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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 558 · 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) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
  2. 2.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) re-
  3. 3.Which word means “tell again”? (a) pretell (b) untell (c) distell (d) retell
  4. 4.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell before (b) not tell (c) tell again (d) tell wrongly
  5. 5.Which word means “open again”? (a) preopen (b) unopen (c) reopen (d) disopen
  6. 6.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write again (b) write wrongly (c) not write (d) write before
  7. 7.Which word means “not safe”? (a) missafe (b) presafe (c) resafe (d) unsafe
  8. 8.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) preread (b) unread (c) reread (d) misread
  9. 9.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal wrongly (b) equal again (c) equal before (d) not equal
  10. 10.Which word means “build again”? (a) rebuild (b) unbuild (c) disbuild (d) prebuild
  11. 11.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  12. 12.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat wrongly (b) not heat (c) heat before (d) heat again
  13. 13.Which word means “not obey”? (a) unobey (b) preobey (c) reobey (d) disobey
  14. 14.Which word means “use again”? (a) unuse (b) disuse (c) reuse (d) preuse
  15. 15.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) not judge (c) judge again (d) judge wrongly
  16. 16.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear again (b) clear wrongly (c) not clear (d) clear before
  17. 17.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common before (b) not common (c) common again (d) common wrongly
  18. 18.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use before (b) not use (c) use wrongly (d) use again
  19. 19.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) dis- (c) re- (d) mis-
  20. 20.Which word means “cook before”? (a) precook (b) recook (c) miscook (d) discook
  21. 21.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
  22. 22.What does “misread” mean? (a) read again (b) not read (c) read before (d) read wrongly
  23. 23.Which word means “join again”? (a) disjoin (b) unjoin (c) rejoin (d) misjoin
  24. 24.What does “untidy” mean? (a) not tidy (b) tidy again (c) tidy before (d) tidy wrongly
  25. 25.What does “prepay” mean? (a) not pay (b) pay wrongly (c) pay again (d) pay before
  26. 26.Which word means “pay before”? (a) repay (b) prepay (c) mispay (d) unpay
  27. 27.Which word means “play again”? (a) replay (b) preplay (c) display (d) unplay
  28. 28.Which word means “not allow”? (a) reallow (b) unallow (c) misallow (d) disallow
  29. 29.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) recount (b) uncount (c) discount (d) miscount
  30. 30.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey wrongly (b) obey before (c) not obey (d) obey again
  31. 31.Which word means “not fair”? (a) disfair (b) refair (c) misfair (d) unfair
  32. 32.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky wrongly (b) not lucky (c) lucky again (d) lucky before
  33. 33.What does “replay” mean? (a) play again (b) not play (c) play before (d) play wrongly
  34. 34.Which word means “heat before”? (a) preheat (b) reheat (c) disheat (d) unheat
  35. 35.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree before (b) agree wrongly (c) not agree (d) agree again
  36. 36.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind before (b) not kind (c) kind again (d) kind wrongly
  37. 37.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well again (b) well before (c) well wrongly (d) not well
  38. 38.Which word means “not usual”? (a) reusual (b) misusual (c) preusual (d) unusual
  39. 39.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave wrongly (b) behave again (c) behave before (d) not behave
  40. 40.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue wrongly (b) continue again (c) continue before (d) not continue

Answer key

  1. un-
  2. re-
  3. retell
  4. tell again
  5. reopen
  6. write again
  7. unsafe
  8. misread
  9. not equal
  10. rebuild
  11. mis-
  12. heat again
  13. disobey
  14. reuse
  15. judge before
  16. not clear
  17. not common
  18. use again
  19. dis-
  20. precook
  21. pre-
  22. read wrongly
  23. rejoin
  24. not tidy
  25. pay before
  26. prepay
  27. replay
  28. disallow
  29. miscount
  30. not obey
  31. unfair
  32. not lucky
  33. play again
  34. preheat
  35. not agree
  36. not kind
  37. not well
  38. unusual
  39. behave wrongly
  40. not continue

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