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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 432 · 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 tidy”? (a) mistidy (b) pretidy (c) untidy (d) distidy
  2. 2.What does “unwell” mean? (a) not well (b) well wrongly (c) well before (d) well again
  3. 3.Which word means “not well”? (a) rewell (b) prewell (c) diswell (d) unwell
  4. 4.Which word means “not honest”? (a) prehonest (b) mishonest (c) dishonest (d) unhonest
  5. 5.What does “preview” mean? (a) view again (b) view before (c) not view (d) view wrongly
  6. 6.Which word means “not allow”? (a) preallow (b) disallow (c) reallow (d) misallow
  7. 7.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell before (b) not tell (c) tell wrongly (d) tell again
  8. 8.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
  9. 9.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open before (b) not open (c) open again (d) open wrongly
  10. 10.Which word means “not happy”? (a) mishappy (b) dishappy (c) unhappy (d) rehappy
  11. 11.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) misbehave (b) prebehave (c) rebehave (d) unbehave
  12. 12.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common wrongly (b) common again (c) not common (d) common before
  13. 13.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy wrongly (b) happy before (c) not happy (d) happy again
  14. 14.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect before (b) not respect (c) respect wrongly (d) respect again
  15. 15.Which word means “build again”? (a) rebuild (b) prebuild (c) unbuild (d) misbuild
  16. 16.Which word means “not respect”? (a) prerespect (b) rerespect (c) disrespect (d) misrespect
  17. 17.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair wrongly (b) fair before (c) fair again (d) not fair
  18. 18.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
  19. 19.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) un-
  20. 20.Which word means “use again”? (a) preuse (b) misuse (c) reuse (d) disuse
  21. 21.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe before (b) safe again (c) safe wrongly (d) not safe
  22. 22.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) relead (b) unlead (c) dislead (d) mislead
  23. 23.Which word means “not kind”? (a) unkind (b) prekind (c) diskind (d) rekind
  24. 24.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand wrongly (b) understand before (c) not understand (d) understand again
  25. 25.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind wrongly (b) kind again (c) kind before (d) not kind
  26. 26.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill wrongly (b) not fill (c) fill before (d) fill again
  27. 27.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal again (b) loyal before (c) loyal wrongly (d) not loyal
  28. 28.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  29. 29.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place before (b) place again (c) place wrongly (d) not place
  30. 30.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count wrongly (b) count before (c) count again (d) not count
  31. 31.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree wrongly (b) not agree (c) agree again (d) agree before
  32. 32.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join wrongly (b) join before (c) not join (d) join again
  33. 33.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint again (b) paint wrongly (c) not paint (d) paint before
  34. 34.Which word means “paint again”? (a) mispaint (b) unpaint (c) repaint (d) dispaint
  35. 35.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook again (b) not cook (c) cook wrongly (d) cook before
  36. 36.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay wrongly (b) pay again (c) not pay (d) pay before
  37. 37.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal wrongly (b) not equal (c) equal again (d) equal before
  38. 38.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) disunderstand (b) ununderstand (c) misunderstand (d) reunderstand
  39. 39.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow again (b) allow before (c) not allow (d) allow wrongly
  40. 40.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) re-

Answer key

  1. untidy
  2. not well
  3. unwell
  4. dishonest
  5. view before
  6. disallow
  7. tell again
  8. re-
  9. open again
  10. unhappy
  11. misbehave
  12. not common
  13. not happy
  14. not respect
  15. rebuild
  16. disrespect
  17. not fair
  18. mis-
  19. un-
  20. reuse
  21. not safe
  22. mislead
  23. unkind
  24. understand wrongly
  25. not kind
  26. fill again
  27. not loyal
  28. dis-
  29. place wrongly
  30. count wrongly
  31. not agree
  32. join again
  33. paint again
  34. repaint
  35. cook before
  36. pay before
  37. not equal
  38. misunderstand
  39. not allow
  40. pre-

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