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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 422 · 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 word means “not happy”? (a) rehappy (b) mishappy (c) unhappy (d) prehappy
  2. 2.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual wrongly (b) usual before (c) usual again (d) not usual
  3. 3.What does “prepay” mean? (a) not pay (b) pay again (c) pay before (d) pay wrongly
  4. 4.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
  5. 5.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) not join (b) join before (c) join again (d) join wrongly
  6. 6.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
  7. 7.Which word means “not common”? (a) discommon (b) recommon (c) precommon (d) uncommon
  8. 8.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky before (b) not lucky (c) lucky again (d) lucky wrongly
  9. 9.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use before (b) use wrongly (c) use again (d) not use
  10. 10.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) unbehave (b) rebehave (c) prebehave (d) misbehave
  11. 11.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
  12. 12.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) untidy (b) pretidy (c) retidy (d) mistidy
  13. 13.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well again (b) well before (c) not well (d) well wrongly
  14. 14.Which word means “not usual”? (a) misusual (b) preusual (c) reusual (d) unusual
  15. 15.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow again (b) allow wrongly (c) not allow (d) allow before
  16. 16.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) not happy (b) happy before (c) happy again (d) happy wrongly
  17. 17.Which word means “not honest”? (a) prehonest (b) dishonest (c) rehonest (d) mishonest
  18. 18.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) preunderstand (b) reunderstand (c) misunderstand (d) ununderstand
  19. 19.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) mishear (b) unhear (c) dishear (d) prehear
  20. 20.Which word means “pay before”? (a) prepay (b) repay (c) dispay (d) unpay
  21. 21.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
  22. 22.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
  23. 23.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal before (b) equal wrongly (c) not equal (d) equal again
  24. 24.Which word means “judge before”? (a) disjudge (b) unjudge (c) rejudge (d) prejudge
  25. 25.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) dislead (b) unlead (c) mislead (d) prelead
  26. 26.What does “revisit” mean? (a) not visit (b) visit wrongly (c) visit before (d) visit again
  27. 27.Which word means “check again”? (a) precheck (b) recheck (c) uncheck (d) discheck
  28. 28.What does “reheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat wrongly (c) heat again (d) heat before
  29. 29.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave again (b) behave before (c) behave wrongly (d) not behave
  30. 30.What does “miscount” mean? (a) not count (b) count again (c) count wrongly (d) count before
  31. 31.Which word means “write again”? (a) prewrite (b) diswrite (c) rewrite (d) unwrite
  32. 32.Which word means “not continue”? (a) recontinue (b) discontinue (c) miscontinue (d) uncontinue
  33. 33.Which word means “not safe”? (a) dissafe (b) missafe (c) unsafe (d) resafe
  34. 34.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use wrongly (b) use before (c) not use (d) use again
  35. 35.Which word means “view before”? (a) disview (b) preview (c) unview (d) review
  36. 36.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) dislucky (b) mislucky (c) relucky (d) unlucky
  37. 37.What does “misread” mean? (a) read again (b) not read (c) read before (d) read wrongly
  38. 38.Which word means “heat before”? (a) preheat (b) disheat (c) misheat (d) unheat
  39. 39.What does “preview” mean? (a) not view (b) view again (c) view before (d) view wrongly
  40. 40.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat before (c) heat again (d) not heat

Answer key

  1. unhappy
  2. not usual
  3. pay before
  4. dis-
  5. join again
  6. un-
  7. uncommon
  8. not lucky
  9. use wrongly
  10. misbehave
  11. pre-
  12. untidy
  13. not well
  14. unusual
  15. not allow
  16. not happy
  17. dishonest
  18. misunderstand
  19. mishear
  20. prepay
  21. mis-
  22. re-
  23. not equal
  24. prejudge
  25. mislead
  26. visit again
  27. recheck
  28. heat again
  29. behave wrongly
  30. count wrongly
  31. rewrite
  32. discontinue
  33. unsafe
  34. use again
  35. preview
  36. unlucky
  37. read wrongly
  38. preheat
  39. view before
  40. heat before

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