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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 716 · 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 “not”? (a) dis- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  2. 2.Which word means “open again”? (a) misopen (b) disopen (c) preopen (d) reopen
  3. 3.Which prefix means “again”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
  4. 4.Which word means “understand wrongly”? (a) reunderstand (b) ununderstand (c) preunderstand (d) misunderstand
  5. 5.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) re- (c) mis- (d) un-
  6. 6.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) re- (d) mis-
  7. 7.Which word means “not kind”? (a) unkind (b) diskind (c) prekind (d) miskind
  8. 8.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) re- (b) un- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  9. 9.Which word means “not agree”? (a) preagree (b) disagree (c) misagree (d) reagree
  10. 10.What does “misbehave” mean? (a) not behave (b) behave wrongly (c) behave again (d) behave before
  11. 11.Which word means “lead wrongly”? (a) mislead (b) prelead (c) unlead (d) dislead
  12. 12.What does “unkind” mean? (a) kind again (b) kind wrongly (c) kind before (d) not kind
  13. 13.What does “preheat” mean? (a) heat before (b) heat again (c) not heat (d) heat wrongly
  14. 14.What does “reheat” mean? (a) not heat (b) heat before (c) heat wrongly (d) heat again
  15. 15.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) mistidy (b) untidy (c) pretidy (d) distidy
  16. 16.Which word means “tell again”? (a) distell (b) untell (c) mistell (d) retell
  17. 17.What does “unusual” mean? (a) not usual (b) usual before (c) usual wrongly (d) usual again
  18. 18.What does “unlucky” mean? (a) lucky wrongly (b) lucky again (c) not lucky (d) lucky before
  19. 19.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey before (b) not obey (c) obey wrongly (d) obey again
  20. 20.What does “unwell” mean? (a) not well (b) well before (c) well wrongly (d) well again
  21. 21.Which word means “build again”? (a) prebuild (b) unbuild (c) rebuild (d) disbuild
  22. 22.Which word means “heat before”? (a) misheat (b) reheat (c) disheat (d) preheat
  23. 23.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) happy again (b) happy before (c) not happy (d) happy wrongly
  24. 24.Which word means “not allow”? (a) reallow (b) misallow (c) disallow (d) unallow
  25. 25.What does “replay” mean? (a) play again (b) play before (c) not play (d) play wrongly
  26. 26.Which word means “cook before”? (a) uncook (b) miscook (c) precook (d) recook
  27. 27.Which word means “not safe”? (a) missafe (b) presafe (c) resafe (d) unsafe
  28. 28.Which word means “not happy”? (a) unhappy (b) mishappy (c) dishappy (d) rehappy
  29. 29.Which word means “view before”? (a) unview (b) preview (c) misview (d) review
  30. 30.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge before (b) not judge (c) judge again (d) judge wrongly
  31. 31.Which word means “heat again”? (a) preheat (b) reheat (c) unheat (d) disheat
  32. 32.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe again (b) safe before (c) not safe (d) safe wrongly
  33. 33.Which word means “not continue”? (a) precontinue (b) uncontinue (c) miscontinue (d) discontinue
  34. 34.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) preuse (b) disuse (c) misuse (d) reuse
  35. 35.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay before (b) not pay (c) pay wrongly (d) pay again
  36. 36.What does “mishear” mean? (a) hear again (b) hear wrongly (c) not hear (d) hear before
  37. 37.Which word means “join again”? (a) prejoin (b) unjoin (c) disjoin (d) rejoin
  38. 38.What does “discontinue” mean? (a) continue before (b) continue again (c) continue wrongly (d) not continue
  39. 39.What does “revisit” mean? (a) visit again (b) not visit (c) visit wrongly (d) visit before
  40. 40.Which word means “not obey”? (a) misobey (b) unobey (c) disobey (d) preobey

Answer key

  1. dis-
  2. reopen
  3. re-
  4. misunderstand
  5. pre-
  6. un-
  7. unkind
  8. mis-
  9. disagree
  10. behave wrongly
  11. mislead
  12. not kind
  13. heat before
  14. heat again
  15. untidy
  16. retell
  17. not usual
  18. not lucky
  19. not obey
  20. not well
  21. rebuild
  22. preheat
  23. not happy
  24. disallow
  25. play again
  26. precook
  27. unsafe
  28. unhappy
  29. preview
  30. judge wrongly
  31. reheat
  32. not safe
  33. discontinue
  34. misuse
  35. pay before
  36. hear wrongly
  37. rejoin
  38. not continue
  39. visit again
  40. disobey

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