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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 530 · 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 “cook before”? (a) miscook (b) uncook (c) discook (d) precook
  2. 2.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) disspell (b) unspell (c) misspell (d) respell
  3. 3.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind again (b) kind before (c) kind wrongly (d) not kind
  4. 4.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) mislucky (b) unlucky (c) prelucky (d) dislucky
  5. 5.Which word means “fill again”? (a) unfill (b) refill (c) disfill (d) prefill
  6. 6.Which word means “not obey”? (a) unobey (b) preobey (c) misobey (d) disobey
  7. 7.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
  8. 8.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) prehear (b) unhear (c) mishear (d) dishear
  9. 9.Which word means “not usual”? (a) reusual (b) unusual (c) disusual (d) misusual
  10. 10.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) disuse (b) unuse (c) preuse (d) misuse
  11. 11.Which word means “not well”? (a) miswell (b) unwell (c) prewell (d) rewell
  12. 12.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree wrongly (b) not agree (c) agree again (d) agree before
  13. 13.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
  14. 14.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy wrongly (b) not happy (c) happy again (d) happy before
  15. 15.Which word means “not kind”? (a) rekind (b) prekind (c) diskind (d) unkind
  16. 16.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue again (b) continue wrongly (c) not continue (d) continue before
  17. 17.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay wrongly (b) pay before (c) pay again (d) not pay
  18. 18.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
  19. 19.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow wrongly (b) not allow (c) allow again (d) allow before
  20. 20.Which word means “not agree”? (a) misagree (b) unagree (c) disagree (d) preagree
  21. 21.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) un-
  22. 22.What does “recheck” mean? (a) not check (b) check before (c) check wrongly (d) check again
  23. 23.Which word means “not happy”? (a) prehappy (b) dishappy (c) mishappy (d) unhappy
  24. 24.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) not build (b) build again (c) build before (d) build wrongly
  25. 25.Which word means “write again”? (a) diswrite (b) unwrite (c) miswrite (d) rewrite
  26. 26.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit before (b) visit wrongly (c) visit again (d) not visit
  27. 27.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
  28. 28.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) not respect (b) respect before (c) respect again (d) respect wrongly
  29. 29.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) judge wrongly (c) judge again (d) not judge
  30. 30.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use again (b) use before (c) not use (d) use wrongly
  31. 31.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe wrongly (b) safe before (c) not safe (d) safe again
  32. 32.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill wrongly (b) not fill (c) fill before (d) fill again
  33. 33.Which word means “not fair”? (a) prefair (b) refair (c) unfair (d) disfair
  34. 34.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair before (b) fair again (c) not fair (d) fair wrongly
  35. 35.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use again (b) not use (c) use wrongly (d) use before
  36. 36.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal again (b) loyal wrongly (c) not loyal (d) loyal before
  37. 37.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint wrongly (b) paint again (c) not paint (d) paint before
  38. 38.Which word means “build again”? (a) disbuild (b) rebuild (c) unbuild (d) prebuild
  39. 39.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear wrongly (b) hear before (c) hear again (d) not hear
  40. 40.Which word means “open again”? (a) reopen (b) disopen (c) preopen (d) unopen

Answer key

  1. precook
  2. misspell
  3. not kind
  4. unlucky
  5. refill
  6. disobey
  7. mis-
  8. mishear
  9. unusual
  10. misuse
  11. unwell
  12. not agree
  13. un-
  14. not happy
  15. unkind
  16. not continue
  17. pay before
  18. re-
  19. not allow
  20. disagree
  21. pre-
  22. check again
  23. unhappy
  24. build again
  25. rewrite
  26. visit again
  27. dis-
  28. not respect
  29. judge before
  30. use again
  31. not safe
  32. fill again
  33. unfair
  34. not fair
  35. use wrongly
  36. not loyal
  37. paint again
  38. rebuild
  39. hear wrongly
  40. reopen

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