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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 370 · 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 “unhappy” mean? (a) happy wrongly (b) happy before (c) not happy (d) happy again
  2. 2.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
  3. 3.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest again (b) honest wrongly (c) not honest (d) honest before
  4. 4.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) not common (b) common before (c) common again (d) common wrongly
  5. 5.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook before (b) cook again (c) not cook (d) cook wrongly
  6. 6.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) judge again (c) not judge (d) judge wrongly
  7. 7.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) dis- (c) mis- (d) re-
  8. 8.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
  9. 9.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
  10. 10.What does “unfair” mean? (a) not fair (b) fair before (c) fair again (d) fair wrongly
  11. 11.Which word means “build again”? (a) rebuild (b) disbuild (c) prebuild (d) misbuild
  12. 12.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit wrongly (b) not visit (c) visit before (d) visit again
  13. 13.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky again (b) not lucky (c) lucky wrongly (d) lucky before
  14. 14.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow before (b) allow wrongly (c) not allow (d) allow again
  15. 15.Which word means “not respect”? (a) disrespect (b) prerespect (c) unrespect (d) rerespect
  16. 16.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
  17. 17.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) not understand (b) understand before (c) understand wrongly (d) understand again
  18. 18.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place before (b) place wrongly (c) place again (d) not place
  19. 19.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear before (b) not hear (c) hear again (d) hear wrongly
  20. 20.What does “misread” mean? (a) read again (b) not read (c) read before (d) read wrongly
  21. 21.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) pretidy (b) mistidy (c) distidy (d) untidy
  22. 22.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe before (b) safe wrongly (c) not safe (d) safe again
  23. 23.Which word means “not kind”? (a) miskind (b) unkind (c) rekind (d) diskind
  24. 24.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal wrongly (b) loyal before (c) not loyal (d) loyal again
  25. 25.What does “repaint” mean? (a) not paint (b) paint again (c) paint wrongly (d) paint before
  26. 26.Which word means “check again”? (a) mischeck (b) uncheck (c) recheck (d) discheck
  27. 27.Which word means “not honest”? (a) prehonest (b) rehonest (c) mishonest (d) dishonest
  28. 28.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind before (b) kind wrongly (c) kind again (d) not kind
  29. 29.Which word means “write again”? (a) diswrite (b) rewrite (c) miswrite (d) prewrite
  30. 30.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear before (b) clear again (c) clear wrongly (d) not clear
  31. 31.Which word means “not safe”? (a) unsafe (b) resafe (c) dissafe (d) presafe
  32. 32.Which word means “fill again”? (a) misfill (b) disfill (c) prefill (d) refill
  33. 33.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat before (c) heat again (d) not heat
  34. 34.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell again (b) spell wrongly (c) not spell (d) spell before
  35. 35.Which word means “tell again”? (a) distell (b) mistell (c) retell (d) untell
  36. 36.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) prespell (b) unspell (c) misspell (d) disspell
  37. 37.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open before (b) open wrongly (c) not open (d) open again
  38. 38.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count wrongly (b) not count (c) count before (d) count again
  39. 39.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well again (b) well before (c) not well (d) well wrongly
  40. 40.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree before (b) not agree (c) agree again (d) agree wrongly

Answer key

  1. not happy
  2. mis-
  3. not honest
  4. not common
  5. cook before
  6. judge before
  7. dis-
  8. pre-
  9. re-
  10. not fair
  11. rebuild
  12. visit again
  13. not lucky
  14. not allow
  15. disrespect
  16. un-
  17. understand wrongly
  18. place wrongly
  19. hear wrongly
  20. read wrongly
  21. untidy
  22. not safe
  23. unkind
  24. not loyal
  25. paint again
  26. recheck
  27. dishonest
  28. not kind
  29. rewrite
  30. not clear
  31. unsafe
  32. refill
  33. heat again
  34. spell wrongly
  35. retell
  36. misspell
  37. open again
  38. count wrongly
  39. not well
  40. not agree

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