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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 673 · 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.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit before (b) visit again (c) visit wrongly (d) not visit
  3. 3.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
  4. 4.Which word means “use again”? (a) disuse (b) preuse (c) unuse (d) reuse
  5. 5.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy before (b) happy again (c) happy wrongly (d) not happy
  6. 6.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) not respect (b) respect again (c) respect before (d) respect wrongly
  7. 7.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) re-
  8. 8.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join before (b) join wrongly (c) not join (d) join again
  9. 9.Which word means “not equal”? (a) reequal (b) preequal (c) unequal (d) disequal
  10. 10.Which word means “not honest”? (a) unhonest (b) mishonest (c) dishonest (d) rehonest
  11. 11.Which word means “not allow”? (a) preallow (b) misallow (c) disallow (d) reallow
  12. 12.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
  13. 13.Which word means “check again”? (a) precheck (b) discheck (c) recheck (d) mischeck
  14. 14.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear wrongly (b) clear before (c) not clear (d) clear again
  15. 15.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue wrongly (b) continue again (c) continue before (d) not continue
  16. 16.What does “unkind” mean? (a) not kind (b) kind wrongly (c) kind before (d) kind again
  17. 17.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) dis- (c) pre- (d) re-
  18. 18.Which word means “heat again”? (a) unheat (b) reheat (c) misheat (d) preheat
  19. 19.Which word means “not loyal”? (a) preloyal (b) reloyal (c) unloyal (d) disloyal
  20. 20.Which word means “view before”? (a) review (b) misview (c) disview (d) preview
  21. 21.What does “repaint” mean? (a) not paint (b) paint before (c) paint wrongly (d) paint again
  22. 22.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) misbehave (b) unbehave (c) disbehave (d) rebehave
  23. 23.What does “reopen” mean? (a) open before (b) open again (c) not open (d) open wrongly
  24. 24.Which word means “open again”? (a) reopen (b) unopen (c) preopen (d) disopen
  25. 25.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use wrongly (b) not use (c) use again (d) use before
  26. 26.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave again (b) behave before (c) not behave (d) behave wrongly
  27. 27.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey before (b) obey again (c) not obey (d) obey wrongly
  28. 28.Which word means “play again”? (a) unplay (b) display (c) preplay (d) replay
  29. 29.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) disuse (b) reuse (c) unuse (d) misuse
  30. 30.Which word means “heat before”? (a) disheat (b) misheat (c) preheat (d) unheat
  31. 31.Which word means “not happy”? (a) mishappy (b) unhappy (c) prehappy (d) rehappy
  32. 32.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand again (b) not understand (c) understand before (d) understand wrongly
  33. 33.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) re- (d) mis-
  34. 34.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell again (b) spell before (c) spell wrongly (d) not spell
  35. 35.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe again (b) not safe (c) safe before (d) safe wrongly
  36. 36.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy before (b) tidy again (c) not tidy (d) tidy wrongly
  37. 37.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) disspell (b) unspell (c) prespell (d) misspell
  38. 38.What does “precook” mean? (a) cook before (b) not cook (c) cook wrongly (d) cook again
  39. 39.What does “preheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat before (c) heat wrongly (d) heat again
  40. 40.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) not lucky (b) lucky before (c) lucky wrongly (d) lucky again

Answer key

  1. heat again
  2. visit again
  3. mis-
  4. reuse
  5. not happy
  6. not respect
  7. un-
  8. join again
  9. unequal
  10. dishonest
  11. disallow
  12. re-
  13. recheck
  14. not clear
  15. not continue
  16. not kind
  17. dis-
  18. reheat
  19. disloyal
  20. preview
  21. paint again
  22. misbehave
  23. open again
  24. reopen
  25. use again
  26. behave wrongly
  27. not obey
  28. replay
  29. misuse
  30. preheat
  31. unhappy
  32. understand wrongly
  33. pre-
  34. spell wrongly
  35. not safe
  36. not tidy
  37. misspell
  38. cook before
  39. heat before
  40. not lucky

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