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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 633 · 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 “unusual” mean? (a) usual again (b) usual wrongly (c) usual before (d) not usual
  2. 2.Which word means “heat before”? (a) unheat (b) disheat (c) preheat (d) reheat
  3. 3.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) dis-
  4. 4.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place again (b) not place (c) place wrongly (d) place before
  5. 5.Which word means “not well”? (a) prewell (b) unwell (c) diswell (d) miswell
  6. 6.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) judge wrongly (c) not judge (d) judge again
  7. 7.What does “preview” mean? (a) not view (b) view wrongly (c) view before (d) view again
  8. 8.Which word means “fill again”? (a) disfill (b) prefill (c) misfill (d) refill
  9. 9.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) misloyal (b) reloyal (c) disloyal (d) preloyal
  10. 10.Which word means “not honest”? (a) mishonest (b) rehonest (c) unhonest (d) dishonest
  11. 11.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well again (b) not well (c) well wrongly (d) well before
  12. 12.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build again (b) not build (c) build before (d) build wrongly
  13. 13.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  14. 14.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open again (b) open wrongly (c) not open (d) open before
  15. 15.What does “mishear” mean? (a) not hear (b) hear wrongly (c) hear again (d) hear before
  16. 16.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy wrongly (b) tidy before (c) tidy again (d) not tidy
  17. 17.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common again (b) common wrongly (c) not common (d) common before
  18. 18.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) un-
  19. 19.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  20. 20.Which word means “not allow”? (a) preallow (b) unallow (c) disallow (d) reallow
  21. 21.Which word means “build again”? (a) rebuild (b) unbuild (c) misbuild (d) disbuild
  22. 22.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) unplace (b) preplace (c) replace (d) misplace
  23. 23.Which word means “not usual”? (a) unusual (b) reusual (c) misusual (d) disusual
  24. 24.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy again (b) happy wrongly (c) not happy (d) happy before
  25. 25.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky before (b) not lucky (c) lucky again (d) lucky wrongly
  26. 26.Which word means “not respect”? (a) prerespect (b) disrespect (c) misrespect (d) rerespect
  27. 27.Which word means “join again”? (a) prejoin (b) rejoin (c) unjoin (d) disjoin
  28. 28.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal wrongly (b) not equal (c) equal again (d) equal before
  29. 29.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave before (b) behave again (c) not behave (d) behave wrongly
  30. 30.What does “miscount” mean? (a) count before (b) not count (c) count wrongly (d) count again
  31. 31.Which word means “not safe”? (a) presafe (b) dissafe (c) unsafe (d) resafe
  32. 32.What does “reuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use before (c) use again (d) use wrongly
  33. 33.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay again (b) pay before (c) pay wrongly (d) not pay
  34. 34.Which prefix means “before”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  35. 35.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) precount (b) discount (c) miscount (d) recount
  36. 36.Which word means “not continue”? (a) miscontinue (b) uncontinue (c) discontinue (d) precontinue
  37. 37.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) not respect (b) respect before (c) respect again (d) respect wrongly
  38. 38.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind again (b) not kind (c) kind before (d) kind wrongly
  39. 39.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit again (b) visit before (c) not visit (d) visit wrongly
  40. 40.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) mistidy (b) distidy (c) pretidy (d) untidy

Answer key

  1. not usual
  2. preheat
  3. dis-
  4. place wrongly
  5. unwell
  6. judge wrongly
  7. view before
  8. refill
  9. disloyal
  10. dishonest
  11. not well
  12. build again
  13. mis-
  14. open again
  15. hear wrongly
  16. not tidy
  17. not common
  18. un-
  19. re-
  20. disallow
  21. rebuild
  22. misplace
  23. unusual
  24. not happy
  25. not lucky
  26. disrespect
  27. rejoin
  28. not equal
  29. behave wrongly
  30. count wrongly
  31. unsafe
  32. use again
  33. pay before
  34. pre-
  35. miscount
  36. discontinue
  37. not respect
  38. not kind
  39. visit again
  40. untidy

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