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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 653 · 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 “reheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) heat again (c) heat wrongly (d) not heat
  2. 2.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) displace (b) unplace (c) misplace (d) replace
  3. 3.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
  4. 4.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) unbehave (b) rebehave (c) misbehave (d) prebehave
  5. 5.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) pre-
  6. 6.Which word means “not obey”? (a) disobey (b) preobey (c) reobey (d) unobey
  7. 7.Which prefix means “not”? (a) dis- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
  8. 8.Which word means “not kind”? (a) rekind (b) unkind (c) prekind (d) miskind
  9. 9.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) not safe (b) safe wrongly (c) safe again (d) safe before
  10. 10.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common before (b) common again (c) common wrongly (d) not common
  11. 11.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue wrongly (b) not continue (c) continue before (d) continue again
  12. 12.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) re-
  13. 13.Which word means “write again”? (a) diswrite (b) miswrite (c) rewrite (d) prewrite
  14. 14.What does “disobey” mean? (a) not obey (b) obey wrongly (c) obey before (d) obey again
  15. 15.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) re- (d) pre-
  16. 16.Which word means “check again”? (a) discheck (b) uncheck (c) recheck (d) precheck
  17. 17.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky wrongly (b) not lucky (c) lucky before (d) lucky again
  18. 18.Which word means “not common”? (a) discommon (b) recommon (c) miscommon (d) uncommon
  19. 19.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual again (b) usual before (c) usual wrongly (d) not usual
  20. 20.Which word means “view before”? (a) review (b) unview (c) disview (d) preview
  21. 21.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal wrongly (b) equal again (c) not equal (d) equal before
  22. 22.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy wrongly (b) tidy before (c) not tidy (d) tidy again
  23. 23.Which word means “play again”? (a) preplay (b) replay (c) display (d) unplay
  24. 24.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) not behave (b) behave wrongly (c) behave again (d) behave before
  25. 25.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) reread (b) unread (c) preread (d) misread
  26. 26.Which word means “build again”? (a) rebuild (b) unbuild (c) misbuild (d) prebuild
  27. 27.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal again (b) not loyal (c) loyal wrongly (d) loyal before
  28. 28.Which word means “not continue”? (a) precontinue (b) recontinue (c) discontinue (d) uncontinue
  29. 29.Which word means “heat again”? (a) reheat (b) misheat (c) disheat (d) preheat
  30. 30.Which word means “not equal”? (a) disequal (b) preequal (c) reequal (d) unequal
  31. 31.Which word means “not usual”? (a) reusual (b) disusual (c) misusual (d) unusual
  32. 32.Which word means “paint again”? (a) prepaint (b) dispaint (c) mispaint (d) repaint
  33. 33.What does “refill” mean? (a) not fill (b) fill wrongly (c) fill before (d) fill again
  34. 34.What does “misread” mean? (a) not read (b) read again (c) read before (d) read wrongly
  35. 35.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) judge again (c) not judge (d) judge wrongly
  36. 36.Which word means “not safe”? (a) unsafe (b) dissafe (c) resafe (d) missafe
  37. 37.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) miscount (b) discount (c) recount (d) uncount
  38. 38.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow wrongly (b) allow before (c) not allow (d) allow again
  39. 39.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair again (b) fair before (c) not fair (d) fair wrongly
  40. 40.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) not honest (b) honest again (c) honest before (d) honest wrongly

Answer key

  1. heat again
  2. misplace
  3. mis-
  4. misbehave
  5. un-
  6. disobey
  7. dis-
  8. unkind
  9. not safe
  10. not common
  11. not continue
  12. re-
  13. rewrite
  14. not obey
  15. pre-
  16. recheck
  17. not lucky
  18. uncommon
  19. not usual
  20. preview
  21. not equal
  22. not tidy
  23. replay
  24. behave wrongly
  25. misread
  26. rebuild
  27. not loyal
  28. discontinue
  29. reheat
  30. unequal
  31. unusual
  32. repaint
  33. fill again
  34. read wrongly
  35. judge before
  36. unsafe
  37. miscount
  38. not allow
  39. not fair
  40. not honest

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