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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 699 · 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 “before”? (a) un- (b) mis- (c) pre- (d) re-
  2. 2.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) reuse (b) disuse (c) preuse (d) misuse
  3. 3.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) not build (b) build wrongly (c) build before (d) build again
  4. 4.What does “repaint” mean? (a) not paint (b) paint wrongly (c) paint before (d) paint again
  5. 5.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
  6. 6.What does “prejudge” mean? (a) not judge (b) judge again (c) judge before (d) judge wrongly
  7. 7.What does “unequal” mean? (a) not equal (b) equal wrongly (c) equal before (d) equal again
  8. 8.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) heat wrongly (c) not heat (d) heat again
  9. 9.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest again (b) not honest (c) honest before (d) honest wrongly
  10. 10.Which word means “not clear”? (a) disclear (b) unclear (c) preclear (d) reclear
  11. 11.Which prefix means “again”? (a) mis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) un-
  12. 12.What does “untidy” mean? (a) tidy again (b) tidy wrongly (c) not tidy (d) tidy before
  13. 13.Which word means “not obey”? (a) reobey (b) unobey (c) disobey (d) misobey
  14. 14.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
  15. 15.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) untidy (b) mistidy (c) pretidy (d) distidy
  16. 16.Which word means “not happy”? (a) dishappy (b) prehappy (c) rehappy (d) unhappy
  17. 17.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) dis- (c) mis- (d) re-
  18. 18.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay before (b) pay again (c) not pay (d) pay wrongly
  19. 19.What does “recheck” mean? (a) check wrongly (b) check again (c) not check (d) check before
  20. 20.Which word means “view before”? (a) disview (b) review (c) preview (d) unview
  21. 21.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) prespell (b) respell (c) unspell (d) misspell
  22. 22.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree before (b) agree wrongly (c) not agree (d) agree again
  23. 23.Which word means “not allow”? (a) misallow (b) preallow (c) reallow (d) disallow
  24. 24.Which word means “check again”? (a) precheck (b) uncheck (c) recheck (d) mischeck
  25. 25.Which word means “not lucky”? (a) relucky (b) dislucky (c) unlucky (d) mislucky
  26. 26.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common wrongly (b) common before (c) not common (d) common again
  27. 27.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) rejudge (b) prejudge (c) disjudge (d) misjudge
  28. 28.Which word means “fill again”? (a) prefill (b) unfill (c) disfill (d) refill
  29. 29.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) replace (b) unplace (c) misplace (d) preplace
  30. 30.What does “misplace” mean? (a) place before (b) place again (c) not place (d) place wrongly
  31. 31.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy before (b) happy again (c) not happy (d) happy wrongly
  32. 32.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave before (b) behave again (c) not behave (d) behave wrongly
  33. 33.Which word means “paint again”? (a) mispaint (b) dispaint (c) prepaint (d) repaint
  34. 34.Which word means “not usual”? (a) misusual (b) reusual (c) unusual (d) disusual
  35. 35.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual before (b) not usual (c) usual wrongly (d) usual again
  36. 36.What does “unfair” mean? (a) fair before (b) fair wrongly (c) fair again (d) not fair
  37. 37.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use wrongly (b) not use (c) use before (d) use again
  38. 38.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear before (b) clear again (c) clear wrongly (d) not clear
  39. 39.What does “misread” mean? (a) read wrongly (b) read before (c) read again (d) not read
  40. 40.Which word means “join again”? (a) disjoin (b) unjoin (c) prejoin (d) rejoin

Answer key

  1. pre-
  2. misuse
  3. build again
  4. paint again
  5. mis-
  6. judge before
  7. not equal
  8. heat before
  9. not honest
  10. unclear
  11. re-
  12. not tidy
  13. disobey
  14. un-
  15. untidy
  16. unhappy
  17. dis-
  18. pay before
  19. check again
  20. preview
  21. misspell
  22. not agree
  23. disallow
  24. recheck
  25. unlucky
  26. not common
  27. misjudge
  28. refill
  29. misplace
  30. place wrongly
  31. not happy
  32. behave wrongly
  33. repaint
  34. unusual
  35. not usual
  36. not fair
  37. use again
  38. not clear
  39. read wrongly
  40. rejoin

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