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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 674 · 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 “uncommon” mean? (a) common wrongly (b) common before (c) not common (d) common again
  2. 2.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) dis-
  3. 3.What does “unwell” mean? (a) well before (b) not well (c) well again (d) well wrongly
  4. 4.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) re-
  5. 5.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest wrongly (b) honest before (c) not honest (d) honest again
  6. 6.Which word means “check again”? (a) mischeck (b) precheck (c) uncheck (d) recheck
  7. 7.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) pre-
  8. 8.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) heat wrongly (c) not heat (d) heat before
  9. 9.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear wrongly (b) hear before (c) hear again (d) not hear
  10. 10.What does “unfair” mean? (a) not fair (b) fair wrongly (c) fair before (d) fair again
  11. 11.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) re-
  12. 12.What does “mislead” mean? (a) lead before (b) lead again (c) not lead (d) lead wrongly
  13. 13.What does “misuse” mean? (a) use again (b) use wrongly (c) not use (d) use before
  14. 14.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow before (b) allow wrongly (c) allow again (d) not allow
  15. 15.What does “unkind” mean? (a) not kind (b) kind wrongly (c) kind again (d) kind before
  16. 16.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal wrongly (b) equal again (c) not equal (d) equal before
  17. 17.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) un- (d) mis-
  18. 18.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) unbehave (b) rebehave (c) misbehave (d) disbehave
  19. 19.Which word means “not safe”? (a) presafe (b) dissafe (c) unsafe (d) resafe
  20. 20.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell wrongly (b) tell before (c) tell again (d) not tell
  21. 21.Which word means “heat before”? (a) reheat (b) misheat (c) unheat (d) preheat
  22. 22.What does “misplace” mean? (a) not place (b) place wrongly (c) place again (d) place before
  23. 23.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) distidy (b) untidy (c) retidy (d) pretidy
  24. 24.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) unplace (b) displace (c) misplace (d) replace
  25. 25.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) not loyal (b) loyal again (c) loyal wrongly (d) loyal before
  26. 26.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check before (b) check again (c) not check (d) check wrongly
  27. 27.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy before (b) tidy again (c) tidy wrongly (d) not tidy
  28. 28.Which word means “not happy”? (a) rehappy (b) mishappy (c) unhappy (d) dishappy
  29. 29.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill wrongly (b) fill before (c) fill again (d) not fill
  30. 30.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge again (b) judge wrongly (c) not judge (d) judge before
  31. 31.Which word means “not kind”? (a) unkind (b) rekind (c) miskind (d) diskind
  32. 32.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey wrongly (b) obey before (c) not obey (d) obey again
  33. 33.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use before (b) use wrongly (c) not use (d) use again
  34. 34.Which word means “not well”? (a) prewell (b) rewell (c) unwell (d) miswell
  35. 35.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell again (b) spell wrongly (c) not spell (d) spell before
  36. 36.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) not build (b) build again (c) build before (d) build wrongly
  37. 37.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy again (b) not happy (c) happy wrongly (d) happy before
  38. 38.Which word means “paint again”? (a) prepaint (b) unpaint (c) repaint (d) dispaint
  39. 39.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join before (b) not join (c) join again (d) join wrongly
  40. 40.Which word means “build again”? (a) unbuild (b) misbuild (c) disbuild (d) rebuild

Answer key

  1. not common
  2. dis-
  3. not well
  4. un-
  5. not honest
  6. recheck
  7. re-
  8. heat again
  9. hear wrongly
  10. not fair
  11. pre-
  12. lead wrongly
  13. use wrongly
  14. not allow
  15. not kind
  16. not equal
  17. mis-
  18. misbehave
  19. unsafe
  20. tell again
  21. preheat
  22. place wrongly
  23. untidy
  24. misplace
  25. not loyal
  26. check again
  27. not tidy
  28. unhappy
  29. fill again
  30. judge before
  31. unkind
  32. not obey
  33. use again
  34. unwell
  35. spell wrongly
  36. build again
  37. not happy
  38. repaint
  39. join again
  40. rebuild

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