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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 478 · 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 “before”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
  2. 2.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
  3. 3.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) pre-
  4. 4.Which word means “write again”? (a) rewrite (b) diswrite (c) miswrite (d) prewrite
  5. 5.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) dis- (d) pre-
  6. 6.What does “misuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use again (c) use before (d) use wrongly
  7. 7.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe wrongly (b) not safe (c) safe before (d) safe again
  8. 8.Which word means “heat again”? (a) unheat (b) disheat (c) preheat (d) reheat
  9. 9.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) pretidy (b) retidy (c) untidy (d) mistidy
  10. 10.Which word means “tell again”? (a) untell (b) distell (c) retell (d) mistell
  11. 11.What does “misspell” mean? (a) not spell (b) spell again (c) spell wrongly (d) spell before
  12. 12.What does “unfair” mean? (a) not fair (b) fair wrongly (c) fair before (d) fair again
  13. 13.Which word means “not usual”? (a) unusual (b) disusual (c) preusual (d) misusual
  14. 14.Which word means “play again”? (a) misplay (b) preplay (c) replay (d) unplay
  15. 15.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave again (b) behave wrongly (c) behave before (d) not behave
  16. 16.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear again (b) clear wrongly (c) clear before (d) not clear
  17. 17.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest wrongly (b) not honest (c) honest again (d) honest before
  18. 18.What does “preview” mean? (a) not view (b) view again (c) view before (d) view wrongly
  19. 19.Which word means “use again”? (a) reuse (b) unuse (c) preuse (d) disuse
  20. 20.Which word means “not common”? (a) precommon (b) uncommon (c) recommon (d) miscommon
  21. 21.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
  22. 22.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join again (b) join wrongly (c) not join (d) join before
  23. 23.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) not judge (c) judge before (d) judge again
  24. 24.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use before (b) use again (c) use wrongly (d) not use
  25. 25.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay wrongly (b) pay before (c) pay again (d) not pay
  26. 26.Which word means “not clear”? (a) disclear (b) reclear (c) unclear (d) preclear
  27. 27.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place before (b) place again (c) not place (d) place wrongly
  28. 28.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) prehear (b) mishear (c) dishear (d) rehear
  29. 29.Which word means “not well”? (a) unwell (b) prewell (c) diswell (d) miswell
  30. 30.What does “unequal” mean? (a) not equal (b) equal wrongly (c) equal again (d) equal before
  31. 31.Which word means “not obey”? (a) misobey (b) reobey (c) preobey (d) disobey
  32. 32.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual again (b) usual before (c) usual wrongly (d) not usual
  33. 33.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill before (b) not fill (c) fill again (d) fill wrongly
  34. 34.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) unread (b) disread (c) preread (d) misread
  35. 35.Which word means “fill again”? (a) misfill (b) disfill (c) refill (d) prefill
  36. 36.Which word means “build again”? (a) unbuild (b) misbuild (c) prebuild (d) rebuild
  37. 37.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind again (b) kind before (c) kind wrongly (d) not kind
  38. 38.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) preuse (b) disuse (c) misuse (d) reuse
  39. 39.Which word means “not continue”? (a) recontinue (b) uncontinue (c) discontinue (d) miscontinue
  40. 40.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook before (b) cook again (c) cook wrongly (d) not cook

Answer key

  1. pre-
  2. re-
  3. un-
  4. rewrite
  5. dis-
  6. use wrongly
  7. not safe
  8. reheat
  9. untidy
  10. retell
  11. spell wrongly
  12. not fair
  13. unusual
  14. replay
  15. behave wrongly
  16. not clear
  17. not honest
  18. view before
  19. reuse
  20. uncommon
  21. mis-
  22. join again
  23. judge wrongly
  24. use again
  25. pay before
  26. unclear
  27. place wrongly
  28. mishear
  29. unwell
  30. not equal
  31. disobey
  32. not usual
  33. fill again
  34. misread
  35. refill
  36. rebuild
  37. not kind
  38. misuse
  39. discontinue
  40. cook before

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