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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 305 · 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) dis- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
  2. 2.Which word means “not agree”? (a) disagree (b) unagree (c) misagree (d) preagree
  3. 3.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear wrongly (b) hear again (c) hear before (d) not hear
  4. 4.Which word means “write again”? (a) prewrite (b) miswrite (c) rewrite (d) unwrite
  5. 5.Which word means “not fair”? (a) misfair (b) refair (c) prefair (d) unfair
  6. 6.Which word means “paint again”? (a) unpaint (b) mispaint (c) repaint (d) dispaint
  7. 7.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place again (b) place wrongly (c) not place (d) place before
  8. 8.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build wrongly (b) not build (c) build before (d) build again
  9. 9.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
  10. 10.Which word means “not well”? (a) prewell (b) unwell (c) rewell (d) miswell
  11. 11.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay again (b) pay wrongly (c) pay before (d) not pay
  12. 12.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy before (b) not tidy (c) tidy wrongly (d) tidy again
  13. 13.What does “replay” mean? (a) play wrongly (b) not play (c) play before (d) play again
  14. 14.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell wrongly (b) spell before (c) not spell (d) spell again
  15. 15.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use wrongly (b) not use (c) use before (d) use again
  16. 16.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) reunderstand (b) misunderstand (c) disunderstand (d) ununderstand
  17. 17.Which word means “heat again”? (a) misheat (b) reheat (c) preheat (d) unheat
  18. 18.What does “unclear” mean? (a) not clear (b) clear again (c) clear before (d) clear wrongly
  19. 19.Which word means “fill again”? (a) disfill (b) prefill (c) refill (d) misfill
  20. 20.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
  21. 21.What does “reopen” mean? (a) not open (b) open wrongly (c) open again (d) open before
  22. 22.Which word means “not happy”? (a) mishappy (b) dishappy (c) unhappy (d) rehappy
  23. 23.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  24. 24.Which word means “not safe”? (a) unsafe (b) resafe (c) presafe (d) dissafe
  25. 25.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) preloyal (b) reloyal (c) disloyal (d) unloyal
  26. 26.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) not loyal (b) loyal wrongly (c) loyal before (d) loyal again
  27. 27.Which word means “not equal”? (a) reequal (b) preequal (c) disequal (d) unequal
  28. 28.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
  29. 29.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook again (b) not cook (c) cook wrongly (d) cook before
  30. 30.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave before (b) behave wrongly (c) behave again (d) not behave
  31. 31.Which word means “join again”? (a) misjoin (b) unjoin (c) rejoin (d) disjoin
  32. 32.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal before (b) equal again (c) equal wrongly (d) not equal
  33. 33.Which word means “build again”? (a) misbuild (b) rebuild (c) unbuild (d) prebuild
  34. 34.What does “misread” mean? (a) read wrongly (b) read before (c) not read (d) read again
  35. 35.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree before (b) agree wrongly (c) not agree (d) agree again
  36. 36.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) relucky (b) unlucky (c) dislucky (d) prelucky
  37. 37.Which word means “tell again”? (a) retell (b) pretell (c) untell (d) distell
  38. 38.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) not safe (b) safe before (c) safe again (d) safe wrongly
  39. 39.Which word means “not kind”? (a) rekind (b) prekind (c) miskind (d) unkind
  40. 40.What does “unusual” mean? (a) not usual (b) usual again (c) usual before (d) usual wrongly

Answer key

  1. dis-
  2. disagree
  3. hear wrongly
  4. rewrite
  5. unfair
  6. repaint
  7. place wrongly
  8. build again
  9. re-
  10. unwell
  11. pay before
  12. not tidy
  13. play again
  14. spell wrongly
  15. use wrongly
  16. misunderstand
  17. reheat
  18. not clear
  19. refill
  20. un-
  21. open again
  22. unhappy
  23. pre-
  24. unsafe
  25. disloyal
  26. not loyal
  27. unequal
  28. mis-
  29. cook before
  30. behave wrongly
  31. rejoin
  32. not equal
  33. rebuild
  34. read wrongly
  35. not agree
  36. unlucky
  37. retell
  38. not safe
  39. unkind
  40. not usual

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