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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 367 · 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) un- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
  2. 2.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair wrongly (b) fair again (c) fair before (d) not fair
  3. 3.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear again (b) hear before (c) not hear (d) hear wrongly
  4. 4.Which word means “not honest”? (a) rehonest (b) dishonest (c) mishonest (d) unhonest
  5. 5.Which word means “not respect”? (a) prerespect (b) disrespect (c) misrespect (d) rerespect
  6. 6.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) ununderstand (b) disunderstand (c) misunderstand (d) preunderstand
  7. 7.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky again (b) lucky wrongly (c) lucky before (d) not lucky
  8. 8.What does “misread” mean? (a) read before (b) not read (c) read wrongly (d) read again
  9. 9.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) reloyal (b) preloyal (c) unloyal (d) disloyal
  10. 10.What does “disagree” mean? (a) not agree (b) agree before (c) agree again (d) agree wrongly
  11. 11.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) dis- (c) pre- (d) re-
  12. 12.Which word means “play again”? (a) display (b) misplay (c) replay (d) unplay
  13. 13.Which word means “join again”? (a) rejoin (b) prejoin (c) disjoin (d) misjoin
  14. 14.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common wrongly (b) not common (c) common before (d) common again
  15. 15.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use wrongly (b) use again (c) not use (d) use before
  16. 16.What does “preview” mean? (a) not view (b) view again (c) view wrongly (d) view before
  17. 17.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  18. 18.Which word means “not clear”? (a) unclear (b) reclear (c) disclear (d) preclear
  19. 19.Which word means “build again”? (a) disbuild (b) misbuild (c) rebuild (d) prebuild
  20. 20.Which word means “heat again”? (a) disheat (b) reheat (c) preheat (d) misheat
  21. 21.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write before (b) write wrongly (c) write again (d) not write
  22. 22.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count again (b) count wrongly (c) not count (d) count before
  23. 23.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat again (c) heat before (d) not heat
  24. 24.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
  25. 25.What does “untidy” mean? (a) not tidy (b) tidy again (c) tidy wrongly (d) tidy before
  26. 26.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey wrongly (b) obey again (c) obey before (d) not obey
  27. 27.Which word means “not equal”? (a) reequal (b) preequal (c) unequal (d) disequal
  28. 28.What does “retell” mean? (a) not tell (b) tell wrongly (c) tell again (d) tell before
  29. 29.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check wrongly (b) check before (c) check again (d) not check
  30. 30.Which word means “view before”? (a) misview (b) review (c) preview (d) unview
  31. 31.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) unlucky (b) prelucky (c) dislucky (d) mislucky
  32. 32.Which word means “write again”? (a) rewrite (b) diswrite (c) unwrite (d) miswrite
  33. 33.Which word means “tell again”? (a) distell (b) untell (c) retell (d) mistell
  34. 34.What does “unwell” mean? (a) not well (b) well before (c) well wrongly (d) well again
  35. 35.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect again (b) respect before (c) respect wrongly (d) not respect
  36. 36.Which word means “not fair”? (a) prefair (b) disfair (c) unfair (d) refair
  37. 37.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe wrongly (b) safe before (c) not safe (d) safe again
  38. 38.Which word means “not usual”? (a) unusual (b) misusual (c) disusual (d) reusual
  39. 39.Which word means “not allow”? (a) unallow (b) preallow (c) disallow (d) misallow
  40. 40.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) retidy (b) distidy (c) pretidy (d) untidy

Answer key

  1. re-
  2. not fair
  3. hear wrongly
  4. dishonest
  5. disrespect
  6. misunderstand
  7. not lucky
  8. read wrongly
  9. disloyal
  10. not agree
  11. dis-
  12. replay
  13. rejoin
  14. not common
  15. use wrongly
  16. view before
  17. mis-
  18. unclear
  19. rebuild
  20. reheat
  21. write again
  22. count wrongly
  23. heat before
  24. un-
  25. not tidy
  26. not obey
  27. unequal
  28. tell again
  29. check again
  30. preview
  31. unlucky
  32. rewrite
  33. retell
  34. not well
  35. not respect
  36. unfair
  37. not safe
  38. unusual
  39. disallow
  40. untidy

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