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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 526 · 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) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) un-
  2. 2.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair wrongly (b) fair before (c) fair again (d) not fair
  3. 3.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
  4. 4.Which word means “not respect”? (a) prerespect (b) unrespect (c) rerespect (d) disrespect
  5. 5.Which word means “write again”? (a) unwrite (b) rewrite (c) prewrite (d) diswrite
  6. 6.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) reuse (b) disuse (c) misuse (d) unuse
  7. 7.Which word means “use again”? (a) reuse (b) unuse (c) preuse (d) misuse
  8. 8.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) misplace (b) unplace (c) replace (d) displace
  9. 9.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe wrongly (b) safe before (c) safe again (d) not safe
  10. 10.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) disspell (b) misspell (c) respell (d) prespell
  11. 11.What does “preheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat before (c) heat again (d) heat wrongly
  12. 12.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  13. 13.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal before (b) equal wrongly (c) equal again (d) not equal
  14. 14.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build wrongly (b) build again (c) build before (d) not build
  15. 15.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey wrongly (b) obey again (c) not obey (d) obey before
  16. 16.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check before (b) check again (c) check wrongly (d) not check
  17. 17.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual before (b) usual again (c) usual wrongly (d) not usual
  18. 18.Which word means “not usual”? (a) reusual (b) preusual (c) disusual (d) unusual
  19. 19.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) un-
  20. 20.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy again (b) happy before (c) happy wrongly (d) not happy
  21. 21.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
  22. 22.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell before (b) not spell (c) spell again (d) spell wrongly
  23. 23.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) judge before (c) judge again (d) not judge
  24. 24.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well again (b) well before (c) well wrongly (d) not well
  25. 25.Which word means “not happy”? (a) rehappy (b) dishappy (c) unhappy (d) prehappy
  26. 26.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind before (b) kind wrongly (c) kind again (d) not kind
  27. 27.Which word means “pay before”? (a) dispay (b) repay (c) mispay (d) prepay
  28. 28.Which word means “not honest”? (a) prehonest (b) mishonest (c) dishonest (d) rehonest
  29. 29.Which word means “judge before”? (a) misjudge (b) rejudge (c) disjudge (d) prejudge
  30. 30.Which word means “paint again”? (a) mispaint (b) dispaint (c) repaint (d) prepaint
  31. 31.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint again (b) paint wrongly (c) not paint (d) paint before
  32. 32.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) mislead (b) unlead (c) dislead (d) relead
  33. 33.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) dishear (b) mishear (c) rehear (d) unhear
  34. 34.Which word means “tell again”? (a) mistell (b) untell (c) retell (d) pretell
  35. 35.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open again (b) open wrongly (c) open before (d) not open
  36. 36.Which word means “not obey”? (a) preobey (b) misobey (c) unobey (d) disobey
  37. 37.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky wrongly (b) lucky again (c) not lucky (d) lucky before
  38. 38.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) not heat (c) heat wrongly (d) heat again
  39. 39.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge wrongly (c) judge again (d) judge before
  40. 40.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear before (b) not clear (c) clear wrongly (d) clear again

Answer key

  1. pre-
  2. not fair
  3. mis-
  4. disrespect
  5. rewrite
  6. misuse
  7. reuse
  8. misplace
  9. not safe
  10. misspell
  11. heat before
  12. un-
  13. not equal
  14. build again
  15. not obey
  16. check again
  17. not usual
  18. unusual
  19. re-
  20. not happy
  21. dis-
  22. spell wrongly
  23. judge before
  24. not well
  25. unhappy
  26. not kind
  27. prepay
  28. dishonest
  29. prejudge
  30. repaint
  31. paint again
  32. mislead
  33. mishear
  34. retell
  35. open again
  36. disobey
  37. not lucky
  38. heat again
  39. judge wrongly
  40. not clear

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