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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 473 · 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.What does “replay” mean? (a) play wrongly (b) not play (c) play before (d) play again
  2. 2.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge before (c) judge wrongly (d) judge again
  3. 3.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) re-
  4. 4.Which word means “visit again”? (a) previsit (b) revisit (c) disvisit (d) unvisit
  5. 5.Which word means “write again”? (a) rewrite (b) miswrite (c) prewrite (d) unwrite
  6. 6.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy before (b) tidy wrongly (c) not tidy (d) tidy again
  7. 7.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) prebehave (b) misbehave (c) disbehave (d) unbehave
  8. 8.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell before (b) tell again (c) tell wrongly (d) not tell
  9. 9.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  10. 10.Which word means “pay before”? (a) unpay (b) prepay (c) repay (d) mispay
  11. 11.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) re-
  12. 12.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
  13. 13.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) misspell (b) prespell (c) unspell (d) disspell
  14. 14.Which word means “not clear”? (a) reclear (b) unclear (c) preclear (d) disclear
  15. 15.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect before (b) not respect (c) respect again (d) respect wrongly
  16. 16.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) mislucky (b) unlucky (c) prelucky (d) dislucky
  17. 17.What does “mislead” mean? (a) not lead (b) lead again (c) lead before (d) lead wrongly
  18. 18.What does “disobey” mean? (a) not obey (b) obey again (c) obey before (d) obey wrongly
  19. 19.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) pre-
  20. 20.Which word means “not equal”? (a) unequal (b) preequal (c) disequal (d) misequal
  21. 21.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe before (b) safe wrongly (c) not safe (d) safe again
  22. 22.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) mistidy (b) distidy (c) retidy (d) untidy
  23. 23.What does “preview” mean? (a) view again (b) not view (c) view before (d) view wrongly
  24. 24.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill again (b) not fill (c) fill before (d) fill wrongly
  25. 25.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use before (b) use again (c) not use (d) use wrongly
  26. 26.Which word means “not kind”? (a) unkind (b) diskind (c) miskind (d) rekind
  27. 27.Which word means “heat again”? (a) reheat (b) disheat (c) unheat (d) preheat
  28. 28.What does “revisit” mean? (a) not visit (b) visit before (c) visit again (d) visit wrongly
  29. 29.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) heat again (c) heat before (d) not heat
  30. 30.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) disuse (b) unuse (c) reuse (d) misuse
  31. 31.Which word means “not well”? (a) diswell (b) prewell (c) unwell (d) miswell
  32. 32.What does “unclear” mean? (a) not clear (b) clear before (c) clear wrongly (d) clear again
  33. 33.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check again (b) check before (c) not check (d) check wrongly
  34. 34.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky before (b) lucky again (c) not lucky (d) lucky wrongly
  35. 35.What does “reheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat wrongly (c) heat again (d) heat before
  36. 36.Which word means “not happy”? (a) unhappy (b) dishappy (c) prehappy (d) rehappy
  37. 37.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) not continue (b) continue wrongly (c) continue before (d) continue again
  38. 38.Which word means “not usual”? (a) unusual (b) preusual (c) disusual (d) reusual
  39. 39.Which word means “not safe”? (a) unsafe (b) dissafe (c) missafe (d) presafe
  40. 40.Which word means “not honest”? (a) dishonest (b) prehonest (c) mishonest (d) rehonest

Answer key

  1. play again
  2. judge wrongly
  3. un-
  4. revisit
  5. rewrite
  6. not tidy
  7. misbehave
  8. tell again
  9. re-
  10. prepay
  11. pre-
  12. mis-
  13. misspell
  14. unclear
  15. not respect
  16. unlucky
  17. lead wrongly
  18. not obey
  19. dis-
  20. unequal
  21. not safe
  22. untidy
  23. view before
  24. fill again
  25. use wrongly
  26. unkind
  27. reheat
  28. visit again
  29. heat before
  30. misuse
  31. unwell
  32. not clear
  33. check again
  34. not lucky
  35. heat again
  36. unhappy
  37. not continue
  38. unusual
  39. unsafe
  40. dishonest

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