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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 408 · 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 “again”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  2. 2.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common again (b) common wrongly (c) not common (d) common before
  3. 3.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook before (b) cook again (c) cook wrongly (d) not cook
  4. 4.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal wrongly (b) loyal before (c) loyal again (d) not loyal
  5. 5.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) untidy (b) mistidy (c) distidy (d) pretidy
  6. 6.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) not build (b) build before (c) build again (d) build wrongly
  7. 7.What does “unkind” mean? (a) not kind (b) kind again (c) kind wrongly (d) kind before
  8. 8.Which word means “paint again”? (a) dispaint (b) prepaint (c) repaint (d) mispaint
  9. 9.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest again (b) not honest (c) honest wrongly (d) honest before
  10. 10.Which word means “heat again”? (a) disheat (b) misheat (c) reheat (d) unheat
  11. 11.Which word means “open again”? (a) unopen (b) misopen (c) reopen (d) disopen
  12. 12.Which word means “tell again”? (a) distell (b) pretell (c) untell (d) retell
  13. 13.What does “reheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat before (c) heat wrongly (d) heat again
  14. 14.Which word means “not allow”? (a) misallow (b) reallow (c) disallow (d) unallow
  15. 15.Which word means “join again”? (a) prejoin (b) rejoin (c) unjoin (d) disjoin
  16. 16.Which word means “write again”? (a) prewrite (b) rewrite (c) unwrite (d) diswrite
  17. 17.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  18. 18.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well wrongly (b) well again (c) not well (d) well before
  19. 19.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
  20. 20.Which word means “check again”? (a) discheck (b) recheck (c) uncheck (d) mischeck
  21. 21.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear wrongly (b) clear before (c) not clear (d) clear again
  22. 22.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal again (b) not equal (c) equal wrongly (d) equal before
  23. 23.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
  24. 24.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave again (b) behave wrongly (c) not behave (d) behave before
  25. 25.Which word means “not respect”? (a) unrespect (b) disrespect (c) prerespect (d) misrespect
  26. 26.Which word means “pay before”? (a) unpay (b) mispay (c) repay (d) prepay
  27. 27.Which word means “not agree”? (a) misagree (b) disagree (c) unagree (d) preagree
  28. 28.Which word means “not safe”? (a) resafe (b) presafe (c) unsafe (d) missafe
  29. 29.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge before (c) judge wrongly (d) judge again
  30. 30.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) preloyal (b) reloyal (c) disloyal (d) misloyal
  31. 31.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand again (b) not understand (c) understand before (d) understand wrongly
  32. 32.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) ununderstand (b) disunderstand (c) misunderstand (d) preunderstand
  33. 33.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) misbehave (b) unbehave (c) disbehave (d) rebehave
  34. 34.What does “revisit” mean? (a) not visit (b) visit before (c) visit wrongly (d) visit again
  35. 35.What does “preview” mean? (a) view wrongly (b) view before (c) view again (d) not view
  36. 36.Which word means “not equal”? (a) misequal (b) unequal (c) preequal (d) reequal
  37. 37.Which word means “visit again”? (a) disvisit (b) revisit (c) previsit (d) misvisit
  38. 38.What does “misspell” mean? (a) not spell (b) spell wrongly (c) spell again (d) spell before
  39. 39.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) dis- (d) mis-
  40. 40.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use again (b) not use (c) use before (d) use wrongly

Answer key

  1. re-
  2. not common
  3. cook before
  4. not loyal
  5. untidy
  6. build again
  7. not kind
  8. repaint
  9. not honest
  10. reheat
  11. reopen
  12. retell
  13. heat again
  14. disallow
  15. rejoin
  16. rewrite
  17. pre-
  18. not well
  19. mis-
  20. recheck
  21. not clear
  22. not equal
  23. un-
  24. behave wrongly
  25. disrespect
  26. prepay
  27. disagree
  28. unsafe
  29. judge wrongly
  30. disloyal
  31. understand wrongly
  32. misunderstand
  33. misbehave
  34. visit again
  35. view before
  36. unequal
  37. revisit
  38. spell wrongly
  39. dis-
  40. use wrongly

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