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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 383 · 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 “not”? (a) dis- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
  2. 2.What does “reopen” mean? (a) not open (b) open wrongly (c) open before (d) open again
  3. 3.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
  4. 4.Which word means “not usual”? (a) disusual (b) preusual (c) misusual (d) unusual
  5. 5.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join again (b) not join (c) join before (d) join wrongly
  6. 6.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) untidy (b) mistidy (c) retidy (d) distidy
  7. 7.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) judge wrongly (c) not judge (d) judge again
  8. 8.What does “disobey” mean? (a) not obey (b) obey wrongly (c) obey again (d) obey before
  9. 9.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use again (b) not use (c) use before (d) use wrongly
  10. 10.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell again (b) spell before (c) not spell (d) spell wrongly
  11. 11.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
  12. 12.What does “misread” mean? (a) read again (b) read before (c) read wrongly (d) not read
  13. 13.Which word means “not obey”? (a) preobey (b) misobey (c) disobey (d) reobey
  14. 14.What does “refill” mean? (a) not fill (b) fill wrongly (c) fill before (d) fill again
  15. 15.Which word means “not fair”? (a) prefair (b) unfair (c) disfair (d) misfair
  16. 16.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write again (b) write wrongly (c) write before (d) not write
  17. 17.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) un-
  18. 18.Which word means “pay before”? (a) mispay (b) prepay (c) dispay (d) repay
  19. 19.Which word means “join again”? (a) misjoin (b) rejoin (c) prejoin (d) disjoin
  20. 20.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  21. 21.Which word means “not happy”? (a) dishappy (b) mishappy (c) unhappy (d) rehappy
  22. 22.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) ununderstand (b) disunderstand (c) misunderstand (d) reunderstand
  23. 23.Which word means “not agree”? (a) misagree (b) preagree (c) disagree (d) reagree
  24. 24.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit again (b) visit wrongly (c) visit before (d) not visit
  25. 25.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well wrongly (b) well before (c) well again (d) not well
  26. 26.Which word means “write again”? (a) prewrite (b) rewrite (c) miswrite (d) diswrite
  27. 27.Which word means “heat again”? (a) disheat (b) misheat (c) unheat (d) reheat
  28. 28.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave before (b) not behave (c) behave wrongly (d) behave again
  29. 29.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect wrongly (b) respect before (c) respect again (d) not respect
  30. 30.Which word means “not clear”? (a) preclear (b) misclear (c) reclear (d) unclear
  31. 31.Which word means “view before”? (a) disview (b) review (c) misview (d) preview
  32. 32.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common before (b) common wrongly (c) common again (d) not common
  33. 33.Which word means “tell again”? (a) retell (b) mistell (c) untell (d) pretell
  34. 34.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build wrongly (b) build before (c) build again (d) not build
  35. 35.Which word means “paint again”? (a) prepaint (b) dispaint (c) unpaint (d) repaint
  36. 36.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook again (b) cook wrongly (c) not cook (d) cook before
  37. 37.Which word means “not safe”? (a) missafe (b) dissafe (c) presafe (d) unsafe
  38. 38.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind before (b) kind wrongly (c) kind again (d) not kind
  39. 39.Which word means “cook before”? (a) recook (b) precook (c) discook (d) miscook
  40. 40.Which word means “not kind”? (a) unkind (b) miskind (c) diskind (d) prekind

Answer key

  1. dis-
  2. open again
  3. un-
  4. unusual
  5. join again
  6. untidy
  7. judge before
  8. not obey
  9. use wrongly
  10. spell wrongly
  11. pre-
  12. read wrongly
  13. disobey
  14. fill again
  15. unfair
  16. write again
  17. re-
  18. prepay
  19. rejoin
  20. mis-
  21. unhappy
  22. misunderstand
  23. disagree
  24. visit again
  25. not well
  26. rewrite
  27. reheat
  28. behave wrongly
  29. not respect
  30. unclear
  31. preview
  32. not common
  33. retell
  34. build again
  35. repaint
  36. cook before
  37. unsafe
  38. not kind
  39. precook
  40. unkind

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