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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 339 · 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 “again”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
  2. 2.What does “unusual” mean? (a) not usual (b) usual again (c) usual before (d) usual wrongly
  3. 3.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well before (b) well again (c) well wrongly (d) not well
  4. 4.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey before (b) obey wrongly (c) not obey (d) obey again
  5. 5.Which word means “fill again”? (a) refill (b) misfill (c) unfill (d) disfill
  6. 6.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear again (b) not hear (c) hear before (d) hear wrongly
  7. 7.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
  8. 8.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
  9. 9.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) relead (b) dislead (c) unlead (d) mislead
  10. 10.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe again (b) safe wrongly (c) safe before (d) not safe
  11. 11.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) untidy (b) pretidy (c) retidy (d) distidy
  12. 12.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) reloyal (b) disloyal (c) preloyal (d) unloyal
  13. 13.Which word means “not usual”? (a) preusual (b) reusual (c) misusual (d) unusual
  14. 14.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) misjudge (b) disjudge (c) prejudge (d) unjudge
  15. 15.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) dis- (c) pre- (d) re-
  16. 16.Which word means “not common”? (a) miscommon (b) precommon (c) discommon (d) uncommon
  17. 17.Which word means “pay before”? (a) dispay (b) unpay (c) prepay (d) repay
  18. 18.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree again (b) agree wrongly (c) not agree (d) agree before
  19. 19.Which word means “visit again”? (a) unvisit (b) misvisit (c) previsit (d) revisit
  20. 20.What does “reheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat again (c) heat wrongly (d) heat before
  21. 21.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
  22. 22.Which word means “not obey”? (a) disobey (b) unobey (c) reobey (d) misobey
  23. 23.Which word means “build again”? (a) misbuild (b) prebuild (c) disbuild (d) rebuild
  24. 24.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) unlucky (b) mislucky (c) dislucky (d) relucky
  25. 25.What does “repaint” mean? (a) not paint (b) paint before (c) paint again (d) paint wrongly
  26. 26.What does “preview” mean? (a) not view (b) view wrongly (c) view again (d) view before
  27. 27.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue again (b) continue before (c) not continue (d) continue wrongly
  28. 28.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use again (b) not use (c) use wrongly (d) use before
  29. 29.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common again (b) common wrongly (c) common before (d) not common
  30. 30.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect before (b) respect again (c) respect wrongly (d) not respect
  31. 31.What does “preheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat again (c) heat before (d) heat wrongly
  32. 32.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky wrongly (b) not lucky (c) lucky again (d) lucky before
  33. 33.Which word means “not clear”? (a) misclear (b) reclear (c) unclear (d) preclear
  34. 34.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair before (b) fair again (c) not fair (d) fair wrongly
  35. 35.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) respell (b) unspell (c) disspell (d) misspell
  36. 36.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy again (b) happy before (c) happy wrongly (d) not happy
  37. 37.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) misbehave (b) prebehave (c) disbehave (d) unbehave
  38. 38.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) disunderstand (b) ununderstand (c) misunderstand (d) reunderstand
  39. 39.Which word means “not well”? (a) miswell (b) unwell (c) diswell (d) prewell
  40. 40.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand wrongly (b) understand before (c) not understand (d) understand again

Answer key

  1. re-
  2. not usual
  3. not well
  4. not obey
  5. refill
  6. hear wrongly
  7. un-
  8. pre-
  9. mislead
  10. not safe
  11. untidy
  12. disloyal
  13. unusual
  14. misjudge
  15. dis-
  16. uncommon
  17. prepay
  18. not agree
  19. revisit
  20. heat again
  21. mis-
  22. disobey
  23. rebuild
  24. unlucky
  25. paint again
  26. view before
  27. not continue
  28. use wrongly
  29. not common
  30. not respect
  31. heat before
  32. not lucky
  33. unclear
  34. not fair
  35. misspell
  36. not happy
  37. misbehave
  38. misunderstand
  39. unwell
  40. understand wrongly

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