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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 319 · 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) pre- (b) dis- (c) mis- (d) re-
  2. 2.Which word means “not equal”? (a) disequal (b) misequal (c) unequal (d) reequal
  3. 3.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  4. 4.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
  5. 5.What does “revisit” mean? (a) not visit (b) visit wrongly (c) visit before (d) visit again
  6. 6.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well again (b) well before (c) not well (d) well wrongly
  7. 7.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree wrongly (b) agree before (c) not agree (d) agree again
  8. 8.What does “misread” mean? (a) read wrongly (b) not read (c) read again (d) read before
  9. 9.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
  10. 10.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) untidy (b) retidy (c) mistidy (d) distidy
  11. 11.Which word means “pay before”? (a) repay (b) unpay (c) prepay (d) dispay
  12. 12.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave before (b) behave wrongly (c) behave again (d) not behave
  13. 13.Which word means “not safe”? (a) resafe (b) unsafe (c) dissafe (d) presafe
  14. 14.What does “replay” mean? (a) play again (b) not play (c) play before (d) play wrongly
  15. 15.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect wrongly (b) not respect (c) respect again (d) respect before
  16. 16.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal before (b) loyal again (c) loyal wrongly (d) not loyal
  17. 17.Which word means “not fair”? (a) misfair (b) prefair (c) refair (d) unfair
  18. 18.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write before (b) write wrongly (c) write again (d) not write
  19. 19.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) re-
  20. 20.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell again (b) tell before (c) tell wrongly (d) not tell
  21. 21.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open again (b) not open (c) open wrongly (d) open before
  22. 22.Which word means “not common”? (a) discommon (b) recommon (c) precommon (d) uncommon
  23. 23.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy before (b) tidy again (c) not tidy (d) tidy wrongly
  24. 24.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe again (b) safe wrongly (c) not safe (d) safe before
  25. 25.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) unread (b) preread (c) reread (d) misread
  26. 26.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use wrongly (b) use before (c) use again (d) not use
  27. 27.Which word means “tell again”? (a) pretell (b) retell (c) mistell (d) distell
  28. 28.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear again (b) hear before (c) hear wrongly (d) not hear
  29. 29.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge before (c) judge wrongly (d) judge again
  30. 30.What does “disallow” mean? (a) not allow (b) allow before (c) allow wrongly (d) allow again
  31. 31.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) precount (b) miscount (c) recount (d) discount
  32. 32.Which word means “play again”? (a) display (b) replay (c) misplay (d) preplay
  33. 33.Which word means “not allow”? (a) misallow (b) preallow (c) disallow (d) reallow
  34. 34.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat again (c) heat before (d) not heat
  35. 35.Which word means “view before”? (a) unview (b) review (c) misview (d) preview
  36. 36.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) prelucky (b) unlucky (c) relucky (d) mislucky
  37. 37.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy again (b) happy before (c) not happy (d) happy wrongly
  38. 38.What does “misspell” mean? (a) not spell (b) spell again (c) spell before (d) spell wrongly
  39. 39.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint again (b) paint wrongly (c) paint before (d) not paint
  40. 40.Which word means “heat before”? (a) disheat (b) misheat (c) preheat (d) unheat

Answer key

  1. dis-
  2. unequal
  3. mis-
  4. pre-
  5. visit again
  6. not well
  7. not agree
  8. read wrongly
  9. re-
  10. untidy
  11. prepay
  12. behave wrongly
  13. unsafe
  14. play again
  15. not respect
  16. not loyal
  17. unfair
  18. write again
  19. un-
  20. tell again
  21. open again
  22. uncommon
  23. not tidy
  24. not safe
  25. misread
  26. use again
  27. retell
  28. hear wrongly
  29. judge wrongly
  30. not allow
  31. miscount
  32. replay
  33. disallow
  34. heat before
  35. preview
  36. unlucky
  37. not happy
  38. spell wrongly
  39. paint again
  40. preheat

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