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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 433 · 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 “place wrongly”? (a) misplace (b) replace (c) unplace (d) displace
  2. 2.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) re-
  3. 3.Which word means “not safe”? (a) missafe (b) unsafe (c) presafe (d) resafe
  4. 4.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint wrongly (b) paint again (c) not paint (d) paint before
  5. 5.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow again (b) allow wrongly (c) not allow (d) allow before
  6. 6.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) not safe (b) safe wrongly (c) safe again (d) safe before
  7. 7.What does “prepay” mean? (a) not pay (b) pay again (c) pay before (d) pay wrongly
  8. 8.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  9. 9.Which word means “not fair”? (a) misfair (b) disfair (c) refair (d) unfair
  10. 10.Which word means “pay before”? (a) repay (b) unpay (c) mispay (d) prepay
  11. 11.Which word means “not usual”? (a) reusual (b) disusual (c) unusual (d) misusual
  12. 12.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  13. 13.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  14. 14.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build before (b) build again (c) build wrongly (d) not build
  15. 15.What does “mislead” mean? (a) not lead (b) lead before (c) lead wrongly (d) lead again
  16. 16.Which word means “tell again”? (a) mistell (b) retell (c) pretell (d) distell
  17. 17.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common again (b) common wrongly (c) common before (d) not common
  18. 18.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) dis-
  19. 19.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear wrongly (b) clear again (c) clear before (d) not clear
  20. 20.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) judge again (c) judge wrongly (d) not judge
  21. 21.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check before (b) not check (c) check wrongly (d) check again
  22. 22.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) prejudge (b) unjudge (c) misjudge (d) rejudge
  23. 23.Which word means “write again”? (a) miswrite (b) unwrite (c) rewrite (d) prewrite
  24. 24.Which word means “build again”? (a) disbuild (b) prebuild (c) misbuild (d) rebuild
  25. 25.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind again (b) kind wrongly (c) not kind (d) kind before
  26. 26.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky again (b) lucky before (c) not lucky (d) lucky wrongly
  27. 27.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) dislead (b) mislead (c) relead (d) unlead
  28. 28.What does “unusual” mean? (a) not usual (b) usual before (c) usual again (d) usual wrongly
  29. 29.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect before (b) not respect (c) respect again (d) respect wrongly
  30. 30.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) unlucky (b) prelucky (c) relucky (d) mislucky
  31. 31.Which word means “not happy”? (a) dishappy (b) prehappy (c) mishappy (d) unhappy
  32. 32.What does “replay” mean? (a) not play (b) play before (c) play again (d) play wrongly
  33. 33.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) disloyal (b) preloyal (c) unloyal (d) reloyal
  34. 34.Which word means “not kind”? (a) miskind (b) diskind (c) unkind (d) prekind
  35. 35.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal before (b) not equal (c) equal wrongly (d) equal again
  36. 36.Which word means “not honest”? (a) prehonest (b) mishonest (c) unhonest (d) dishonest
  37. 37.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) unread (b) disread (c) misread (d) preread
  38. 38.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use before (b) not use (c) use wrongly (d) use again
  39. 39.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place again (b) place before (c) not place (d) place wrongly
  40. 40.Which word means “not clear”? (a) disclear (b) reclear (c) misclear (d) unclear

Answer key

  1. misplace
  2. mis-
  3. unsafe
  4. paint again
  5. not allow
  6. not safe
  7. pay before
  8. pre-
  9. unfair
  10. prepay
  11. unusual
  12. re-
  13. un-
  14. build again
  15. lead wrongly
  16. retell
  17. not common
  18. dis-
  19. not clear
  20. judge wrongly
  21. check again
  22. misjudge
  23. rewrite
  24. rebuild
  25. not kind
  26. not lucky
  27. mislead
  28. not usual
  29. not respect
  30. unlucky
  31. unhappy
  32. play again
  33. disloyal
  34. unkind
  35. not equal
  36. dishonest
  37. misread
  38. use wrongly
  39. place wrongly
  40. unclear

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