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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 704 · 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 “unsafe” mean? (a) safe wrongly (b) safe again (c) not safe (d) safe before
  2. 2.Which word means “write again”? (a) unwrite (b) rewrite (c) miswrite (d) prewrite
  3. 3.Which word means “not safe”? (a) resafe (b) missafe (c) unsafe (d) presafe
  4. 4.What does “precook” mean? (a) not cook (b) cook again (c) cook before (d) cook wrongly
  5. 5.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
  6. 6.Which word means “not honest”? (a) rehonest (b) dishonest (c) mishonest (d) unhonest
  7. 7.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) dis- (c) re- (d) mis-
  8. 8.What does “misunderstand” mean? (a) understand before (b) not understand (c) understand again (d) understand wrongly
  9. 9.What does “unusual” mean? (a) usual again (b) not usual (c) usual wrongly (d) usual before
  10. 10.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) behave before (b) not behave (c) behave wrongly (d) behave again
  11. 11.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell again (b) spell before (c) spell wrongly (d) not spell
  12. 12.Which prefix means “not”? (a) mis- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) un-
  13. 13.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) common before (b) common again (c) common wrongly (d) not common
  14. 14.Which word means “not clear”? (a) misclear (b) unclear (c) reclear (d) disclear
  15. 15.Which prefix means “before”? (a) mis- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) re-
  16. 16.What does “disrespect” mean? (a) respect wrongly (b) respect again (c) respect before (d) not respect
  17. 17.What does “reheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) not heat (c) heat wrongly (d) heat again
  18. 18.What does “dishonest” mean? (a) honest wrongly (b) not honest (c) honest before (d) honest again
  19. 19.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) prelead (b) dislead (c) relead (d) mislead
  20. 20.Which word means “pay before”? (a) repay (b) prepay (c) unpay (d) dispay
  21. 21.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build wrongly (b) build before (c) not build (d) build again
  22. 22.Which word means “tell again”? (a) untell (b) mistell (c) pretell (d) retell
  23. 23.What does “disloyal” mean? (a) loyal before (b) not loyal (c) loyal wrongly (d) loyal again
  24. 24.Which word means “not respect”? (a) disrespect (b) rerespect (c) prerespect (d) unrespect
  25. 25.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) un-
  26. 26.Which word means “not obey”? (a) unobey (b) preobey (c) disobey (d) misobey
  27. 27.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use wrongly (b) use before (c) use again (d) not use
  28. 28.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) not happy (b) happy wrongly (c) happy before (d) happy again
  29. 29.Which word means “not common”? (a) precommon (b) uncommon (c) recommon (d) miscommon
  30. 30.What does “rewrite” mean? (a) write again (b) write before (c) not write (d) write wrongly
  31. 31.Which word means “build again”? (a) misbuild (b) disbuild (c) unbuild (d) rebuild
  32. 32.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree before (b) not agree (c) agree wrongly (d) agree again
  33. 33.Which word means “play again”? (a) display (b) replay (c) misplay (d) preplay
  34. 34.Which word means “hear wrongly”? (a) dishear (b) prehear (c) mishear (d) unhear
  35. 35.Which word means “judge before”? (a) unjudge (b) disjudge (c) prejudge (d) rejudge
  36. 36.Which word means “not allow”? (a) unallow (b) disallow (c) reallow (d) preallow
  37. 37.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) disbehave (b) unbehave (c) misbehave (d) prebehave
  38. 38.Which word means “judge wrongly”? (a) unjudge (b) misjudge (c) rejudge (d) disjudge
  39. 39.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky again (b) not lucky (c) lucky before (d) lucky wrongly
  40. 40.Which word means “not continue”? (a) miscontinue (b) discontinue (c) uncontinue (d) recontinue

Answer key

  1. not safe
  2. rewrite
  3. unsafe
  4. cook before
  5. re-
  6. dishonest
  7. dis-
  8. understand wrongly
  9. not usual
  10. behave wrongly
  11. spell wrongly
  12. un-
  13. not common
  14. unclear
  15. pre-
  16. not respect
  17. heat again
  18. not honest
  19. mislead
  20. prepay
  21. build again
  22. retell
  23. not loyal
  24. disrespect
  25. mis-
  26. disobey
  27. use again
  28. not happy
  29. uncommon
  30. write again
  31. rebuild
  32. not agree
  33. replay
  34. mishear
  35. prejudge
  36. disallow
  37. misbehave
  38. misjudge
  39. not lucky
  40. discontinue

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