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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 246 · 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 “misspell” mean? (a) not spell (b) spell again (c) spell wrongly (d) spell before
  2. 2.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) dis-
  3. 3.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
  4. 4.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) not heat (c) heat before (d) heat again
  5. 5.Which word means “fill again”? (a) refill (b) unfill (c) misfill (d) prefill
  6. 6.Which word means “not respect”? (a) disrespect (b) misrespect (c) unrespect (d) prerespect
  7. 7.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe before (b) not safe (c) safe wrongly (d) safe again
  8. 8.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build again (b) build wrongly (c) not build (d) build before
  9. 9.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
  10. 10.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook again (b) cook before (c) cook wrongly (d) not cook
  11. 11.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal before (b) not loyal (c) loyal wrongly (d) loyal again
  12. 12.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  13. 13.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) heat before (c) not heat (d) heat wrongly
  14. 14.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue wrongly (b) not continue (c) continue before (d) continue again
  15. 15.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree before (b) agree wrongly (c) agree again (d) not agree
  16. 16.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
  17. 17.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) not common (b) common again (c) common wrongly (d) common before
  18. 18.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy again (b) not tidy (c) tidy wrongly (d) tidy before
  19. 19.Which word means “not kind”? (a) diskind (b) miskind (c) rekind (d) unkind
  20. 20.Which word means “not usual”? (a) reusual (b) misusual (c) unusual (d) preusual
  21. 21.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy wrongly (b) happy again (c) happy before (d) not happy
  22. 22.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge before (c) judge wrongly (d) judge again
  23. 23.Which word means “paint again”? (a) repaint (b) prepaint (c) dispaint (d) unpaint
  24. 24.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) not behave (b) behave wrongly (c) behave again (d) behave before
  25. 25.What does “misread” mean? (a) read again (b) not read (c) read before (d) read wrongly
  26. 26.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest wrongly (b) not honest (c) honest again (d) honest before
  27. 27.Which word means “not honest”? (a) dishonest (b) prehonest (c) unhonest (d) rehonest
  28. 28.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use before (b) not use (c) use again (d) use wrongly
  29. 29.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) unloyal (b) preloyal (c) disloyal (d) reloyal
  30. 30.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) reunderstand (b) preunderstand (c) ununderstand (d) misunderstand
  31. 31.Which word means “build again”? (a) prebuild (b) misbuild (c) unbuild (d) rebuild
  32. 32.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual wrongly (b) usual before (c) not usual (d) usual again
  33. 33.Which word means “not happy”? (a) dishappy (b) prehappy (c) rehappy (d) unhappy
  34. 34.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write before (b) write wrongly (c) write again (d) not write
  35. 35.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky before (b) lucky again (c) lucky wrongly (d) not lucky
  36. 36.Which word means “use again”? (a) disuse (b) reuse (c) misuse (d) preuse
  37. 37.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) judge wrongly (c) judge before (d) not judge
  38. 38.What does “preview” mean? (a) view before (b) not view (c) view again (d) view wrongly
  39. 39.Which word means “heat before”? (a) misheat (b) preheat (c) reheat (d) unheat
  40. 40.Which word means “not agree”? (a) unagree (b) preagree (c) reagree (d) disagree

Answer key

  1. spell wrongly
  2. dis-
  3. re-
  4. heat before
  5. refill
  6. disrespect
  7. not safe
  8. build again
  9. mis-
  10. cook before
  11. not loyal
  12. pre-
  13. heat again
  14. not continue
  15. not agree
  16. un-
  17. not common
  18. not tidy
  19. unkind
  20. unusual
  21. not happy
  22. judge wrongly
  23. repaint
  24. behave wrongly
  25. read wrongly
  26. not honest
  27. dishonest
  28. use again
  29. disloyal
  30. misunderstand
  31. rebuild
  32. not usual
  33. unhappy
  34. write again
  35. not lucky
  36. reuse
  37. judge before
  38. view before
  39. preheat
  40. disagree

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