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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 605 · 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) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  2. 2.What does “misread” mean? (a) read wrongly (b) read before (c) not read (d) read again
  3. 3.Which word means “pay before”? (a) prepay (b) unpay (c) repay (d) mispay
  4. 4.Which word means “not agree”? (a) disagree (b) misagree (c) preagree (d) reagree
  5. 5.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay wrongly (b) pay again (c) not pay (d) pay before
  6. 6.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) pre-
  7. 7.Which word means “not safe”? (a) unsafe (b) dissafe (c) presafe (d) resafe
  8. 8.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  9. 9.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use wrongly (b) use before (c) use again (d) not use
  10. 10.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  11. 11.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open again (b) open before (c) open wrongly (d) not open
  12. 12.Which word means “heat again”? (a) reheat (b) preheat (c) misheat (d) unheat
  13. 13.What does “preheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat again (c) heat wrongly (d) heat before
  14. 14.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build again (b) not build (c) build before (d) build wrongly
  15. 15.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey before (b) obey wrongly (c) not obey (d) obey again
  16. 16.What does “repaint” mean? (a) paint again (b) paint wrongly (c) not paint (d) paint before
  17. 17.Which word means “not common”? (a) precommon (b) miscommon (c) discommon (d) uncommon
  18. 18.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand wrongly (b) not understand (c) understand before (d) understand again
  19. 19.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair wrongly (b) not fair (c) fair again (d) fair before
  20. 20.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) reunderstand (b) disunderstand (c) misunderstand (d) ununderstand
  21. 21.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  22. 22.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well again (b) not well (c) well before (d) well wrongly
  23. 23.Which word means “check again”? (a) precheck (b) mischeck (c) uncheck (d) recheck
  24. 24.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky before (b) lucky wrongly (c) not lucky (d) lucky again
  25. 25.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) preuse (b) reuse (c) disuse (d) misuse
  26. 26.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit wrongly (b) visit before (c) visit again (d) not visit
  27. 27.Which word means “not clear”? (a) reclear (b) misclear (c) unclear (d) disclear
  28. 28.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear before (b) hear wrongly (c) not hear (d) hear again
  29. 29.Which word means “not obey”? (a) reobey (b) disobey (c) misobey (d) preobey
  30. 30.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) respell (b) prespell (c) unspell (d) misspell
  31. 31.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) disbehave (b) rebehave (c) misbehave (d) prebehave
  32. 32.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) dislucky (b) prelucky (c) unlucky (d) mislucky
  33. 33.Which word means “heat before”? (a) unheat (b) disheat (c) preheat (d) reheat
  34. 34.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) rehear (b) unhear (c) dishear (d) mishear
  35. 35.Which word means “not respect”? (a) prerespect (b) rerespect (c) disrespect (d) misrespect
  36. 36.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) replace (b) misplace (c) unplace (d) displace
  37. 37.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy wrongly (b) not happy (c) happy before (d) happy again
  38. 38.What does “replay” mean? (a) play wrongly (b) play before (c) not play (d) play again
  39. 39.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write wrongly (b) write again (c) not write (d) write before
  40. 40.Which word means “not kind”? (a) diskind (b) rekind (c) unkind (d) miskind

Answer key

  1. un-
  2. read wrongly
  3. prepay
  4. disagree
  5. pay before
  6. pre-
  7. unsafe
  8. re-
  9. use again
  10. dis-
  11. open again
  12. reheat
  13. heat before
  14. build again
  15. not obey
  16. paint again
  17. uncommon
  18. understand wrongly
  19. not fair
  20. misunderstand
  21. mis-
  22. not well
  23. recheck
  24. not lucky
  25. misuse
  26. visit again
  27. unclear
  28. hear wrongly
  29. disobey
  30. misspell
  31. misbehave
  32. unlucky
  33. preheat
  34. mishear
  35. disrespect
  36. misplace
  37. not happy
  38. play again
  39. write again
  40. unkind

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