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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 60 · 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 “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) re-
  2. 2.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) dis- (c) pre- (d) re-
  3. 3.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey before (b) obey again (c) not obey (d) obey wrongly
  4. 4.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky before (b) not lucky (c) lucky again (d) lucky wrongly
  5. 5.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue again (b) continue wrongly (c) not continue (d) continue before
  6. 6.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave before (b) behave again (c) not behave (d) behave wrongly
  7. 7.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) retidy (b) untidy (c) distidy (d) pretidy
  8. 8.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check before (b) not check (c) check wrongly (d) check again
  9. 9.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) misunderstand (b) disunderstand (c) reunderstand (d) preunderstand
  10. 10.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) disloyal (b) misloyal (c) preloyal (d) reloyal
  11. 11.What does “misread” mean? (a) not read (b) read before (c) read wrongly (d) read again
  12. 12.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear again (b) clear before (c) clear wrongly (d) not clear
  13. 13.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit again (b) visit before (c) visit wrongly (d) not visit
  14. 14.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) un- (d) pre-
  15. 15.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand wrongly (b) understand before (c) understand again (d) not understand
  16. 16.What does “preview” mean? (a) view again (b) not view (c) view before (d) view wrongly
  17. 17.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal again (b) equal before (c) equal wrongly (d) not equal
  18. 18.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook before (b) cook wrongly (c) not cook (d) cook again
  19. 19.Which word means “heat before”? (a) misheat (b) reheat (c) disheat (d) preheat
  20. 20.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) misuse (b) reuse (c) unuse (d) disuse
  21. 21.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) misbehave (b) prebehave (c) disbehave (d) rebehave
  22. 22.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy before (b) not tidy (c) tidy again (d) tidy wrongly
  23. 23.Which word means “heat again”? (a) preheat (b) reheat (c) disheat (d) misheat
  24. 24.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open again (b) open before (c) not open (d) open wrongly
  25. 25.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place before (b) place wrongly (c) place again (d) not place
  26. 26.Which word means “not honest”? (a) mishonest (b) unhonest (c) dishonest (d) prehonest
  27. 27.What does “replay” mean? (a) play again (b) play before (c) not play (d) play wrongly
  28. 28.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use again (b) use before (c) not use (d) use wrongly
  29. 29.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind again (b) not kind (c) kind wrongly (d) kind before
  30. 30.Which word means “join again”? (a) unjoin (b) rejoin (c) misjoin (d) prejoin
  31. 31.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell wrongly (b) spell again (c) spell before (d) not spell
  32. 32.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build again (b) build before (c) not build (d) build wrongly
  33. 33.Which word means “paint again”? (a) dispaint (b) repaint (c) unpaint (d) mispaint
  34. 34.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  35. 35.Which word means “fill again”? (a) prefill (b) refill (c) unfill (d) disfill
  36. 36.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) re-
  37. 37.Which word means “cook before”? (a) discook (b) recook (c) precook (d) uncook
  38. 38.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe again (b) not safe (c) safe wrongly (d) safe before
  39. 39.Which word means “not well”? (a) prewell (b) unwell (c) rewell (d) diswell
  40. 40.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest again (b) honest wrongly (c) not honest (d) honest before

Answer key

  1. mis-
  2. dis-
  3. not obey
  4. not lucky
  5. not continue
  6. behave wrongly
  7. untidy
  8. check again
  9. misunderstand
  10. disloyal
  11. read wrongly
  12. not clear
  13. visit again
  14. pre-
  15. understand wrongly
  16. view before
  17. not equal
  18. cook before
  19. preheat
  20. misuse
  21. misbehave
  22. not tidy
  23. reheat
  24. open again
  25. place wrongly
  26. dishonest
  27. play again
  28. use again
  29. not kind
  30. rejoin
  31. spell wrongly
  32. build again
  33. repaint
  34. re-
  35. refill
  36. un-
  37. precook
  38. not safe
  39. unwell
  40. not honest

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