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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 350 · 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 “disagree” mean? (a) agree before (b) agree wrongly (c) agree again (d) not agree
  2. 2.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) re-
  3. 3.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy wrongly (b) tidy again (c) tidy before (d) not tidy
  4. 4.What does “reopen” mean? (a) not open (b) open before (c) open wrongly (d) open again
  5. 5.Which word means “not usual”? (a) preusual (b) misusual (c) reusual (d) unusual
  6. 6.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual wrongly (b) usual again (c) usual before (d) not usual
  7. 7.Which word means “view before”? (a) preview (b) review (c) disview (d) unview
  8. 8.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey wrongly (b) obey before (c) obey again (d) not obey
  9. 9.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
  10. 10.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) dis- (d) mis-
  11. 11.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
  12. 12.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow again (b) allow wrongly (c) not allow (d) allow before
  13. 13.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe before (b) safe again (c) safe wrongly (d) not safe
  14. 14.What does “unwell” mean? (a) not well (b) well before (c) well wrongly (d) well again
  15. 15.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead again (b) lead before (c) lead wrongly (d) not lead
  16. 16.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) untidy (b) pretidy (c) retidy (d) mistidy
  17. 17.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write wrongly (b) not write (c) write before (d) write again
  18. 18.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal again (b) not loyal (c) loyal before (d) loyal wrongly
  19. 19.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) not build (b) build before (c) build again (d) build wrongly
  20. 20.Which word means “write again”? (a) diswrite (b) unwrite (c) rewrite (d) miswrite
  21. 21.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) un-
  22. 22.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave wrongly (b) behave again (c) not behave (d) behave before
  23. 23.What does “replay” mean? (a) play again (b) play wrongly (c) play before (d) not play
  24. 24.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat before (c) not heat (d) heat again
  25. 25.Which word means “not clear”? (a) unclear (b) disclear (c) misclear (d) reclear
  26. 26.What does “unfair” mean? (a) not fair (b) fair wrongly (c) fair before (d) fair again
  27. 27.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common before (b) common again (c) not common (d) common wrongly
  28. 28.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join wrongly (b) join again (c) not join (d) join before
  29. 29.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) unjudge (b) misjudge (c) rejudge (d) disjudge
  30. 30.Which word means “paint again”? (a) repaint (b) prepaint (c) unpaint (d) dispaint
  31. 31.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) disbehave (b) unbehave (c) misbehave (d) prebehave
  32. 32.Which word means “join again”? (a) disjoin (b) unjoin (c) rejoin (d) prejoin
  33. 33.Which word means “not common”? (a) precommon (b) miscommon (c) uncommon (d) discommon
  34. 34.Which word means “heat before”? (a) reheat (b) preheat (c) disheat (d) unheat
  35. 35.Which word means “heat again”? (a) reheat (b) preheat (c) unheat (d) disheat
  36. 36.Which word means “check again”? (a) precheck (b) discheck (c) uncheck (d) recheck
  37. 37.Which word means “not kind”? (a) rekind (b) unkind (c) diskind (d) miskind
  38. 38.Which word means “pay before”? (a) dispay (b) repay (c) prepay (d) unpay
  39. 39.What does “misspell” mean? (a) not spell (b) spell again (c) spell before (d) spell wrongly
  40. 40.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) preplace (b) replace (c) unplace (d) misplace

Answer key

  1. not agree
  2. un-
  3. not tidy
  4. open again
  5. unusual
  6. not usual
  7. preview
  8. not obey
  9. mis-
  10. dis-
  11. re-
  12. not allow
  13. not safe
  14. not well
  15. lead wrongly
  16. untidy
  17. write again
  18. not loyal
  19. build again
  20. rewrite
  21. pre-
  22. behave wrongly
  23. play again
  24. heat before
  25. unclear
  26. not fair
  27. not common
  28. join again
  29. misjudge
  30. repaint
  31. misbehave
  32. rejoin
  33. uncommon
  34. preheat
  35. reheat
  36. recheck
  37. unkind
  38. prepay
  39. spell wrongly
  40. misplace

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