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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 403 · 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 “untidy” mean? (a) tidy wrongly (b) not tidy (c) tidy again (d) tidy before
  2. 2.Which word means “tell again”? (a) pretell (b) retell (c) mistell (d) untell
  3. 3.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) dis-
  4. 4.Which word means “write again”? (a) unwrite (b) miswrite (c) diswrite (d) rewrite
  5. 5.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) mislucky (b) relucky (c) unlucky (d) prelucky
  6. 6.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) prelead (b) unlead (c) relead (d) mislead
  7. 7.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  8. 8.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) disloyal (b) unloyal (c) preloyal (d) misloyal
  9. 9.Which word means “not kind”? (a) diskind (b) miskind (c) prekind (d) unkind
  10. 10.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) mistidy (b) untidy (c) retidy (d) distidy
  11. 11.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky before (b) lucky again (c) lucky wrongly (d) not lucky
  12. 12.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) not heat (c) heat wrongly (d) heat again
  13. 13.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
  14. 14.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) rebehave (b) misbehave (c) prebehave (d) unbehave
  15. 15.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) not continue (b) continue before (c) continue wrongly (d) continue again
  16. 16.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join wrongly (b) not join (c) join again (d) join before
  17. 17.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) judge before (c) not judge (d) judge again
  18. 18.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use wrongly (b) use again (c) use before (d) not use
  19. 19.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay before (b) not pay (c) pay again (d) pay wrongly
  20. 20.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey before (b) not obey (c) obey wrongly (d) obey again
  21. 21.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
  22. 22.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect wrongly (b) respect again (c) respect before (d) not respect
  23. 23.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
  24. 24.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal before (b) not equal (c) equal again (d) equal wrongly
  25. 25.What does “mishear” mean? (a) not hear (b) hear wrongly (c) hear before (d) hear again
  26. 26.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) dishear (b) mishear (c) rehear (d) prehear
  27. 27.What does “misread” mean? (a) read wrongly (b) read again (c) not read (d) read before
  28. 28.Which word means “not fair”? (a) unfair (b) disfair (c) refair (d) misfair
  29. 29.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell again (b) not spell (c) spell before (d) spell wrongly
  30. 30.What does “replay” mean? (a) not play (b) play wrongly (c) play before (d) play again
  31. 31.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) not build (b) build again (c) build wrongly (d) build before
  32. 32.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest again (b) honest before (c) honest wrongly (d) not honest
  33. 33.What does “reuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use again (c) use before (d) use wrongly
  34. 34.Which word means “use again”? (a) misuse (b) disuse (c) unuse (d) reuse
  35. 35.Which word means “join again”? (a) misjoin (b) rejoin (c) unjoin (d) prejoin
  36. 36.Which word means “not well”? (a) diswell (b) prewell (c) unwell (d) rewell
  37. 37.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write again (b) write wrongly (c) write before (d) not write
  38. 38.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual wrongly (b) not usual (c) usual before (d) usual again
  39. 39.Which word means “not common”? (a) recommon (b) precommon (c) discommon (d) uncommon
  40. 40.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill wrongly (b) not fill (c) fill again (d) fill before

Answer key

  1. not tidy
  2. retell
  3. dis-
  4. rewrite
  5. unlucky
  6. mislead
  7. un-
  8. disloyal
  9. unkind
  10. untidy
  11. not lucky
  12. heat before
  13. pre-
  14. misbehave
  15. not continue
  16. join again
  17. judge before
  18. use wrongly
  19. pay before
  20. not obey
  21. re-
  22. not respect
  23. mis-
  24. not equal
  25. hear wrongly
  26. mishear
  27. read wrongly
  28. unfair
  29. spell wrongly
  30. play again
  31. build again
  32. not honest
  33. use again
  34. reuse
  35. rejoin
  36. unwell
  37. write again
  38. not usual
  39. uncommon
  40. fill again

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