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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 434 · 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) displace (b) replace (c) preplace (d) misplace
  2. 2.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave again (b) behave before (c) behave wrongly (d) not behave
  3. 3.Which word means “paint again”? (a) mispaint (b) unpaint (c) prepaint (d) repaint
  4. 4.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) relucky (b) dislucky (c) unlucky (d) prelucky
  5. 5.What does “retell” mean? (a) not tell (b) tell before (c) tell wrongly (d) tell again
  6. 6.Which word means “not continue”? (a) uncontinue (b) precontinue (c) discontinue (d) miscontinue
  7. 7.Which word means “heat again”? (a) reheat (b) preheat (c) disheat (d) misheat
  8. 8.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) dis- (d) pre-
  9. 9.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) not heat (c) heat again (d) heat wrongly
  10. 10.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear again (b) hear wrongly (c) hear before (d) not hear
  11. 11.Which word means “not allow”? (a) unallow (b) preallow (c) reallow (d) disallow
  12. 12.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) distidy (b) mistidy (c) untidy (d) retidy
  13. 13.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy wrongly (b) tidy before (c) tidy again (d) not tidy
  14. 14.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  15. 15.Which word means “not safe”? (a) unsafe (b) dissafe (c) presafe (d) resafe
  16. 16.Which word means “fill again”? (a) unfill (b) misfill (c) refill (d) disfill
  17. 17.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
  18. 18.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
  19. 19.Which word means “cook before”? (a) discook (b) precook (c) uncook (d) recook
  20. 20.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) not common (b) common wrongly (c) common before (d) common again
  21. 21.Which word means “not obey”? (a) reobey (b) preobey (c) disobey (d) unobey
  22. 22.Which word means “not well”? (a) unwell (b) diswell (c) prewell (d) miswell
  23. 23.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) mishear (b) prehear (c) unhear (d) rehear
  24. 24.What does “misspell” mean? (a) not spell (b) spell again (c) spell wrongly (d) spell before
  25. 25.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) discount (b) recount (c) miscount (d) uncount
  26. 26.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) re-
  27. 27.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) relead (b) prelead (c) dislead (d) mislead
  28. 28.Which word means “write again”? (a) rewrite (b) prewrite (c) diswrite (d) miswrite
  29. 29.Which word means “not fair”? (a) refair (b) disfair (c) unfair (d) prefair
  30. 30.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) respell (b) prespell (c) misspell (d) unspell
  31. 31.What does “preview” mean? (a) view again (b) not view (c) view before (d) view wrongly
  32. 32.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) not lucky (b) lucky wrongly (c) lucky again (d) lucky before
  33. 33.What does “replay” mean? (a) play wrongly (b) play before (c) not play (d) play again
  34. 34.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well before (b) well again (c) not well (d) well wrongly
  35. 35.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair before (b) not fair (c) fair again (d) fair wrongly
  36. 36.Which word means “not kind”? (a) miskind (b) unkind (c) rekind (d) diskind
  37. 37.What does “unclear” mean? (a) not clear (b) clear before (c) clear wrongly (d) clear again
  38. 38.Which word means “not equal”? (a) preequal (b) unequal (c) reequal (d) disequal
  39. 39.Which word means “open again”? (a) disopen (b) unopen (c) reopen (d) misopen
  40. 40.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal before (b) not loyal (c) loyal again (d) loyal wrongly

Answer key

  1. misplace
  2. behave wrongly
  3. repaint
  4. unlucky
  5. tell again
  6. discontinue
  7. reheat
  8. dis-
  9. heat again
  10. hear wrongly
  11. disallow
  12. untidy
  13. not tidy
  14. un-
  15. unsafe
  16. refill
  17. re-
  18. pre-
  19. precook
  20. not common
  21. disobey
  22. unwell
  23. mishear
  24. spell wrongly
  25. miscount
  26. mis-
  27. mislead
  28. rewrite
  29. unfair
  30. misspell
  31. view before
  32. not lucky
  33. play again
  34. not well
  35. not fair
  36. unkind
  37. not clear
  38. unequal
  39. reopen
  40. not loyal

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