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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 327 · 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) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  2. 2.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) pre-
  3. 3.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) dis-
  4. 4.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) misread (b) preread (c) disread (d) unread
  5. 5.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) displace (b) preplace (c) unplace (d) misplace
  6. 6.Which word means “not equal”? (a) unequal (b) reequal (c) preequal (d) misequal
  7. 7.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build again (b) build before (c) not build (d) build wrongly
  8. 8.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join before (b) join again (c) not join (d) join wrongly
  9. 9.Which word means “not allow”? (a) disallow (b) unallow (c) reallow (d) preallow
  10. 10.Which word means “check again”? (a) recheck (b) discheck (c) uncheck (d) mischeck
  11. 11.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy wrongly (b) not happy (c) happy again (d) happy before
  12. 12.Which word means “view before”? (a) review (b) disview (c) unview (d) preview
  13. 13.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) not heat (c) heat wrongly (d) heat again
  14. 14.Which word means “not safe”? (a) unsafe (b) resafe (c) dissafe (d) missafe
  15. 15.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell before (b) spell wrongly (c) not spell (d) spell again
  16. 16.Which word means “fill again”? (a) unfill (b) prefill (c) disfill (d) refill
  17. 17.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave before (b) behave wrongly (c) behave again (d) not behave
  18. 18.What does “replay” mean? (a) play again (b) play before (c) play wrongly (d) not play
  19. 19.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy again (b) tidy wrongly (c) tidy before (d) not tidy
  20. 20.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
  21. 21.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common again (b) not common (c) common before (d) common wrongly
  22. 22.What does “unusual” mean? (a) not usual (b) usual wrongly (c) usual again (d) usual before
  23. 23.Which word means “play again”? (a) display (b) preplay (c) misplay (d) replay
  24. 24.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit before (b) visit wrongly (c) visit again (d) not visit
  25. 25.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind again (b) not kind (c) kind wrongly (d) kind before
  26. 26.Which word means “not respect”? (a) misrespect (b) prerespect (c) disrespect (d) rerespect
  27. 27.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) retidy (b) pretidy (c) mistidy (d) untidy
  28. 28.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint wrongly (b) paint before (c) not paint (d) paint again
  29. 29.Which word means “write again”? (a) miswrite (b) prewrite (c) diswrite (d) rewrite
  30. 30.What does “mislead” mean? (a) not lead (b) lead before (c) lead wrongly (d) lead again
  31. 31.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) prespell (b) respell (c) disspell (d) misspell
  32. 32.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear again (b) not hear (c) hear before (d) hear wrongly
  33. 33.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) mislucky (b) relucky (c) unlucky (d) dislucky
  34. 34.Which word means “not continue”? (a) uncontinue (b) miscontinue (c) precontinue (d) discontinue
  35. 35.Which word means “pay before”? (a) dispay (b) mispay (c) prepay (d) unpay
  36. 36.What does “miscount” mean? (a) not count (b) count before (c) count again (d) count wrongly
  37. 37.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well before (b) not well (c) well again (d) well wrongly
  38. 38.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest wrongly (b) honest before (c) honest again (d) not honest
  39. 39.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) judge before (c) not judge (d) judge again
  40. 40.What does “recheck” mean? (a) not check (b) check before (c) check again (d) check wrongly

Answer key

  1. un-
  2. re-
  3. dis-
  4. misread
  5. misplace
  6. unequal
  7. build again
  8. join again
  9. disallow
  10. recheck
  11. not happy
  12. preview
  13. heat before
  14. unsafe
  15. spell wrongly
  16. refill
  17. behave wrongly
  18. play again
  19. not tidy
  20. pre-
  21. not common
  22. not usual
  23. replay
  24. visit again
  25. not kind
  26. disrespect
  27. untidy
  28. paint again
  29. rewrite
  30. lead wrongly
  31. misspell
  32. hear wrongly
  33. unlucky
  34. discontinue
  35. prepay
  36. count wrongly
  37. not well
  38. not honest
  39. judge before
  40. check again

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