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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 471 · 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 “not”? (a) dis- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  2. 2.Which word means “not obey”? (a) misobey (b) reobey (c) preobey (d) disobey
  3. 3.Which word means “write again”? (a) rewrite (b) diswrite (c) prewrite (d) unwrite
  4. 4.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  5. 5.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
  6. 6.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind before (b) not kind (c) kind wrongly (d) kind again
  7. 7.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) displace (b) misplace (c) replace (d) preplace
  8. 8.Which word means “heat again”? (a) unheat (b) preheat (c) reheat (d) misheat
  9. 9.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit again (b) visit before (c) visit wrongly (d) not visit
  10. 10.What does “miscount” mean? (a) not count (b) count before (c) count again (d) count wrongly
  11. 11.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) not build (b) build before (c) build wrongly (d) build again
  12. 12.Which word means “view before”? (a) disview (b) preview (c) misview (d) unview
  13. 13.Which word means “not fair”? (a) prefair (b) unfair (c) misfair (d) refair
  14. 14.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  15. 15.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy before (b) not tidy (c) tidy again (d) tidy wrongly
  16. 16.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open wrongly (b) open again (c) open before (d) not open
  17. 17.Which word means “open again”? (a) reopen (b) disopen (c) unopen (d) misopen
  18. 18.What does “reheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat wrongly (c) heat again (d) heat before
  19. 19.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave wrongly (b) behave before (c) behave again (d) not behave
  20. 20.Which word means “paint again”? (a) prepaint (b) mispaint (c) repaint (d) dispaint
  21. 21.Which word means “not agree”? (a) disagree (b) preagree (c) misagree (d) unagree
  22. 22.Which word means “not equal”? (a) disequal (b) misequal (c) reequal (d) unequal
  23. 23.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) pretidy (b) retidy (c) untidy (d) mistidy
  24. 24.Which word means “visit again”? (a) misvisit (b) previsit (c) revisit (d) unvisit
  25. 25.Which word means “not allow”? (a) preallow (b) unallow (c) disallow (d) reallow
  26. 26.Which word means “not honest”? (a) rehonest (b) mishonest (c) dishonest (d) unhonest
  27. 27.What does “unwell” mean? (a) not well (b) well wrongly (c) well before (d) well again
  28. 28.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe again (b) safe before (c) safe wrongly (d) not safe
  29. 29.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) reread (b) unread (c) disread (d) misread
  30. 30.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat again (c) not heat (d) heat before
  31. 31.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) preloyal (b) unloyal (c) disloyal (d) reloyal
  32. 32.Which word means “check again”? (a) recheck (b) uncheck (c) discheck (d) precheck
  33. 33.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook wrongly (b) cook again (c) cook before (d) not cook
  34. 34.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) disspell (b) unspell (c) misspell (d) prespell
  35. 35.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy wrongly (b) happy before (c) not happy (d) happy again
  36. 36.Which word means “not kind”? (a) diskind (b) rekind (c) miskind (d) unkind
  37. 37.Which word means “not safe”? (a) resafe (b) unsafe (c) dissafe (d) presafe
  38. 38.Which word means “not usual”? (a) disusual (b) misusual (c) preusual (d) unusual
  39. 39.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) prelucky (b) dislucky (c) unlucky (d) relucky
  40. 40.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree before (b) agree again (c) not agree (d) agree wrongly

Answer key

  1. dis-
  2. disobey
  3. rewrite
  4. pre-
  5. re-
  6. not kind
  7. misplace
  8. reheat
  9. visit again
  10. count wrongly
  11. build again
  12. preview
  13. unfair
  14. mis-
  15. not tidy
  16. open again
  17. reopen
  18. heat again
  19. behave wrongly
  20. repaint
  21. disagree
  22. unequal
  23. untidy
  24. revisit
  25. disallow
  26. dishonest
  27. not well
  28. not safe
  29. misread
  30. heat before
  31. disloyal
  32. recheck
  33. cook before
  34. misspell
  35. not happy
  36. unkind
  37. unsafe
  38. unusual
  39. unlucky
  40. not agree

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