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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 40 · 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) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) dis-
  2. 2.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write again (b) write wrongly (c) not write (d) write before
  3. 3.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
  4. 4.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) retidy (b) untidy (c) mistidy (d) pretidy
  5. 5.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint before (b) paint again (c) not paint (d) paint wrongly
  6. 6.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) re-
  7. 7.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill wrongly (b) not fill (c) fill before (d) fill again
  8. 8.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell wrongly (b) not spell (c) spell again (d) spell before
  9. 9.What does “reuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use wrongly (c) use before (d) use again
  10. 10.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal before (b) equal again (c) not equal (d) equal wrongly
  11. 11.Which word means “not common”? (a) uncommon (b) recommon (c) precommon (d) discommon
  12. 12.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect before (b) not respect (c) respect again (d) respect wrongly
  13. 13.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) re-
  14. 14.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join before (b) not join (c) join again (d) join wrongly
  15. 15.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) judge before (c) not judge (d) judge wrongly
  16. 16.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind before (b) kind again (c) kind wrongly (d) not kind
  17. 17.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay again (b) pay wrongly (c) not pay (d) pay before
  18. 18.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat again (c) heat before (d) not heat
  19. 19.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave again (b) not behave (c) behave wrongly (d) behave before
  20. 20.What does “mishear” mean? (a) not hear (b) hear wrongly (c) hear again (d) hear before
  21. 21.Which word means “fill again”? (a) prefill (b) disfill (c) unfill (d) refill
  22. 22.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well before (b) well again (c) not well (d) well wrongly
  23. 23.Which word means “write again”? (a) rewrite (b) miswrite (c) diswrite (d) prewrite
  24. 24.What does “revisit” mean? (a) not visit (b) visit before (c) visit again (d) visit wrongly
  25. 25.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear again (b) clear before (c) clear wrongly (d) not clear
  26. 26.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
  27. 27.Which word means “check again”? (a) discheck (b) precheck (c) recheck (d) mischeck
  28. 28.Which word means “paint again”? (a) mispaint (b) unpaint (c) prepaint (d) repaint
  29. 29.Which word means “not continue”? (a) precontinue (b) uncontinue (c) discontinue (d) recontinue
  30. 30.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky wrongly (b) lucky before (c) not lucky (d) lucky again
  31. 31.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) not happy (b) happy wrongly (c) happy again (d) happy before
  32. 32.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) disunderstand (b) reunderstand (c) ununderstand (d) misunderstand
  33. 33.Which word means “tell again”? (a) distell (b) untell (c) retell (d) mistell
  34. 34.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest wrongly (b) not honest (c) honest before (d) honest again
  35. 35.Which word means “not agree”? (a) reagree (b) disagree (c) preagree (d) misagree
  36. 36.Which word means “build again”? (a) misbuild (b) prebuild (c) unbuild (d) rebuild
  37. 37.What does “disobey” mean? (a) not obey (b) obey wrongly (c) obey again (d) obey before
  38. 38.Which word means “not fair”? (a) refair (b) disfair (c) prefair (d) unfair
  39. 39.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) mislucky (b) unlucky (c) dislucky (d) relucky
  40. 40.Which word means “not allow”? (a) disallow (b) misallow (c) unallow (d) preallow

Answer key

  1. dis-
  2. write again
  3. mis-
  4. untidy
  5. paint again
  6. re-
  7. fill again
  8. spell wrongly
  9. use again
  10. not equal
  11. uncommon
  12. not respect
  13. pre-
  14. join again
  15. judge before
  16. not kind
  17. pay before
  18. heat before
  19. behave wrongly
  20. hear wrongly
  21. refill
  22. not well
  23. rewrite
  24. visit again
  25. not clear
  26. un-
  27. recheck
  28. repaint
  29. discontinue
  30. not lucky
  31. not happy
  32. misunderstand
  33. retell
  34. not honest
  35. disagree
  36. rebuild
  37. not obey
  38. unfair
  39. unlucky
  40. disallow

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