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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 486 · 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 “not safe”? (a) resafe (b) unsafe (c) dissafe (d) missafe
  2. 2.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual before (b) usual wrongly (c) usual again (d) not usual
  3. 3.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open again (b) open wrongly (c) open before (d) not open
  4. 4.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
  5. 5.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow again (b) not allow (c) allow before (d) allow wrongly
  6. 6.Which word means “visit again”? (a) unvisit (b) previsit (c) disvisit (d) revisit
  7. 7.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
  8. 8.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well before (b) well again (c) not well (d) well wrongly
  9. 9.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) not write (b) write before (c) write wrongly (d) write again
  10. 10.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check wrongly (b) check before (c) check again (d) not check
  11. 11.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
  12. 12.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) mislucky (b) dislucky (c) unlucky (d) prelucky
  13. 13.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) dis- (d) mis-
  14. 14.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count again (b) count wrongly (c) count before (d) not count
  15. 15.Which word means “not common”? (a) miscommon (b) uncommon (c) discommon (d) recommon
  16. 16.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
  17. 17.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) misbehave (b) disbehave (c) unbehave (d) prebehave
  18. 18.Which word means “not happy”? (a) prehappy (b) unhappy (c) mishappy (d) dishappy
  19. 19.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand again (b) not understand (c) understand wrongly (d) understand before
  20. 20.What does “reheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat before (c) heat wrongly (d) heat again
  21. 21.Which word means “heat again”? (a) reheat (b) misheat (c) disheat (d) unheat
  22. 22.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join again (b) join before (c) not join (d) join wrongly
  23. 23.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) untidy (b) retidy (c) pretidy (d) distidy
  24. 24.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) discount (b) uncount (c) miscount (d) precount
  25. 25.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay again (b) not pay (c) pay wrongly (d) pay before
  26. 26.Which word means “paint again”? (a) repaint (b) unpaint (c) dispaint (d) prepaint
  27. 27.Which word means “play again”? (a) unplay (b) preplay (c) display (d) replay
  28. 28.Which word means “heat before”? (a) preheat (b) disheat (c) reheat (d) misheat
  29. 29.What does “misread” mean? (a) read before (b) read wrongly (c) not read (d) read again
  30. 30.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) disjudge (b) misjudge (c) rejudge (d) prejudge
  31. 31.Which word means “view before”? (a) review (b) unview (c) misview (d) preview
  32. 32.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey again (b) obey before (c) not obey (d) obey wrongly
  33. 33.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place again (b) place wrongly (c) not place (d) place before
  34. 34.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead before (b) lead wrongly (c) lead again (d) not lead
  35. 35.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind before (b) kind wrongly (c) not kind (d) kind again
  36. 36.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) unread (b) reread (c) misread (d) preread
  37. 37.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear before (b) not hear (c) hear again (d) hear wrongly
  38. 38.Which word means “build again”? (a) disbuild (b) prebuild (c) rebuild (d) unbuild
  39. 39.Which word means “not continue”? (a) precontinue (b) uncontinue (c) recontinue (d) discontinue
  40. 40.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build again (b) build wrongly (c) build before (d) not build

Answer key

  1. unsafe
  2. not usual
  3. open again
  4. pre-
  5. not allow
  6. revisit
  7. mis-
  8. not well
  9. write again
  10. check again
  11. un-
  12. unlucky
  13. dis-
  14. count wrongly
  15. uncommon
  16. re-
  17. misbehave
  18. unhappy
  19. understand wrongly
  20. heat again
  21. reheat
  22. join again
  23. untidy
  24. miscount
  25. pay before
  26. repaint
  27. replay
  28. preheat
  29. read wrongly
  30. misjudge
  31. preview
  32. not obey
  33. place wrongly
  34. lead wrongly
  35. not kind
  36. misread
  37. hear wrongly
  38. rebuild
  39. discontinue
  40. build again

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