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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 218 · 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 “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) pre-
  2. 2.Which word means “build again”? (a) misbuild (b) disbuild (c) rebuild (d) prebuild
  3. 3.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe before (b) safe wrongly (c) not safe (d) safe again
  4. 4.Which word means “heat again”? (a) unheat (b) misheat (c) disheat (d) reheat
  5. 5.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) unhear (b) mishear (c) rehear (d) dishear
  6. 6.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
  7. 7.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) not heat (c) heat wrongly (d) heat before
  8. 8.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) unloyal (b) reloyal (c) misloyal (d) disloyal
  9. 9.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect before (b) respect wrongly (c) respect again (d) not respect
  10. 10.What does “repaint” mean? (a) not paint (b) paint wrongly (c) paint again (d) paint before
  11. 11.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest wrongly (b) honest again (c) not honest (d) honest before
  12. 12.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) re-
  13. 13.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common before (b) common again (c) common wrongly (d) not common
  14. 14.Which word means “paint again”? (a) prepaint (b) dispaint (c) unpaint (d) repaint
  15. 15.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
  16. 16.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy again (b) happy before (c) not happy (d) happy wrongly
  17. 17.Which word means “join again”? (a) disjoin (b) unjoin (c) rejoin (d) misjoin
  18. 18.What does “replay” mean? (a) not play (b) play before (c) play wrongly (d) play again
  19. 19.What does “refill” mean? (a) not fill (b) fill before (c) fill again (d) fill wrongly
  20. 20.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) replace (b) unplace (c) misplace (d) preplace
  21. 21.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) preread (b) misread (c) unread (d) reread
  22. 22.Which word means “not happy”? (a) rehappy (b) unhappy (c) dishappy (d) prehappy
  23. 23.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal again (b) loyal before (c) loyal wrongly (d) not loyal
  24. 24.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay wrongly (b) pay again (c) pay before (d) not pay
  25. 25.What does “misuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use before (c) use wrongly (d) use again
  26. 26.What does “revisit” mean? (a) not visit (b) visit again (c) visit before (d) visit wrongly
  27. 27.Which word means “view before”? (a) misview (b) unview (c) preview (d) disview
  28. 28.Which word means “pay before”? (a) unpay (b) repay (c) mispay (d) prepay
  29. 29.What does “miscount” mean? (a) not count (b) count again (c) count wrongly (d) count before
  30. 30.Which word means “check again”? (a) mischeck (b) uncheck (c) recheck (d) discheck
  31. 31.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use wrongly (b) use again (c) not use (d) use before
  32. 32.Which word means “not honest”? (a) prehonest (b) dishonest (c) rehonest (d) unhonest
  33. 33.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave before (b) behave wrongly (c) not behave (d) behave again
  34. 34.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy wrongly (b) tidy again (c) tidy before (d) not tidy
  35. 35.Which word means “not safe”? (a) unsafe (b) dissafe (c) resafe (d) missafe
  36. 36.Which word means “tell again”? (a) mistell (b) distell (c) pretell (d) retell
  37. 37.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell wrongly (b) spell before (c) spell again (d) not spell
  38. 38.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey again (b) not obey (c) obey before (d) obey wrongly
  39. 39.Which word means “not fair”? (a) unfair (b) prefair (c) misfair (d) disfair
  40. 40.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) judge before (c) judge wrongly (d) not judge

Answer key

  1. mis-
  2. rebuild
  3. not safe
  4. reheat
  5. mishear
  6. pre-
  7. heat again
  8. disloyal
  9. not respect
  10. paint again
  11. not honest
  12. un-
  13. not common
  14. repaint
  15. re-
  16. not happy
  17. rejoin
  18. play again
  19. fill again
  20. misplace
  21. misread
  22. unhappy
  23. not loyal
  24. pay before
  25. use wrongly
  26. visit again
  27. preview
  28. prepay
  29. count wrongly
  30. recheck
  31. use again
  32. dishonest
  33. behave wrongly
  34. not tidy
  35. unsafe
  36. retell
  37. spell wrongly
  38. not obey
  39. unfair
  40. judge before

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