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Vocabulary lesson 14: Prefixes: un, re, dis, pre, mis · Set 72 · 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 “mishear” mean? (a) not hear (b) hear again (c) hear wrongly (d) hear before
  2. 2.Which prefix means “not”? (a) re- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) dis-
  3. 3.Which word means “build again”? (a) rebuild (b) unbuild (c) disbuild (d) prebuild
  4. 4.Which prefix means “before”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) un-
  5. 5.Which prefix means “wrongly”? (a) un- (b) re- (c) pre- (d) mis-
  6. 6.What does “replay” mean? (a) play wrongly (b) not play (c) play before (d) play again
  7. 7.What does “uncommon” mean? (a) not common (b) common before (c) common wrongly (d) common again
  8. 8.Which word means “not fair”? (a) refair (b) prefair (c) misfair (d) unfair
  9. 9.Which word means “not obey”? (a) disobey (b) preobey (c) reobey (d) misobey
  10. 10.What does “revisit” mean? (a) not visit (b) visit again (c) visit wrongly (d) visit before
  11. 11.What does “unequal” mean? (a) equal before (b) not equal (c) equal again (d) equal wrongly
  12. 12.What does “unsafe” mean? (a) safe again (b) not safe (c) safe wrongly (d) safe before
  13. 13.What does “disallow” mean? (a) allow again (b) allow before (c) not allow (d) allow wrongly
  14. 14.Which word means “spell wrongly”? (a) disspell (b) prespell (c) unspell (d) misspell
  15. 15.What does “repaint” mean? (a) not paint (b) paint again (c) paint before (d) paint wrongly
  16. 16.Which word means “behave wrongly”? (a) prebehave (b) rebehave (c) misbehave (d) disbehave
  17. 17.What does “retell” mean? (a) not tell (b) tell again (c) tell wrongly (d) tell before
  18. 18.Which word means “open again”? (a) misopen (b) unopen (c) reopen (d) preopen
  19. 19.Which word means “not safe”? (a) missafe (b) unsafe (c) dissafe (d) resafe
  20. 20.What does “misspell” mean? (a) spell wrongly (b) not spell (c) spell again (d) spell before
  21. 21.Which word means “write again”? (a) diswrite (b) miswrite (c) unwrite (d) rewrite
  22. 22.What does “prepay” mean? (a) pay wrongly (b) pay before (c) pay again (d) not pay
  23. 23.Which prefix means “not”? (a) un- (b) pre- (c) mis- (d) re-
  24. 24.What does “recheck” mean? (a) not check (b) check again (c) check wrongly (d) check before
  25. 25.What does “rebuild” mean? (a) build again (b) not build (c) build before (d) build wrongly
  26. 26.What does “rejoin” mean? (a) join before (b) not join (c) join wrongly (d) join again
  27. 27.What does “unhappy” mean? (a) not happy (b) happy again (c) happy wrongly (d) happy before
  28. 28.Which word means “not equal”? (a) preequal (b) disequal (c) reequal (d) unequal
  29. 29.What does “disobey” mean? (a) obey wrongly (b) obey again (c) not obey (d) obey before
  30. 30.Which word means “use wrongly”? (a) unuse (b) preuse (c) misuse (d) reuse
  31. 31.Which word means “not kind”? (a) unkind (b) rekind (c) prekind (d) miskind
  32. 32.What does “unwell” mean? (a) not well (b) well again (c) well wrongly (d) well before
  33. 33.What does “mislead” mean? (a) not lead (b) lead wrongly (c) lead again (d) lead before
  34. 34.Which word means “place wrongly”? (a) replace (b) unplace (c) misplace (d) preplace
  35. 35.Which word means “check again”? (a) mischeck (b) recheck (c) discheck (d) uncheck
  36. 36.Which word means “tell again”? (a) distell (b) retell (c) untell (d) mistell
  37. 37.Which word means “heat again”? (a) reheat (b) preheat (c) unheat (d) misheat
  38. 38.What does “unfair” mean? (a) not fair (b) fair before (c) fair wrongly (d) fair again
  39. 39.What does “misjudge” mean? (a) judge wrongly (b) judge again (c) judge before (d) not judge
  40. 40.What does “disagree” mean? (a) agree wrongly (b) agree again (c) agree before (d) not agree

Answer key

  1. hear wrongly
  2. dis-
  3. rebuild
  4. pre-
  5. mis-
  6. play again
  7. not common
  8. unfair
  9. disobey
  10. visit again
  11. not equal
  12. not safe
  13. not allow
  14. misspell
  15. paint again
  16. misbehave
  17. tell again
  18. reopen
  19. unsafe
  20. spell wrongly
  21. rewrite
  22. pay before
  23. un-
  24. check again
  25. build again
  26. join again
  27. not happy
  28. unequal
  29. not obey
  30. misuse
  31. unkind
  32. not well
  33. lead wrongly
  34. misplace
  35. recheck
  36. retell
  37. reheat
  38. not fair
  39. judge wrongly
  40. not agree

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