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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 533 · 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 “not”? (a) dis- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
  2. 2.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) not happy (b) happy wrongly (c) happy again (d) happy before
  3. 3.What does “repaint” mean? (a) not paint (b) paint again (c) paint before (d) paint wrongly
  4. 4.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) prehear (b) dishear (c) mishear (d) unhear
  5. 5.Which word means “not usual”? (a) misusual (b) reusual (c) unusual (d) preusual
  6. 6.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
  7. 7.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place before (b) place again (c) place wrongly (d) not place
  8. 8.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) pre-
  9. 9.Which word means “cook before”? (a) uncook (b) recook (c) precook (d) discook
  10. 10.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy before (b) tidy wrongly (c) tidy again (d) not tidy
  11. 11.Which word means “not continue”? (a) miscontinue (b) discontinue (c) uncontinue (d) recontinue
  12. 12.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky before (b) lucky again (c) not lucky (d) lucky wrongly
  13. 13.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) not build (b) build wrongly (c) build again (d) build before
  14. 14.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) un-
  15. 15.Which word means “not well”? (a) unwell (b) rewell (c) miswell (d) prewell
  16. 16.Which word means “play again”? (a) misplay (b) preplay (c) unplay (d) replay
  17. 17.Which word means “fill again”? (a) prefill (b) disfill (c) refill (d) misfill
  18. 18.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open again (b) open before (c) open wrongly (d) not open
  19. 19.Which word means “use again”? (a) misuse (b) unuse (c) disuse (d) reuse
  20. 20.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) mistidy (b) pretidy (c) untidy (d) retidy
  21. 21.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest before (b) honest again (c) not honest (d) honest wrongly
  22. 22.What does “reuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use before (c) use wrongly (d) use again
  23. 23.Which word means “heat again”? (a) misheat (b) disheat (c) preheat (d) reheat
  24. 24.Which word means “view before”? (a) review (b) disview (c) unview (d) preview
  25. 25.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal again (b) equal wrongly (c) equal before (d) not equal
  26. 26.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) unlucky (b) mislucky (c) prelucky (d) relucky
  27. 27.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) ununderstand (b) misunderstand (c) reunderstand (d) preunderstand
  28. 28.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) misuse (b) preuse (c) reuse (d) disuse
  29. 29.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit again (b) visit before (c) not visit (d) visit wrongly
  30. 30.Which word means “tell again”? (a) pretell (b) distell (c) untell (d) retell
  31. 31.Which word means “not agree”? (a) preagree (b) unagree (c) reagree (d) disagree
  32. 32.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
  33. 33.Which word means “build again”? (a) prebuild (b) rebuild (c) disbuild (d) misbuild
  34. 34.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill wrongly (b) not fill (c) fill before (d) fill again
  35. 35.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) not behave (b) behave wrongly (c) behave again (d) behave before
  36. 36.Which word means “not respect”? (a) prerespect (b) rerespect (c) disrespect (d) unrespect
  37. 37.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) disloyal (b) reloyal (c) preloyal (d) misloyal
  38. 38.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead before (b) lead wrongly (c) lead again (d) not lead
  39. 39.Which word means “not safe”? (a) dissafe (b) resafe (c) unsafe (d) missafe
  40. 40.Which word means “write again”? (a) diswrite (b) rewrite (c) miswrite (d) unwrite

Answer key

  1. dis-
  2. not happy
  3. paint again
  4. mishear
  5. unusual
  6. re-
  7. place wrongly
  8. un-
  9. precook
  10. not tidy
  11. discontinue
  12. not lucky
  13. build again
  14. mis-
  15. unwell
  16. replay
  17. refill
  18. open again
  19. reuse
  20. untidy
  21. not honest
  22. use again
  23. reheat
  24. preview
  25. not equal
  26. unlucky
  27. misunderstand
  28. misuse
  29. visit again
  30. retell
  31. disagree
  32. pre-
  33. rebuild
  34. fill again
  35. behave wrongly
  36. disrespect
  37. disloyal
  38. lead wrongly
  39. unsafe
  40. rewrite

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