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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 405 · 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 “refill” mean? (a) not fill (b) fill wrongly (c) fill before (d) fill again
  2. 2.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common before (b) common again (c) not common (d) common wrongly
  3. 3.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) replace (b) misplace (c) displace (d) unplace
  4. 4.Which word means “heat again”? (a) preheat (b) disheat (c) unheat (d) reheat
  5. 5.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) pre-
  6. 6.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual wrongly (b) not usual (c) usual before (d) usual again
  7. 7.What does “reopen” mean? (a) not open (b) open again (c) open wrongly (d) open before
  8. 8.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) disloyal (b) unloyal (c) misloyal (d) preloyal
  9. 9.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) not respect (b) respect before (c) respect again (d) respect wrongly
  10. 10.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
  11. 11.Which word means “join again”? (a) unjoin (b) disjoin (c) prejoin (d) rejoin
  12. 12.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair before (b) fair wrongly (c) fair again (d) not fair
  13. 13.Which word means “visit again”? (a) revisit (b) unvisit (c) previsit (d) misvisit
  14. 14.Which word means “check again”? (a) recheck (b) uncheck (c) discheck (d) precheck
  15. 15.Which word means “write again”? (a) prewrite (b) rewrite (c) unwrite (d) miswrite
  16. 16.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place again (b) not place (c) place wrongly (d) place before
  17. 17.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) not continue (b) continue wrongly (c) continue before (d) continue again
  18. 18.Which prefix means “before”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  19. 19.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
  20. 20.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) prelucky (b) relucky (c) unlucky (d) mislucky
  21. 21.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell before (b) spell again (c) not spell (d) spell wrongly
  22. 22.Which word means “not equal”? (a) reequal (b) disequal (c) unequal (d) misequal
  23. 23.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) dis-
  24. 24.What does “unwell” mean? (a) not well (b) well wrongly (c) well again (d) well before
  25. 25.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey wrongly (b) obey before (c) obey again (d) not obey
  26. 26.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) not behave (b) behave before (c) behave wrongly (d) behave again
  27. 27.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check wrongly (b) check before (c) not check (d) check again
  28. 28.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe again (b) not safe (c) safe wrongly (d) safe before
  29. 29.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) distidy (b) untidy (c) pretidy (d) mistidy
  30. 30.Which word means “cook before”? (a) precook (b) discook (c) recook (d) miscook
  31. 31.Which word means “not usual”? (a) preusual (b) unusual (c) misusual (d) reusual
  32. 32.Which word means “not honest”? (a) unhonest (b) dishonest (c) rehonest (d) mishonest
  33. 33.Which word means “open again”? (a) misopen (b) disopen (c) unopen (d) reopen
  34. 34.Which word means “not well”? (a) unwell (b) diswell (c) miswell (d) rewell
  35. 35.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy wrongly (b) not happy (c) happy before (d) happy again
  36. 36.Which word means “view before”? (a) review (b) disview (c) preview (d) unview
  37. 37.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit again (b) visit wrongly (c) visit before (d) not visit
  38. 38.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) unuse (b) misuse (c) disuse (d) preuse
  39. 39.Which word means “tell again”? (a) mistell (b) pretell (c) retell (d) untell
  40. 40.Which word means “not happy”? (a) mishappy (b) dishappy (c) unhappy (d) rehappy

Answer key

  1. fill again
  2. not common
  3. misplace
  4. reheat
  5. un-
  6. not usual
  7. open again
  8. disloyal
  9. not respect
  10. mis-
  11. rejoin
  12. not fair
  13. revisit
  14. recheck
  15. rewrite
  16. place wrongly
  17. not continue
  18. pre-
  19. re-
  20. unlucky
  21. spell wrongly
  22. unequal
  23. dis-
  24. not well
  25. not obey
  26. behave wrongly
  27. check again
  28. not safe
  29. untidy
  30. precook
  31. unusual
  32. dishonest
  33. reopen
  34. unwell
  35. not happy
  36. preview
  37. visit again
  38. misuse
  39. retell
  40. unhappy

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