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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 579 · 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 “play again”? (a) misplay (b) replay (c) display (d) preplay
  2. 2.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
  3. 3.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint again (b) not paint (c) paint before (d) paint wrongly
  4. 4.Which word means “not obey”? (a) reobey (b) disobey (c) misobey (d) preobey
  5. 5.Which word means “not fair”? (a) disfair (b) prefair (c) unfair (d) misfair
  6. 6.Which word means “not safe”? (a) dissafe (b) missafe (c) unsafe (d) resafe
  7. 7.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) un-
  8. 8.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) dislead (b) prelead (c) mislead (d) unlead
  9. 9.Which word means “not happy”? (a) unhappy (b) rehappy (c) mishappy (d) dishappy
  10. 10.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect again (b) respect before (c) not respect (d) respect wrongly
  11. 11.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) misspell (b) respell (c) prespell (d) disspell
  12. 12.Which word means “not allow”? (a) unallow (b) misallow (c) reallow (d) disallow
  13. 13.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) preuse (b) unuse (c) reuse (d) misuse
  14. 14.Which word means “not clear”? (a) disclear (b) preclear (c) misclear (d) unclear
  15. 15.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
  16. 16.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree before (b) agree wrongly (c) not agree (d) agree again
  17. 17.Which word means “visit again”? (a) previsit (b) unvisit (c) revisit (d) disvisit
  18. 18.Which word means “not common”? (a) precommon (b) discommon (c) uncommon (d) miscommon
  19. 19.What does “unwell” mean? (a) not well (b) well wrongly (c) well before (d) well again
  20. 20.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear before (b) hear wrongly (c) not hear (d) hear again
  21. 21.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead again (b) not lead (c) lead before (d) lead wrongly
  22. 22.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave before (b) not behave (c) behave wrongly (d) behave again
  23. 23.Which word means “join again”? (a) prejoin (b) misjoin (c) unjoin (d) rejoin
  24. 24.Which word means “not well”? (a) miswell (b) diswell (c) unwell (d) prewell
  25. 25.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind again (b) kind wrongly (c) not kind (d) kind before
  26. 26.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) mistidy (b) retidy (c) untidy (d) distidy
  27. 27.Which word means “heat again”? (a) preheat (b) unheat (c) misheat (d) reheat
  28. 28.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue again (b) continue before (c) continue wrongly (d) not continue
  29. 29.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) un-
  30. 30.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use before (b) not use (c) use again (d) use wrongly
  31. 31.Which word means “not agree”? (a) disagree (b) unagree (c) preagree (d) misagree
  32. 32.Which word means “view before”? (a) preview (b) unview (c) review (d) disview
  33. 33.What does “misread” mean? (a) not read (b) read before (c) read wrongly (d) read again
  34. 34.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy again (b) not happy (c) happy wrongly (d) happy before
  35. 35.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place wrongly (b) not place (c) place again (d) place before
  36. 36.What does “replay” mean? (a) not play (b) play again (c) play before (d) play wrongly
  37. 37.Which word means “paint again”? (a) mispaint (b) unpaint (c) dispaint (d) repaint
  38. 38.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open again (b) open before (c) not open (d) open wrongly
  39. 39.Which word means “write again”? (a) unwrite (b) prewrite (c) rewrite (d) miswrite
  40. 40.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) prehear (b) dishear (c) rehear (d) mishear

Answer key

  1. replay
  2. un-
  3. paint again
  4. disobey
  5. unfair
  6. unsafe
  7. pre-
  8. mislead
  9. unhappy
  10. not respect
  11. misspell
  12. disallow
  13. misuse
  14. unclear
  15. mis-
  16. not agree
  17. revisit
  18. uncommon
  19. not well
  20. hear wrongly
  21. lead wrongly
  22. behave wrongly
  23. rejoin
  24. unwell
  25. not kind
  26. untidy
  27. reheat
  28. not continue
  29. re-
  30. use wrongly
  31. disagree
  32. preview
  33. read wrongly
  34. not happy
  35. place wrongly
  36. play again
  37. repaint
  38. open again
  39. rewrite
  40. mishear

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