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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 420 · 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 “prepay” mean? (a) pay again (b) not pay (c) pay wrongly (d) pay before
  2. 2.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint before (b) paint again (c) paint wrongly (d) not paint
  3. 3.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) dis- (c) re- (d) pre-
  4. 4.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit before (b) not visit (c) visit wrongly (d) visit again
  5. 5.Which word means “play again”? (a) preplay (b) unplay (c) misplay (d) replay
  6. 6.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual wrongly (b) not usual (c) usual before (d) usual again
  7. 7.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
  8. 8.Which word means “visit again”? (a) revisit (b) previsit (c) unvisit (d) disvisit
  9. 9.What does “reuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use wrongly (c) use again (d) use before
  10. 10.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand again (b) not understand (c) understand wrongly (d) understand before
  11. 11.Which word means “cook before”? (a) miscook (b) recook (c) precook (d) uncook
  12. 12.Which word means “judge before”? (a) prejudge (b) unjudge (c) disjudge (d) misjudge
  13. 13.Which word means “not happy”? (a) unhappy (b) dishappy (c) prehappy (d) mishappy
  14. 14.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) disjudge (b) rejudge (c) misjudge (d) prejudge
  15. 15.Which word means “not equal”? (a) disequal (b) reequal (c) preequal (d) unequal
  16. 16.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat before (c) not heat (d) heat again
  17. 17.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common again (b) not common (c) common wrongly (d) common before
  18. 18.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell again (b) spell before (c) not spell (d) spell wrongly
  19. 19.Which word means “not kind”? (a) miskind (b) diskind (c) prekind (d) unkind
  20. 20.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) re-
  21. 21.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) rebehave (b) misbehave (c) disbehave (d) unbehave
  22. 22.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
  23. 23.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave again (b) not behave (c) behave before (d) behave wrongly
  24. 24.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) relucky (b) dislucky (c) unlucky (d) mislucky
  25. 25.What does “preheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat again (c) heat wrongly (d) heat before
  26. 26.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear wrongly (b) clear again (c) clear before (d) not clear
  27. 27.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) respell (b) misspell (c) prespell (d) disspell
  28. 28.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
  29. 29.What does “disagree” mean? (a) not agree (b) agree before (c) agree again (d) agree wrongly
  30. 30.Which word means “not safe”? (a) resafe (b) unsafe (c) dissafe (d) missafe
  31. 31.Which word means “build again”? (a) unbuild (b) disbuild (c) prebuild (d) rebuild
  32. 32.What does “replay” mean? (a) play again (b) not play (c) play before (d) play wrongly
  33. 33.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead wrongly (b) lead again (c) not lead (d) lead before
  34. 34.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join before (b) join wrongly (c) join again (d) not join
  35. 35.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair wrongly (b) fair again (c) not fair (d) fair before
  36. 36.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) unlead (b) dislead (c) mislead (d) relead
  37. 37.What does “misread” mean? (a) read wrongly (b) not read (c) read before (d) read again
  38. 38.Which word means “tell again”? (a) distell (b) pretell (c) retell (d) mistell
  39. 39.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build before (b) build wrongly (c) build again (d) not build
  40. 40.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy before (b) happy again (c) not happy (d) happy wrongly

Answer key

  1. pay before
  2. paint again
  3. dis-
  4. visit again
  5. replay
  6. not usual
  7. pre-
  8. revisit
  9. use again
  10. understand wrongly
  11. precook
  12. prejudge
  13. unhappy
  14. misjudge
  15. unequal
  16. heat again
  17. not common
  18. spell wrongly
  19. unkind
  20. un-
  21. misbehave
  22. mis-
  23. behave wrongly
  24. unlucky
  25. heat before
  26. not clear
  27. misspell
  28. re-
  29. not agree
  30. unsafe
  31. rebuild
  32. play again
  33. lead wrongly
  34. join again
  35. not fair
  36. mislead
  37. read wrongly
  38. retell
  39. build again
  40. not happy

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