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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 685 · 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 “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal before (b) loyal wrongly (c) loyal again (d) not loyal
  2. 2.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) mis-
  3. 3.Which word means “not well”? (a) rewell (b) diswell (c) unwell (d) prewell
  4. 4.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy wrongly (b) tidy again (c) not tidy (d) tidy before
  5. 5.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) dis-
  6. 6.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual again (b) usual wrongly (c) usual before (d) not usual
  7. 7.What does “unkind” mean? (a) not kind (b) kind wrongly (c) kind before (d) kind again
  8. 8.Which word means “use again”? (a) disuse (b) preuse (c) misuse (d) reuse
  9. 9.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal wrongly (b) not equal (c) equal again (d) equal before
  10. 10.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) un- (d) re-
  11. 11.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
  12. 12.Which word means “pay before”? (a) prepay (b) dispay (c) repay (d) unpay
  13. 13.Which word means “tell again”? (a) pretell (b) untell (c) distell (d) retell
  14. 14.Which word means “paint again”? (a) dispaint (b) prepaint (c) repaint (d) unpaint
  15. 15.Which word means “heat again”? (a) unheat (b) disheat (c) misheat (d) reheat
  16. 16.What does “repaint” mean? (a) not paint (b) paint before (c) paint wrongly (d) paint again
  17. 17.What does “prepay” mean? (a) not pay (b) pay wrongly (c) pay before (d) pay again
  18. 18.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) replace (b) unplace (c) misplace (d) displace
  19. 19.What does “retell” mean? (a) tell again (b) tell wrongly (c) not tell (d) tell before
  20. 20.Which word means “heat before”? (a) misheat (b) unheat (c) reheat (d) preheat
  21. 21.Which word means “view before”? (a) misview (b) preview (c) unview (d) disview
  22. 22.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join again (b) join before (c) not join (d) join wrongly
  23. 23.Which word means “not respect”? (a) misrespect (b) unrespect (c) disrespect (d) rerespect
  24. 24.What does “misplace” mean? (a) not place (b) place again (c) place before (d) place wrongly
  25. 25.Which word means “judge before”? (a) rejudge (b) prejudge (c) misjudge (d) unjudge
  26. 26.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common before (b) common again (c) not common (d) common wrongly
  27. 27.What does “refill” mean? (a) fill wrongly (b) not fill (c) fill before (d) fill again
  28. 28.Which word means “not clear”? (a) preclear (b) reclear (c) unclear (d) misclear
  29. 29.Which word means “not kind”? (a) unkind (b) miskind (c) rekind (d) diskind
  30. 30.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe again (b) safe wrongly (c) not safe (d) safe before
  31. 31.What does “miscount” mean? (a) not count (b) count wrongly (c) count before (d) count again
  32. 32.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey again (b) obey wrongly (c) not obey (d) obey before
  33. 33.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree wrongly (b) agree before (c) not agree (d) agree again
  34. 34.What does “misspell” mean? (a) not spell (b) spell again (c) spell wrongly (d) spell before
  35. 35.Which word means “open again”? (a) preopen (b) unopen (c) disopen (d) reopen
  36. 36.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) not understand (b) understand wrongly (c) understand again (d) understand before
  37. 37.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) pretidy (b) distidy (c) mistidy (d) untidy
  38. 38.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave before (b) behave wrongly (c) behave again (d) not behave
  39. 39.Which word means “not usual”? (a) misusual (b) disusual (c) preusual (d) unusual
  40. 40.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build again (b) build before (c) build wrongly (d) not build

Answer key

  1. not loyal
  2. mis-
  3. unwell
  4. not tidy
  5. dis-
  6. not usual
  7. not kind
  8. reuse
  9. not equal
  10. re-
  11. pre-
  12. prepay
  13. retell
  14. repaint
  15. reheat
  16. paint again
  17. pay before
  18. misplace
  19. tell again
  20. preheat
  21. preview
  22. join again
  23. disrespect
  24. place wrongly
  25. prejudge
  26. not common
  27. fill again
  28. unclear
  29. unkind
  30. not safe
  31. count wrongly
  32. not obey
  33. not agree
  34. spell wrongly
  35. reopen
  36. understand wrongly
  37. untidy
  38. behave wrongly
  39. unusual
  40. build again

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