (b) preusual (c) unusual (d) misusual
  9. 9.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) not heat (c) heat wrongly (d) heat again
  10. 10.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place before (b) place again (c) place wrongly (d) not place
  11. 11.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use before (b) not use (c) use again (d) use wrongly
  12. 12.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead before (b) not lead (c) lead wrongly (d) lead again
  13. 13.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) not heat (c) heat wrongly (d) heat again
  14. 14.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
  15. 15.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build before (b) build wrongly (c) not build (d) build again
  16. 16.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) pretidy (b) distidy (c) untidy (d) retidy
  17. 17.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
  18. 18.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) unlucky (b) relucky (c) mislucky (d) dislucky
  19. 19.What does “misread” mean? (a) read wrongly (b) read again (c) not read (d) read before
  20. 20.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear wrongly (b) not clear (c) clear again (d) clear before
  21. 21.What does “prepay” mean? (a) not pay (b) pay again (c) pay before (d) pay wrongly
  22. 22.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual again (b) not usual (c) usual before (d) usual wrongly
  23. 23.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) not lucky (b) lucky wrongly (c) lucky before (d) lucky again
  24. 24.Which word means “not respect”? (a) unrespect (b) misrespect (c) prerespect (d) disrespect
  25. 25.What does “unwell” mean? (a) not well (b) well again (c) well wrongly (d) well before
  26. 26.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) misloyal (b) preloyal (c) disloyal (d) unloyal
  27. 27.Which word means “tell again”? (a) pretell (b) distell (c) mistell (d) retell
  28. 28.Which word means “not happy”? (a) unhappy (b) prehappy (c) rehappy (d) mishappy
  29. 29.Which word means “not equal”? (a) misequal (b) disequal (c) reequal (d) unequal
  30. 30.What does “mishear” mean? (a) not hear (b) hear before (c) hear again (d) hear wrongly
  31. 31.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join again (b) join before (c) join wrongly (d) not join
  32. 32.Which word means “not safe”? (a) unsafe (b) resafe (c) dissafe (d) presafe
  33. 33.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal before (b) not loyal (c) loyal again (d) loyal wrongly
  34. 34.Which word means “not obey”? (a) preobey (b) unobey (c) disobey (d) misobey
  35. 35.Which word means “visit again”? (a) disvisit (b) previsit (c) unvisit (d) revisit
  36. 36.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe before (b) not safe (c) safe wrongly (d) safe again
  37. 37.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) prespell (b) misspell (c) disspell (d) respell
  38. 38.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect before (b) not respect (c) respect again (d) respect wrongly
  39. 39.Which word means “view before”? (a) unview (b) misview (c) review (d) preview
  40. 40.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) judge again (c) not judge (d) judge wrongly

Answer key

  1. use again
  2. not agree
  3. re-
  4. pre-
  5. misbehave
  6. unkind
  7. dis-
  8. unusual
  9. heat again
  10. place wrongly
  11. use wrongly
  12. lead wrongly
  13. heat before
  14. mis-
  15. build again
  16. untidy
  17. un-
  18. unlucky
  19. read wrongly
  20. not clear
  21. pay before
  22. not usual
  23. not lucky
  24. disrespect
  25. not well
  26. disloyal
  27. retell
  28. unhappy
  29. unequal
  30. hear wrongly
  31. join again
  32. unsafe
  33. not loyal
  34. disobey
  35. revisit
  36. not safe
  37. misspell
  38. not respect
  39. preview
  40. judge wrongly

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