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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 231 · 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 “join again”? (a) rejoin (b) unjoin (c) disjoin (d) prejoin
  2. 2.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) not behave (b) behave before (c) behave wrongly (d) behave again
  3. 3.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy again (b) not happy (c) happy before (d) happy wrongly
  4. 4.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook before (b) cook again (c) cook wrongly (d) not cook
  5. 5.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) heat again (c) not heat (d) heat wrongly
  6. 6.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
  7. 7.Which word means “not equal”? (a) preequal (b) misequal (c) unequal (d) disequal
  8. 8.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
  9. 9.Which word means “heat again”? (a) preheat (b) reheat (c) misheat (d) unheat
  10. 10.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow before (b) allow wrongly (c) allow again (d) not allow
  11. 11.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
  12. 12.Which word means “not happy”? (a) rehappy (b) prehappy (c) dishappy (d) unhappy
  13. 13.What does “preheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat wrongly (c) heat again (d) heat before
  14. 14.Which word means “open again”? (a) reopen (b) unopen (c) preopen (d) disopen
  15. 15.Which word means “not respect”? (a) rerespect (b) prerespect (c) disrespect (d) misrespect
  16. 16.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) judge wrongly (c) not judge (d) judge before
  17. 17.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) not build (b) build before (c) build again (d) build wrongly
  18. 18.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) dis- (d) mis-
  19. 19.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky wrongly (b) lucky before (c) not lucky (d) lucky again
  20. 20.Which word means “not honest”? (a) unhonest (b) prehonest (c) dishonest (d) rehonest
  21. 21.Which word means “not clear”? (a) unclear (b) misclear (c) preclear (d) reclear
  22. 22.What does “repaint” mean? (a) not paint (b) paint again (c) paint before (d) paint wrongly
  23. 23.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill before (b) fill again (c) not fill (d) fill wrongly
  24. 24.Which word means “not obey”? (a) misobey (b) reobey (c) disobey (d) preobey
  25. 25.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe wrongly (b) safe before (c) safe again (d) not safe
  26. 26.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) pretidy (b) mistidy (c) distidy (d) untidy
  27. 27.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey wrongly (b) obey before (c) not obey (d) obey again
  28. 28.Which word means “not kind”? (a) unkind (b) rekind (c) prekind (d) diskind
  29. 29.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
  30. 30.What does “preview” mean? (a) view wrongly (b) view again (c) view before (d) not view
  31. 31.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual wrongly (b) usual before (c) not usual (d) usual again
  32. 32.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead before (b) lead again (c) not lead (d) lead wrongly
  33. 33.Which word means “play again”? (a) preplay (b) replay (c) unplay (d) display
  34. 34.Which word means “paint again”? (a) prepaint (b) repaint (c) unpaint (d) mispaint
  35. 35.Which word means “not safe”? (a) presafe (b) missafe (c) dissafe (d) unsafe
  36. 36.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell again (b) tell before (c) tell wrongly (d) not tell
  37. 37.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common wrongly (b) common before (c) common again (d) not common
  38. 38.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count again (b) not count (c) count wrongly (d) count before
  39. 39.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind wrongly (b) kind before (c) not kind (d) kind again
  40. 40.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) not judge (c) judge again (d) judge wrongly

Answer key

  1. rejoin
  2. behave wrongly
  3. not happy
  4. cook before
  5. heat again
  6. mis-
  7. unequal
  8. un-
  9. reheat
  10. not allow
  11. pre-
  12. unhappy
  13. heat before
  14. reopen
  15. disrespect
  16. judge before
  17. build again
  18. dis-
  19. not lucky
  20. dishonest
  21. unclear
  22. paint again
  23. fill again
  24. disobey
  25. not safe
  26. untidy
  27. not obey
  28. unkind
  29. re-
  30. view before
  31. not usual
  32. lead wrongly
  33. replay
  34. repaint
  35. unsafe
  36. tell again
  37. not common
  38. count wrongly
  39. not kind
  40. judge wrongly

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