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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 670 · 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 “again”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
  2. 2.Which word means “read wrongly”? (a) reread (b) misread (c) disread (d) unread
  3. 3.Which word means “not happy”? (a) rehappy (b) prehappy (c) unhappy (d) dishappy
  4. 4.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest before (b) honest again (c) not honest (d) honest wrongly
  5. 5.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead before (b) not lead (c) lead again (d) lead wrongly
  6. 6.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect before (b) respect wrongly (c) respect again (d) not respect
  7. 7.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) dis- (d) mis-
  8. 8.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
  9. 9.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
  10. 10.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) disbehave (b) rebehave (c) prebehave (d) misbehave
  11. 11.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use wrongly (b) use again (c) not use (d) use before
  12. 12.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) judge wrongly (c) not judge (d) judge before
  13. 13.What does “preview” mean? (a) not view (b) view wrongly (c) view before (d) view again
  14. 14.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) preplace (b) replace (c) misplace (d) displace
  15. 15.Which word means “not fair”? (a) prefair (b) unfair (c) refair (d) disfair
  16. 16.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) mislead (b) dislead (c) unlead (d) relead
  17. 17.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow wrongly (b) allow before (c) not allow (d) allow again
  18. 18.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe wrongly (b) safe before (c) safe again (d) not safe
  19. 19.What does “disagree” mean? (a) not agree (b) agree wrongly (c) agree before (d) agree again
  20. 20.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand wrongly (b) not understand (c) understand before (d) understand again
  21. 21.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  22. 22.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal again (b) loyal before (c) loyal wrongly (d) not loyal
  23. 23.Which word means “not safe”? (a) dissafe (b) unsafe (c) missafe (d) presafe
  24. 24.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) not common (b) common again (c) common wrongly (d) common before
  25. 25.What does “unfair” mean? (a) not fair (b) fair again (c) fair wrongly (d) fair before
  26. 26.Which word means “visit again”? (a) disvisit (b) revisit (c) misvisit (d) previsit
  27. 27.Which word means “not clear”? (a) reclear (b) preclear (c) unclear (d) disclear
  28. 28.Which word means “not kind”? (a) unkind (b) prekind (c) diskind (d) miskind
  29. 29.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy before (b) tidy wrongly (c) not tidy (d) tidy again
  30. 30.Which word means “use again”? (a) unuse (b) preuse (c) disuse (d) reuse
  31. 31.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear again (b) hear before (c) not hear (d) hear wrongly
  32. 32.What does “recheck” mean? (a) not check (b) check again (c) check before (d) check wrongly
  33. 33.Which word means “judge before”? (a) prejudge (b) disjudge (c) rejudge (d) unjudge
  34. 34.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual wrongly (b) usual again (c) usual before (d) not usual
  35. 35.What does “unclear” mean? (a) not clear (b) clear again (c) clear wrongly (d) clear before
  36. 36.Which word means “heat again”? (a) disheat (b) preheat (c) unheat (d) reheat
  37. 37.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use before (b) not use (c) use again (d) use wrongly
  38. 38.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) unspell (b) prespell (c) disspell (d) misspell
  39. 39.Which word means “play again”? (a) display (b) replay (c) unplay (d) preplay
  40. 40.Which word means “paint again”? (a) mispaint (b) prepaint (c) unpaint (d) repaint

Answer key

  1. re-
  2. misread
  3. unhappy
  4. not honest
  5. lead wrongly
  6. not respect
  7. dis-
  8. pre-
  9. un-
  10. misbehave
  11. use again
  12. judge before
  13. view before
  14. misplace
  15. unfair
  16. mislead
  17. not allow
  18. not safe
  19. not agree
  20. understand wrongly
  21. mis-
  22. not loyal
  23. unsafe
  24. not common
  25. not fair
  26. revisit
  27. unclear
  28. unkind
  29. not tidy
  30. reuse
  31. hear wrongly
  32. check again
  33. prejudge
  34. not usual
  35. not clear
  36. reheat
  37. use wrongly
  38. misspell
  39. replay
  40. repaint

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