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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 424 · 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 “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
  2. 2.Which word means “not usual”? (a) disusual (b) misusual (c) reusual (d) unusual
  3. 3.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) re-
  4. 4.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree again (b) agree before (c) agree wrongly (d) not agree
  5. 5.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) untidy (b) mistidy (c) retidy (d) distidy
  6. 6.Which word means “fill again”? (a) refill (b) misfill (c) disfill (d) unfill
  7. 7.Which word means “not agree”? (a) unagree (b) disagree (c) reagree (d) preagree
  8. 8.What does “disobey” mean? (a) not obey (b) obey again (c) obey before (d) obey wrongly
  9. 9.What does “misspell” mean? (a) not spell (b) spell wrongly (c) spell again (d) spell before
  10. 10.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint before (b) paint wrongly (c) paint again (d) not paint
  11. 11.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) not write (b) write again (c) write wrongly (d) write before
  12. 12.Which word means “not honest”? (a) rehonest (b) mishonest (c) prehonest (d) dishonest
  13. 13.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
  14. 14.Which word means “pay before”? (a) dispay (b) mispay (c) prepay (d) unpay
  15. 15.Which word means “tell again”? (a) mistell (b) untell (c) distell (d) retell
  16. 16.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) dis- (c) re- (d) mis-
  17. 17.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave wrongly (b) behave again (c) not behave (d) behave before
  18. 18.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook again (b) not cook (c) cook before (d) cook wrongly
  19. 19.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe wrongly (b) not safe (c) safe before (d) safe again
  20. 20.Which word means “not happy”? (a) rehappy (b) mishappy (c) dishappy (d) unhappy
  21. 21.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) misuse (b) disuse (c) unuse (d) reuse
  22. 22.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
  23. 23.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check before (b) check wrongly (c) check again (d) not check
  24. 24.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build wrongly (b) build before (c) build again (d) not build
  25. 25.What does “miscount” mean? (a) not count (b) count wrongly (c) count before (d) count again
  26. 26.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) not judge (c) judge wrongly (d) judge before
  27. 27.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) unhear (b) dishear (c) rehear (d) mishear
  28. 28.Which word means “cook before”? (a) recook (b) miscook (c) precook (d) discook
  29. 29.What does “unkind” mean? (a) not kind (b) kind wrongly (c) kind again (d) kind before
  30. 30.What does “preview” mean? (a) view wrongly (b) not view (c) view before (d) view again
  31. 31.Which word means “not respect”? (a) prerespect (b) disrespect (c) unrespect (d) rerespect
  32. 32.Which word means “open again”? (a) misopen (b) preopen (c) disopen (d) reopen
  33. 33.Which word means “visit again”? (a) misvisit (b) revisit (c) disvisit (d) unvisit
  34. 34.Which word means “join again”? (a) disjoin (b) prejoin (c) misjoin (d) rejoin
  35. 35.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) not common (b) common wrongly (c) common again (d) common before
  36. 36.Which word means “not safe”? (a) resafe (b) missafe (c) dissafe (d) unsafe
  37. 37.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead again (b) not lead (c) lead before (d) lead wrongly
  38. 38.What does “unusual” mean? (a) not usual (b) usual before (c) usual wrongly (d) usual again
  39. 39.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest before (b) honest again (c) not honest (d) honest wrongly
  40. 40.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) prelucky (b) mislucky (c) relucky (d) unlucky

Answer key

  1. mis-
  2. unusual
  3. re-
  4. not agree
  5. untidy
  6. refill
  7. disagree
  8. not obey
  9. spell wrongly
  10. paint again
  11. write again
  12. dishonest
  13. pre-
  14. prepay
  15. retell
  16. dis-
  17. behave wrongly
  18. cook before
  19. not safe
  20. unhappy
  21. misuse
  22. un-
  23. check again
  24. build again
  25. count wrongly
  26. judge wrongly
  27. mishear
  28. precook
  29. not kind
  30. view before
  31. disrespect
  32. reopen
  33. revisit
  34. rejoin
  35. not common
  36. unsafe
  37. lead wrongly
  38. not usual
  39. not honest
  40. unlucky

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