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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 211 · 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 word means “not happy”? (a) unhappy (b) dishappy (c) mishappy (d) rehappy
  2. 2.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
  3. 3.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy again (b) not tidy (c) tidy before (d) tidy wrongly
  4. 4.Which word means “judge before”? (a) disjudge (b) rejudge (c) prejudge (d) misjudge
  5. 5.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use wrongly (b) use before (c) use again (d) not use
  6. 6.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) reunderstand (b) ununderstand (c) misunderstand (d) disunderstand
  7. 7.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint before (b) not paint (c) paint again (d) paint wrongly
  8. 8.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) prelucky (b) relucky (c) dislucky (d) unlucky
  9. 9.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) re-
  10. 10.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
  11. 11.Which word means “not obey”? (a) misobey (b) disobey (c) preobey (d) reobey
  12. 12.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
  13. 13.What does “unwell” mean? (a) not well (b) well again (c) well before (d) well wrongly
  14. 14.What does “precook” mean? (a) not cook (b) cook again (c) cook wrongly (d) cook before
  15. 15.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use again (b) use before (c) not use (d) use wrongly
  16. 16.Which word means “not continue”? (a) uncontinue (b) discontinue (c) recontinue (d) precontinue
  17. 17.Which word means “paint again”? (a) repaint (b) dispaint (c) prepaint (d) unpaint
  18. 18.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal again (b) equal before (c) not equal (d) equal wrongly
  19. 19.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) retidy (b) distidy (c) mistidy (d) untidy
  20. 20.Which word means “not kind”? (a) prekind (b) diskind (c) rekind (d) unkind
  21. 21.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) misbehave (b) disbehave (c) rebehave (d) prebehave
  22. 22.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect before (b) respect again (c) not respect (d) respect wrongly
  23. 23.Which word means “not agree”? (a) misagree (b) disagree (c) reagree (d) unagree
  24. 24.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair again (b) fair before (c) not fair (d) fair wrongly
  25. 25.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  26. 26.Which word means “check again”? (a) uncheck (b) discheck (c) recheck (d) precheck
  27. 27.Which word means “write again”? (a) prewrite (b) miswrite (c) rewrite (d) diswrite
  28. 28.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave before (b) not behave (c) behave wrongly (d) behave again
  29. 29.Which word means “heat again”? (a) unheat (b) misheat (c) preheat (d) reheat
  30. 30.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree wrongly (b) agree again (c) not agree (d) agree before
  31. 31.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual wrongly (b) not usual (c) usual again (d) usual before
  32. 32.What does “refill” mean? (a) not fill (b) fill again (c) fill before (d) fill wrongly
  33. 33.Which word means “join again”? (a) rejoin (b) misjoin (c) disjoin (d) prejoin
  34. 34.Which word means “play again”? (a) unplay (b) misplay (c) preplay (d) replay
  35. 35.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) preuse (b) misuse (c) reuse (d) unuse
  36. 36.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky again (b) lucky before (c) not lucky (d) lucky wrongly
  37. 37.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey wrongly (b) obey again (c) not obey (d) obey before
  38. 38.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear before (b) hear wrongly (c) not hear (d) hear again
  39. 39.What does “reheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat again (c) heat wrongly (d) heat before
  40. 40.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) not build (b) build wrongly (c) build before (d) build again

Answer key

  1. unhappy
  2. dis-
  3. not tidy
  4. prejudge
  5. use again
  6. misunderstand
  7. paint again
  8. unlucky
  9. pre-
  10. re-
  11. disobey
  12. un-
  13. not well
  14. cook before
  15. use wrongly
  16. discontinue
  17. repaint
  18. not equal
  19. untidy
  20. unkind
  21. misbehave
  22. not respect
  23. disagree
  24. not fair
  25. mis-
  26. recheck
  27. rewrite
  28. behave wrongly
  29. reheat
  30. not agree
  31. not usual
  32. fill again
  33. rejoin
  34. replay
  35. misuse
  36. not lucky
  37. not obey
  38. hear wrongly
  39. heat again
  40. build again

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