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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 536 · 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.What does “precook” mean? (a) not cook (b) cook again (c) cook wrongly (d) cook before
  2. 2.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal wrongly (b) not loyal (c) loyal before (d) loyal again
  3. 3.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) misbehave (b) unbehave (c) disbehave (d) rebehave
  4. 4.What does “replay” mean? (a) play wrongly (b) play before (c) play again (d) not play
  5. 5.Which word means “view before”? (a) unview (b) review (c) preview (d) disview
  6. 6.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
  7. 7.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  8. 8.Which word means “not obey”? (a) misobey (b) unobey (c) disobey (d) reobey
  9. 9.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill before (b) not fill (c) fill again (d) fill wrongly
  10. 10.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy again (b) tidy wrongly (c) not tidy (d) tidy before
  11. 11.What does “mislead” mean? (a) not lead (b) lead again (c) lead before (d) lead wrongly
  12. 12.Which word means “not allow”? (a) unallow (b) disallow (c) reallow (d) misallow
  13. 13.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) heat wrongly (c) heat again (d) not heat
  14. 14.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) dis- (d) pre-
  15. 15.Which word means “use again”? (a) unuse (b) reuse (c) disuse (d) misuse
  16. 16.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest wrongly (b) honest again (c) not honest (d) honest before
  17. 17.Which word means “not safe”? (a) missafe (b) dissafe (c) unsafe (d) presafe
  18. 18.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand again (b) understand before (c) not understand (d) understand wrongly
  19. 19.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear before (b) hear again (c) hear wrongly (d) not hear
  20. 20.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common before (b) common wrongly (c) not common (d) common again
  21. 21.What does “disagree” mean? (a) not agree (b) agree again (c) agree wrongly (d) agree before
  22. 22.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) prelead (b) unlead (c) mislead (d) relead
  23. 23.What does “unwell” mean? (a) not well (b) well again (c) well before (d) well wrongly
  24. 24.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect again (b) respect before (c) not respect (d) respect wrongly
  25. 25.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
  26. 26.What does “repaint” mean? (a) not paint (b) paint before (c) paint wrongly (d) paint again
  27. 27.Which word means “build again”? (a) disbuild (b) unbuild (c) prebuild (d) rebuild
  28. 28.Which word means “pay before”? (a) repay (b) prepay (c) dispay (d) unpay
  29. 29.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy again (b) happy wrongly (c) happy before (d) not happy
  30. 30.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) not heat (c) heat again (d) heat wrongly
  31. 31.Which word means “not usual”? (a) reusual (b) unusual (c) preusual (d) misusual
  32. 32.What does “misplace” mean? (a) not place (b) place before (c) place again (d) place wrongly
  33. 33.Which word means “heat before”? (a) unheat (b) disheat (c) preheat (d) reheat
  34. 34.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
  35. 35.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) unlucky (b) dislucky (c) relucky (d) prelucky
  36. 36.Which word means “check again”? (a) precheck (b) recheck (c) discheck (d) mischeck
  37. 37.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open before (b) not open (c) open again (d) open wrongly
  38. 38.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write wrongly (b) write again (c) not write (d) write before
  39. 39.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use again (b) not use (c) use before (d) use wrongly
  40. 40.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) reloyal (b) unloyal (c) disloyal (d) misloyal

Answer key

  1. cook before
  2. not loyal
  3. misbehave
  4. play again
  5. preview
  6. un-
  7. re-
  8. disobey
  9. fill again
  10. not tidy
  11. lead wrongly
  12. disallow
  13. heat before
  14. dis-
  15. reuse
  16. not honest
  17. unsafe
  18. understand wrongly
  19. hear wrongly
  20. not common
  21. not agree
  22. mislead
  23. not well
  24. not respect
  25. pre-
  26. paint again
  27. rebuild
  28. prepay
  29. not happy
  30. heat again
  31. unusual
  32. place wrongly
  33. preheat
  34. mis-
  35. unlucky
  36. recheck
  37. open again
  38. write again
  39. use wrongly
  40. disloyal

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