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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 680 · 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 “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
  2. 2.Which word means “not common”? (a) miscommon (b) recommon (c) precommon (d) uncommon
  3. 3.Which prefix means “again”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
  4. 4.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave before (b) behave again (c) not behave (d) behave wrongly
  5. 5.Which word means “write again”? (a) diswrite (b) unwrite (c) miswrite (d) rewrite
  6. 6.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) un- (c) mis- (d) re-
  7. 7.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) disbehave (b) misbehave (c) prebehave (d) unbehave
  8. 8.Which word means “not usual”? (a) unusual (b) misusual (c) preusual (d) reusual
  9. 9.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat again (b) heat before (c) not heat (d) heat wrongly
  10. 10.Which word means “build again”? (a) disbuild (b) prebuild (c) rebuild (d) unbuild
  11. 11.Which word means “cook before”? (a) uncook (b) precook (c) miscook (d) recook
  12. 12.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) un-
  13. 13.Which word means “paint again”? (a) prepaint (b) dispaint (c) repaint (d) mispaint
  14. 14.Which word means “not agree”? (a) misagree (b) disagree (c) preagree (d) unagree
  15. 15.What does “retell” mean? (a) not tell (b) tell wrongly (c) tell before (d) tell again
  16. 16.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) not lucky (b) lucky again (c) lucky before (d) lucky wrongly
  17. 17.Which word means “use again”? (a) reuse (b) disuse (c) preuse (d) misuse
  18. 18.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear before (b) not clear (c) clear wrongly (d) clear again
  19. 19.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) prelead (b) mislead (c) dislead (d) relead
  20. 20.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) not honest (b) honest before (c) honest again (d) honest wrongly
  21. 21.Which word means “open again”? (a) misopen (b) unopen (c) disopen (d) reopen
  22. 22.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place wrongly (b) not place (c) place before (d) place again
  23. 23.Which word means “not equal”? (a) unequal (b) misequal (c) disequal (d) reequal
  24. 24.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree again (b) not agree (c) agree wrongly (d) agree before
  25. 25.Which word means “not kind”? (a) prekind (b) rekind (c) unkind (d) miskind
  26. 26.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell again (b) not spell (c) spell before (d) spell wrongly
  27. 27.Which word means “count wrongly”? (a) recount (b) uncount (c) miscount (d) discount
  28. 28.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use again (b) use wrongly (c) use before (d) not use
  29. 29.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) retidy (b) untidy (c) pretidy (d) distidy
  30. 30.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build wrongly (b) build before (c) not build (d) build again
  31. 31.Which word means “visit again”? (a) revisit (b) unvisit (c) disvisit (d) previsit
  32. 32.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) dis- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  33. 33.What does “refill” mean? (a) not fill (b) fill again (c) fill before (d) fill wrongly
  34. 34.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal wrongly (b) not loyal (c) loyal again (d) loyal before
  35. 35.What does “misread” mean? (a) read before (b) not read (c) read again (d) read wrongly
  36. 36.What does “misuse” mean? (a) not use (b) use wrongly (c) use before (d) use again
  37. 37.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) judge again (c) not judge (d) judge before
  38. 38.Which word means “not continue”? (a) discontinue (b) recontinue (c) miscontinue (d) precontinue
  39. 39.Which word means “not happy”? (a) unhappy (b) prehappy (c) rehappy (d) mishappy
  40. 40.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair again (b) fair before (c) not fair (d) fair wrongly

Answer key

  1. mis-
  2. uncommon
  3. re-
  4. behave wrongly
  5. rewrite
  6. pre-
  7. misbehave
  8. unusual
  9. heat again
  10. rebuild
  11. precook
  12. un-
  13. repaint
  14. disagree
  15. tell again
  16. not lucky
  17. reuse
  18. not clear
  19. mislead
  20. not honest
  21. reopen
  22. place wrongly
  23. unequal
  24. not agree
  25. unkind
  26. spell wrongly
  27. miscount
  28. use again
  29. untidy
  30. build again
  31. revisit
  32. dis-
  33. fill again
  34. not loyal
  35. read wrongly
  36. use wrongly
  37. judge before
  38. discontinue
  39. unhappy
  40. not fair

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