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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 255 · 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 “unsafe” mean? (a) safe before (b) not safe (c) safe wrongly (d) safe again
  2. 2.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) dis-
  3. 3.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
  4. 4.Which word means “not allow”? (a) reallow (b) preallow (c) disallow (d) misallow
  5. 5.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear before (b) hear wrongly (c) not hear (d) hear again
  6. 6.Which word means “build again”? (a) misbuild (b) disbuild (c) rebuild (d) prebuild
  7. 7.Which word means “open again”? (a) misopen (b) reopen (c) unopen (d) disopen
  8. 8.What does “replay” mean? (a) play again (b) play wrongly (c) not play (d) play before
  9. 9.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) not happy (b) happy again (c) happy wrongly (d) happy before
  10. 10.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect again (b) respect before (c) not respect (d) respect wrongly
  11. 11.Which word means “heat again”? (a) preheat (b) misheat (c) reheat (d) unheat
  12. 12.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
  13. 13.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) displace (b) unplace (c) misplace (d) preplace
  14. 14.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) not judge (c) judge again (d) judge before
  15. 15.Which word means “visit again”? (a) disvisit (b) misvisit (c) unvisit (d) revisit
  16. 16.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind again (b) kind wrongly (c) kind before (d) not kind
  17. 17.Which word means “play again”? (a) misplay (b) replay (c) preplay (d) unplay
  18. 18.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  19. 19.What does “misread” mean? (a) read wrongly (b) read before (c) read again (d) not read
  20. 20.Which word means “not clear”? (a) preclear (b) unclear (c) reclear (d) misclear
  21. 21.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
  22. 22.Which word means “not usual”? (a) disusual (b) unusual (c) misusual (d) reusual
  23. 23.Which word means “not agree”? (a) preagree (b) unagree (c) disagree (d) misagree
  24. 24.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook again (b) cook before (c) cook wrongly (d) not cook
  25. 25.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual wrongly (b) usual before (c) not usual (d) usual again
  26. 26.What does “untidy” mean? (a) not tidy (b) tidy before (c) tidy again (d) tidy wrongly
  27. 27.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead again (b) lead before (c) not lead (d) lead wrongly
  28. 28.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal again (b) loyal wrongly (c) loyal before (d) not loyal
  29. 29.Which word means “not happy”? (a) unhappy (b) mishappy (c) dishappy (d) rehappy
  30. 30.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) ununderstand (b) preunderstand (c) reunderstand (d) misunderstand
  31. 31.Which word means “not safe”? (a) dissafe (b) resafe (c) unsafe (d) presafe
  32. 32.Which word means “view before”? (a) disview (b) unview (c) preview (d) review
  33. 33.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) misjudge (b) rejudge (c) disjudge (d) unjudge
  34. 34.Which word means “not obey”? (a) misobey (b) reobey (c) unobey (d) disobey
  35. 35.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill before (b) not fill (c) fill again (d) fill wrongly
  36. 36.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open again (b) not open (c) open wrongly (d) open before
  37. 37.Which word means “heat before”? (a) misheat (b) disheat (c) unheat (d) preheat
  38. 38.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat again (c) not heat (d) heat before
  39. 39.What does “preheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat wrongly (c) heat before (d) heat again
  40. 40.What does “unequal” mean? (a) not equal (b) equal again (c) equal wrongly (d) equal before

Answer key

  1. not safe
  2. dis-
  3. pre-
  4. disallow
  5. hear wrongly
  6. rebuild
  7. reopen
  8. play again
  9. not happy
  10. not respect
  11. reheat
  12. re-
  13. misplace
  14. judge wrongly
  15. revisit
  16. not kind
  17. replay
  18. un-
  19. read wrongly
  20. unclear
  21. mis-
  22. unusual
  23. disagree
  24. cook before
  25. not usual
  26. not tidy
  27. lead wrongly
  28. not loyal
  29. unhappy
  30. misunderstand
  31. unsafe
  32. preview
  33. misjudge
  34. disobey
  35. fill again
  36. open again
  37. preheat
  38. heat again
  39. heat before
  40. not equal

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