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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 36 · 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) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
  2. 2.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay before (b) pay wrongly (c) pay again (d) not pay
  3. 3.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
  4. 4.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) preplace (b) replace (c) misplace (d) unplace
  5. 5.What does “refill” mean? (a) not fill (b) fill again (c) fill before (d) fill wrongly
  6. 6.Which word means “not common”? (a) discommon (b) recommon (c) uncommon (d) miscommon
  7. 7.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue before (b) not continue (c) continue wrongly (d) continue again
  8. 8.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) retidy (b) distidy (c) untidy (d) pretidy
  9. 9.Which word means “not safe”? (a) unsafe (b) presafe (c) dissafe (d) missafe
  10. 10.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) discount (b) miscount (c) precount (d) uncount
  11. 11.Which word means “not happy”? (a) rehappy (b) dishappy (c) mishappy (d) unhappy
  12. 12.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) not loyal (b) loyal wrongly (c) loyal again (d) loyal before
  13. 13.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) re-
  14. 14.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell again (b) tell before (c) tell wrongly (d) not tell
  15. 15.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
  16. 16.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) unspell (b) respell (c) misspell (d) prespell
  17. 17.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky wrongly (b) lucky before (c) lucky again (d) not lucky
  18. 18.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) not happy (b) happy again (c) happy wrongly (d) happy before
  19. 19.Which word means “not agree”? (a) reagree (b) misagree (c) unagree (d) disagree
  20. 20.Which word means “not clear”? (a) disclear (b) reclear (c) unclear (d) preclear
  21. 21.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal before (b) equal wrongly (c) not equal (d) equal again
  22. 22.Which word means “not continue”? (a) precontinue (b) discontinue (c) uncontinue (d) recontinue
  23. 23.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) not common (b) common wrongly (c) common before (d) common again
  24. 24.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell wrongly (b) spell again (c) spell before (d) not spell
  25. 25.What does “reopen” mean? (a) not open (b) open wrongly (c) open before (d) open again
  26. 26.Which word means “visit again”? (a) previsit (b) unvisit (c) disvisit (d) revisit
  27. 27.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build before (b) not build (c) build wrongly (d) build again
  28. 28.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place again (b) not place (c) place before (d) place wrongly
  29. 29.Which word means “heat before”? (a) preheat (b) disheat (c) reheat (d) unheat
  30. 30.Which word means “heat again”? (a) disheat (b) reheat (c) unheat (d) preheat
  31. 31.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect before (b) respect wrongly (c) respect again (d) not respect
  32. 32.Which word means “not fair”? (a) misfair (b) unfair (c) prefair (d) disfair
  33. 33.Which word means “play again”? (a) unplay (b) replay (c) display (d) preplay
  34. 34.What does “disagree” mean? (a) not agree (b) agree again (c) agree before (d) agree wrongly
  35. 35.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) dis-
  36. 36.What does “misread” mean? (a) not read (b) read wrongly (c) read before (d) read again
  37. 37.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use again (b) not use (c) use before (d) use wrongly
  38. 38.Which word means “pay before”? (a) repay (b) dispay (c) unpay (d) prepay
  39. 39.Which word means “use again”? (a) disuse (b) preuse (c) misuse (d) reuse
  40. 40.What does “unclear” mean? (a) not clear (b) clear wrongly (c) clear again (d) clear before

Answer key

  1. re-
  2. pay before
  3. pre-
  4. misplace
  5. fill again
  6. uncommon
  7. not continue
  8. untidy
  9. unsafe
  10. miscount
  11. unhappy
  12. not loyal
  13. mis-
  14. tell again
  15. un-
  16. misspell
  17. not lucky
  18. not happy
  19. disagree
  20. unclear
  21. not equal
  22. discontinue
  23. not common
  24. spell wrongly
  25. open again
  26. revisit
  27. build again
  28. place wrongly
  29. preheat
  30. reheat
  31. not respect
  32. unfair
  33. replay
  34. not agree
  35. dis-
  36. read wrongly
  37. use wrongly
  38. prepay
  39. reuse
  40. not clear

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