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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 24 · 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) re- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) pre-
  2. 2.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind wrongly (b) kind before (c) kind again (d) not kind
  3. 3.Which word means “not happy”? (a) dishappy (b) prehappy (c) rehappy (d) unhappy
  4. 4.Which word means “not respect”? (a) misrespect (b) prerespect (c) disrespect (d) rerespect
  5. 5.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
  6. 6.Which word means “heat before”? (a) unheat (b) reheat (c) preheat (d) misheat
  7. 7.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
  8. 8.What does “misuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use before (c) use wrongly (d) use again
  9. 9.Which word means “pay before”? (a) prepay (b) repay (c) dispay (d) unpay
  10. 10.What does “preview” mean? (a) view before (b) view wrongly (c) view again (d) not view
  11. 11.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common before (b) common again (c) common wrongly (d) not common
  12. 12.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
  13. 13.Which word means “not common”? (a) recommon (b) miscommon (c) precommon (d) uncommon
  14. 14.What does “untidy” mean? (a) not tidy (b) tidy again (c) tidy wrongly (d) tidy before
  15. 15.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead wrongly (b) not lead (c) lead again (d) lead before
  16. 16.Which word means “join again”? (a) disjoin (b) misjoin (c) prejoin (d) rejoin
  17. 17.Which word means “play again”? (a) unplay (b) preplay (c) replay (d) misplay
  18. 18.What does “reuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use wrongly (c) use before (d) use again
  19. 19.Which word means “cook before”? (a) precook (b) discook (c) uncook (d) recook
  20. 20.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
  21. 21.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) not respect (b) respect wrongly (c) respect before (d) respect again
  22. 22.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy again (b) happy before (c) not happy (d) happy wrongly
  23. 23.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write wrongly (b) write again (c) write before (d) not write
  24. 24.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe again (b) safe wrongly (c) not safe (d) safe before
  25. 25.Which word means “paint again”? (a) mispaint (b) unpaint (c) prepaint (d) repaint
  26. 26.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell before (b) spell again (c) spell wrongly (d) not spell
  27. 27.What does “recheck” mean? (a) not check (b) check again (c) check before (d) check wrongly
  28. 28.Which word means “write again”? (a) prewrite (b) diswrite (c) unwrite (d) rewrite
  29. 29.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) untidy (b) pretidy (c) distidy (d) retidy
  30. 30.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook before (b) cook again (c) not cook (d) cook wrongly
  31. 31.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky again (b) lucky before (c) lucky wrongly (d) not lucky
  32. 32.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) prespell (b) misspell (c) disspell (d) unspell
  33. 33.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) unhear (b) prehear (c) mishear (d) rehear
  34. 34.What does “misplace” mean? (a) not place (b) place again (c) place wrongly (d) place before
  35. 35.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree wrongly (b) agree before (c) not agree (d) agree again
  36. 36.Which word means “not fair”? (a) disfair (b) prefair (c) unfair (d) misfair
  37. 37.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) judge again (c) not judge (d) judge wrongly
  38. 38.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual again (b) usual wrongly (c) not usual (d) usual before
  39. 39.What does “reheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat before (c) heat wrongly (d) heat again
  40. 40.What does “misread” mean? (a) not read (b) read wrongly (c) read before (d) read again

Answer key

  1. un-
  2. not kind
  3. unhappy
  4. disrespect
  5. dis-
  6. preheat
  7. pre-
  8. use wrongly
  9. prepay
  10. view before
  11. not common
  12. mis-
  13. uncommon
  14. not tidy
  15. lead wrongly
  16. rejoin
  17. replay
  18. use again
  19. precook
  20. re-
  21. not respect
  22. not happy
  23. write again
  24. not safe
  25. repaint
  26. spell wrongly
  27. check again
  28. rewrite
  29. untidy
  30. cook before
  31. not lucky
  32. misspell
  33. mishear
  34. place wrongly
  35. not agree
  36. unfair
  37. judge before
  38. not usual
  39. heat again
  40. read wrongly

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